Operations Engineer
SavvySaver
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SavvySaver is hiring an Operations Engineer in Johannesburg to design, build and maintain the technical backbone of a fast-growing fintech. You will own monitoring, data pipelines, and automation across campaigns, rewards and international expansion.
You will work closely with the Operations Manager and leadership, shaping systems that deliver real business impact. A growth path toward Technical Operations Manager awaits in a dynamic, global team.
Qualifications
- Engineering or technical degree required.
- Strong analytical ability and comfort with data.
- Based in Johannesburg, SA, and eligible to work locally.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain monitoring infrastructure across systems and dashboards.
- Design alerting and health-check systems to identify issues early.
- Build Power BI reporting infrastructure for real-time visibility.
- Engineer data pipelines transforming raw data into insights.
- Design data structures and validation for data quality and reliability.
- Create automated weekly/monthly reporting pipelines.
- Support data infrastructure across campaigns, rewards and receipts.
- Architect automation with Zapier, Make, Apps Script, and related tools.
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Job description
Operations Engineer
Johannesburg, South Africa (Sandton)
SavvySaver is a fast-growing, globally minded fintech and consumer rewards platform that helps everyday people earn more from their daily habits through gaming, surveys, cashback and smart shopping. Headquartered in Sandton, Johannesburg, we are scaling our technology and operations into new international markets, including the United States.
We build real systems, automation pipelines, data infrastructure and integrations that power a live global business. We move fast, think in systems and build products that make a meaningful difference in people's lives.
We are looking for an Operations Engineer to join our core team and help build the technical backbone of SavvySaver. This is an engineering role at heart. You will design, build and maintain the systems, automations and data pipelines that keep a fast-scaling global platform operating smoothly.
Think of this as systems engineering applied to a live business. You will architect automated workflows, build reporting and monitoring infrastructure, integrate APIs and solve engineering challenges that have immediate business impact.
You will work closely with our Operations Manager and leadership team. Over time, this role is designed to evolve into a Technical Operations Manager position with ownership of systems and operations across international markets.
Applicants must be based in Johannesburg and possess both strong technical capability and a growth mindset.
- Build and maintain monitoring infrastructure across systems, integrations and dashboards
- Design alerting and health-check systems that identify issues before they become problems
- Build and maintain Power BI reporting infrastructure that provides real-time business visibility
- Engineer data pipelines that transform raw data into actionable insights
- Work with medium-to-large datasets across multiple platforms and systems
- Design data structures and validation processes that ensure data quality and reliability
- Build automated reporting pipelines for weekly and monthly performance analysis
- Support data infrastructure across campaigns, gaming, rewards and receipt-processing systems
- Architect and build automation systems using tools such as Zapier, Make, Google Apps Script, MessageBird and ActiveCampaign
- Diagnose and resolve workflow failures at root-cause level
- Build scalable, maintainable and well-documented automation architecture
- Continuously improve processes by eliminating manual effort
- Research, evaluate and integrate new tools and platforms
- Own technical configuration, integration and documentation for new systems
- Translate business requirements into technical specifications and system designs
- Create process architecture diagrams and supporting technical documentation
- Conduct UAT and technical testing for new features and integrations
- Log, prioritise and track bugs through to resolution with development teams
- Provide technical support across the business where required
We are looking for an engineer who enjoys solving problems, building systems and applying technical thinking to real-world business challenges. You will not be stuck doing repetitive administration. From day one, you will be designing, building and owning systems that drive business outcomes.
- An engineer at heart who naturally thinks in systems, architectures and root causes
- Analytically strong and comfortable working with data
- Technically curious and quick to learn new tools and technologies
- A builder who prefers solving problems properly rather than applying temporary fixes
- Highly reliable and accountable
- A clear and professional communicator
- Comfortable operating in a fast-moving environment with ambiguity
- Ambitious and motivated to grow into a technical leadership role
- Google Sheets and Excel, including formulas, pivots and data cleaning
- Power BI or Looker Studio
- Automation tools such as Zapier, Make, Google Apps Script, ActiveCampaign and MessageBird
- Basic SQL or a strong willingness to learn
- APIs, integrations and automated data flows (advantageous)
- Engineering or technical degree required
- Preferred fields include Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Information Systems, Actuarial Science or Data Science
- Other highly analytical or technical degrees will be considered where strong ability can be demonstrated
- Matric certificate
- South African citizen or permanent resident
- Based in Johannesburg (non-negotiable)
This role is intentionally designed as a launchpad into a senior engineering and technical operations career. High performers can progress into a Technical Operations Manager role responsible for:
- Leading systems and automation architecture across the business
- Owning infrastructure reliability and uptime
- Driving technical operations across international markets, beginning with the USA
- Influencing platform and product engineering decisions
- Building and managing a technical operations team
- Salary: R15,000 – R25,000 per month (depending on experience)
- A genuine engineering role inside a scaling fintech business
- Real ownership of systems, automations and architecture from day one
- Hands-on development in Power BI, SQL, automation engineering and systems design
- A collaborative, high-performance environment that values results
- A clear pathway to senior technical leadership
- Exposure to international markets and global expansion initiatives
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