Finance Data Engineer | Azure & Power BI Pipelines

Pixelogic; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Pixelogic in Cape Town seeks a Finance Database Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable data solutions supporting financial reporting and operational decision‑making. This hands‑on role grants significant ownership across data pipelines, modeling, and BI delivery for finance stakeholders.

You will work with Azure, Fabric, SQL, and Power BI to ensure data accuracy, governance, and timely insights, collaborating with finance and IT teams across time zones.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/IS or related field.
• 3+ years of data/analytics engineering experience with financial data.
• Experience with Azure and Fabric (Lakehouse, Data Warehouse, Data Factory).
• Strong SQL, Power BI, ETL/ELT, and data quality expertise.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain data pipelines and applications using Azure and Fabric.
• Develop and optimize SQL data models for financial reporting and analysis.
• Build and maintain Power BI dashboards for business stakeholders.
• Ensure data accuracy and integrity through validation and reconciliation.
• Own end-to-end data workflows from ingestion to reporting.
• Collaborate with finance and operations to translate business needs into scalable data solutions.
• Identify opportunities to improve data processes, automation, and performance.
• Work with IT to ensure data security, governance, and compliance.

Skills

SQL

Data modeling

ETL/ELT

Data warehousing

DAX

Stakeholder comms

Analytical thinking

Automation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering/IS

Tools

Azure

Microsoft Fabric

Power BI

Git/Azure DevOps

Python

Job description

Pixelogic in Cape Town seeks a Finance Database Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable data solutions supporting financial reporting and operational decision‑making. This hands‑on role grants significant ownership across data pipelines, modeling, and BI delivery for finance stakeholders.

You will work with Azure, Fabric, SQL, and Power BI to ensure data accuracy, governance, and timely insights, collaborating with finance and IT teams across time zones.