Job: Senior Data Engineer

Company : LifeCheq; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

LifeCheq is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to own the analytics data layer for their fintech platform. You will design and build a fast, clean, and reliable data system that ingests event-sourced streams and JSON logs, and serves well-modeled data to analysts and ML pipelines.

You will define a semantic model, restructure existing data views, and collaborate with teams to unlock productivity across the business through scalable data architectures.

Qualifications

• Excellent SQL skills and understanding of databases.
• Experience with distributed data processing technologies.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement a real-time ingestion pipeline for event-sourced data streams and JSON logs.
• Define a clear semantic model and restructure existing data views into a maintainable architecture.

Skills

SQL

Databases

Distributed data processing

Job description

LifeCheq is looking for a Senior Data Engineer to own the analytics data layer for their fintech platform. The role involves building a fast, clean, and reliable data system that integrates various data sources (event-sourced architecture, external services, JSON logs) and serves well-modeled data to analysts, ML pipelines, and dashboards. The work is central to unlocking productivity across the business.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement a real-time ingestion pipeline for event-sourced data streams and JSON logs
• Define a clear semantic model and restructure existing data views into a maintainable architecture

Qualifications

• Excellent SQL skills and a deep understanding of databases (indexing, query optimisation, internals)
• Experience with distributed data processing technologies

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