Data Engineer – Build a Central Data Platform (In-Office)

Liquid Thought; Somerset West; On-site; ZAR 550,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Liquid Thought, a data-driven property management software business, is seeking a Data Engineer to design, build and maintain the data foundation that connects products, CRM, finance systems and operations to trusted reporting and analytics.

You may use Snowflake or a comparable cloud data platform, based on the final architecture decision; you will work across Technology, Product, Finance, Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, Operations and People to ensure tested, documented, maintainable

Qualifications

• 4 to 6 years of practical experience in data engineering or related roles.
• Hands-on production experience with Snowflake or comparable cloud data platform.
• Strong SQL skills plus automation, testing and production support.
• Experience designing and supporting ETL/ELT pipelines and API integrations.
• Strong relational and dimensional modelling including CRM data models.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain a central data platform connecting product, CRM, finance, and ops.
• Develop integrations using SQL, APIs, Python and cloud services.
• Design scalable data schemas for shared company and CRM data.
• Implement incremental loads, testing, logging, retries, and monitoring.
• Map data flows across end-to-end business processes.
• Define data contracts, owners, business rules, and reconciliation points.
• Prepare trusted datasets and dashboards for reporting.
• Coordinate internal and external delivery, track progress and risk.

Skills

SQL

ETL/ELT pipelines

Snowflake

CRM data models

Git

BI tools

Data governance

POPIA

Education

Relevant degree or diploma

Tools

dbt

AWS data services

Job description

Liquid Thought, a data-driven property management software business, is seeking a Data Engineer to design, build and maintain the data foundation that connects products, CRM, finance systems and operations to trusted reporting and analytics.

You may use Snowflake or a comparable cloud data platform, based on the final architecture decision; you will work across Technology, Product, Finance, Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, Operations and People to ensure tested, documented, maintainable