Lead Data Engineer - Financial Data Pipelines

Air Chefs; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Benefits package

Job summary

Air Chefs in Cape Town, South Africa, seeks an experienced Data Engineer to drive the design and delivery of scalable data pipelines for market and investment data. You will lead a growing engineering team and ensure best practices across the data platform.

Ideal candidates have 8–10 years in enterprise data engineering, strong ETL/ELT, and expertise in Python/Java/JavaScript. You will collaborate with stakeholders and operate within a regulated financial environment to enable robust analytics.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years in enterprise data engineering.
• Proven experience leading complex data integration projects.
• Expertise in Python, Java, or JavaScript for data pipelines.
• Strong skills in ETL/ELT, orchestration, and hybrid cloud (AWS).
• Deep understanding of financial data domains and regulatory needs.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable data pipelines for market and investment data.
• Solve advanced data engineering challenges and optimize performance.
• Mentor junior engineers and uphold engineering best practices.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions.

Skills

Python

Java

JavaScript

ETL/ELT

Tools

Airflow

Job description

Air Chefs in Cape Town, South Africa, seeks an experienced Data Engineer to drive the design and delivery of scalable data pipelines for market and investment data. You will lead a growing engineering team and ensure best practices across the data platform.

Ideal candidates have 8–10 years in enterprise data engineering, strong ETL/ELT, and expertise in Python/Java/JavaScript. You will collaborate with stakeholders and operate within a regulated financial environment to enable robust analytics.