Manager: Data and Analytics (Analytics Engineering)

Capitec Bank; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Capitec Bank seeks a Manager: Analytics Engineering to lead data pipeline design and manage analytics operations. The candidate will ensure efficient data integration and promote collaboration between data teams, supporting AI model development and advanced analytical reporting. Join a dynamic team dedicated to innovating banking experiences!

Benefits

Growth opportunities

Employee benefits

Team cohesion

Qualifications

• Over 5 years in data engineering or analytics engineering, including 2 years as a manager.
• Manage senior and executive level stakeholders.
• Utilizing data Pipelining tools effectively.

Responsibilities

• Design and manage scalable data pipelines for data-driven decision-making.
• Lead the creation of robust feature stores for AI/ML model development.
• Ensure alignment of data engineering solutions with analytics platforms.

Skills

SQL

Data Pipelining tools

PowerBI

Big data frameworks

Git

Education

Honors Degree or higher

Tools

Apache

Airflow

AWS Glue

Hadoop

Kafka

Github

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Join Us in Becoming the Best Bank in the World!!

We appoint energized and motivated people for their potentialandcontinuously look fortalented, driven individualstohelp usinnovate and evolve.That is why we focus on finding the right people for the right jobs. We love what we do because we focus on making a positive difference for our clients and employees. Our company DNA is built around talented and committed teams dedicated to build a brand that we are proud of and earns the trust of our clients.

Who we are:

We are a bank, but we’re much more than that.We believe that banking is about enabling peopleto control their financial lives through banking that is simplified, accessible, affordable and delivered through personal experience. By helping our clients manage their financial lives better, we enable them to live better.

Why choose us:

At Capitec, we offer our best by living up to our CEO values in every situation – we always put theClient first, act withEnergy andtakeOwnership.And to support people in being their best,our Employee Value Propositionoffersevery value to all team members through cohesive teams, growth opportunities as well asemployee benefitsand savings. We make it a priority toensure that each member of the Capitec team feels welcome, valued, focused, and has the opportunity to grow.

About the role:

As the Manager: Analytics Engineering at Capitec, you will play a pivotal role in designing and managing scalable data pipelines and ensuring efficient analytics operations to empower data-driven decision-making. Your focus will be on driving innovation in data integration and feature store development, enabling seamless collaboration between data science and BI teams.

In this role, you will lead the creation of robust feature stores to support AI/ML model development and semantic models for enhanced analytics and reporting. You’ll ensure the alignment of data engineering solutions with analytics platforms while upholding best practices in data engineering and governance. By fostering collaboration and implementing cutting-edge solutions, you will contribute to Capitec's growth as a leader in advanced analytics and data-driven insights.

Our ideal candidate has:

• Over 5 years in data engineering or analytics engineering, including 2 years as a manager or team lead within an analytical team.
• Proficient in SQL and delivering complex analytical requirements.
• Managing senior and executive level stakeholders and influencing decision making at these levels
• Utilising data Pipelining tools such as Apache, Airflow, AWS Glue
• Data visualisation with tools such as PowerBI
• Big data frameworks – Hadoop/Kafka
• Github experience or Git

Ideal:

• AWS experience

Competencies:

• Simplify and make it easy
• Earn and extend trust
• Plan, deliver and raise the bar
• Curious and continuously learns
• Act, learn and adapt
• Inspire optimism and persistence
• Have courage, disagree and commit

Education:

• Completed an Honors Degree or higher

If you are interested in being part of this dynamic team, on a mission to build the best bank in the world through unlocking the potential of its people, please apply. We would love to hear from you!

Capitec is committed to diversity and, where feasible, all appointments will support the achievement of our employment equity goals

Capitec is committed to diversity, applications to this position will strictly be considered in support of our employment equity goals.