Data Engineer: Build Scalable Pipelines (Cape Town, Hybrid)

Mind Detect; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity in the business

Generous leave

Remuneration package

Plenty of perks

Performance-based environment

Open, international culture

Ambitious SA company

Advanced equipment

Job summary

Mind Detect in Cape Town is seeking a Data Engineer to design and optimize data architectures for payments data and other business data infrastructure. The role focuses on scalability, stability, and efficiency within a hybrid work setup.

The successful candidate will collaborate across business units, translate complex data systems into insights, and contribute to a fast-paced, high-performance culture with open global collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field.
• 4+ years of data engineering experience.
• Experience with data modelling, warehousing and ETL pipelines; realtime and batch processing.
• Strong hands-on experience with data pipelines and relational databases (Oracle, Postgres, SQL Server, MySQL).
• Strong business mindset and ability to translate stakeholder requirements into data solutions.
• Knowledge of Machine Learning is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimise data architecture and pipeline systems.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement data engineering solutions.
• Develop and maintain scalable data pipelines for high data volumes from various sources.
• Learn and understand a broad range of data resources and their use.
• Coordinate with departments to integrate data systems into the broader tech stack.
• Lead data management strategies to ensure data accuracy, availability, durability and security.
• Enforce data handling guidelines and ensure compliance with privacy regulations.
• Continuously monitor, test, and improve data systems and databases.
• Implement efficient data storage practices and optimise retrieval processes.
• Own the data processing system and advise on infra changes.
• Participate in building machine learning models and deliver analyses for decision making.

Skills

Data pipelines

Relational databases

Data modelling

Data warehousing

ETL pipelines

Real-time processing

Batch processing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics or related field

Tools

Oracle

Postgres

SQL Server

MySQL

Job description

Mind Detect in Cape Town is seeking a Data Engineer to design and optimize data architectures for payments data and other business data infrastructure. The role focuses on scalability, stability, and efficiency within a hybrid work setup.

The successful candidate will collaborate across business units, translate complex data systems into insights, and contribute to a fast-paced, high-performance culture with open global collaboration.