Lead Data Engineer — Cloud Data Warehouse & ETL Leader

The Recruitment Council; Centurion; On-site; ZAR 800 000 - 1 200 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to spearhead innovative data initiatives and manage a talented team. You will be responsible for developing enterprise-grade data warehouse solutions, optimizing data pipelines, and ensuring the highest standards of data quality and performance. This role requires a strong technical background in SQL and Python, along with proven leadership skills to guide your team towards success.

Qualifications

• 8+ years’ experience in SQL/data engineering.
• 3+ years in a technical leadership role managing development teams.
• Minimum 6+ years of Python experience focused on data workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of SQL developers and oversee their performance.
• Design and maintain efficient ETL/ELT processes.
• Build and optimize SQL-based data pipelines.

Skills

Leadership

Analytical Thinking

Problem Solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

Tools

SSIS

AWS

Azure

GCP

Hadoop

Spark

Kafka

Job description

A leading company is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to spearhead innovative data initiatives and manage a talented team. You will be responsible for developing enterprise-grade data warehouse solutions, optimizing data pipelines, and ensuring the highest standards of data quality and performance. This role requires a strong technical background in SQL and Python, along with proven leadership skills to guide your team towards success.