Data Engineer / Data Analytics Engineer - REMOTE - R1.4m PA

E-Merge IT Recruitment; Johannesburg; Remote; ZAR 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency seeks a Data Analytics Engineer to build and support data integration pipelines using Python and SQL. This permanent remote position requires strong experience in cloud environments and Agile methodologies. The role offers a competitive salary of R1.4m per annum, negotiable based on experience and ability.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in data analytics or related technical roles.
• Experience in the telecoms industry and dynamic consulting environments.
• Strong grasp of data quality and data validation principles.

Responsibilities

• Build and support data integration pipelines at scale.
• Deploy data pipelines to cloud environments using CI/CD.
• Translate business logic into production-grade testable code.

Skills

Data integration pipelines

Python

SQL

Agile methodologies

Cloud environments (Azure, AWS)

Data validation and monitoring

Tools

Databricks

Power BI

Terraform

Pulumi

Tableau

Job description

Overview

We believe data isn't just numbers; it's the story of your business waiting to be told. We build clever lean data-driven systems for humans not just machines.

And we're looking for a Data Analytics Engineer who gets that data is only useful when it's accessible and understandable.

Requirements

• Experience in the telecoms industry
• Infrastructure as code experience. (terraform and Pulumi)
• Experience working in a scale up / dynamic consulting environment
• Exposure to accounting concepts
• 5 years experience in data analytics data engineering or related technical roles with significant hands-on coding in Python PySpark Notebook and SQL. Proven experience working on data integration projects (ETL data pipelines APIs)
• Proven ability to build and support data integration pipelines (ETL dataflows APIs) at scale
• Proven ability to build and deploy Data pipelines to Cloud production environments using automated CI / CD pipelines
• Strong experience with modern analytics platforms (Databricks Delta Lake cloud storage); experience with relational databases and data modelling is a plus. Experience in Agile / Scrum environments
• Strong experience in working with cloud-based environment (Azure AWS)
• Track record of translating business logic and requirements into production-grade testable code. Experience working with data analytics tools and platforms (e.g. Power BI SuperSet Tableau Looker Grafana)
• Solid grasp of data quality data validation and monitoring concepts
• Strong communication skills able to present technical logic and results to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience in Agile / Scrum environments and working collaboratively with both business and engineering teams

Employment Type

Full-Time

Experience

years

Vacancy

1

Reference Number: GZ60747. This is a permanent REMOTE position with a cost to company salary of R1.4m per annum, negotiable on experience and ability.