Principal Data Engineer & Cloud Data Architect (Remote)

Placements24; LegKraal Gate; Ibrido; ZAR 1.200.000 - 2.000.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Health insurance

Remote work with flexible hours

Professional development budget

Company-provided hardware

Descrizione del lavoro

Placements24 is seeking a Principal Data Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable data infrastructure in a fully remote role. You will lead data pipelines, architect data lakes and warehouses on cloud platforms, and mentor engineers while collaborating with data scientists and software teams to deliver reliable, secure analytics solutions.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in data engineering, strong SQL/NoSQL expertise, and hands-on experience with Spark, Hadoop, Kafka, and modern cloud

Competenze

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field or equivalent extensive experience.
• 8+ years of experience in data engineering or related fields.
• Proven experience designing and implementing large-scale data solutions on cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Expertise in Spark, Hadoop, Kafka, and other big data technologies.
• Strong proficiency in SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Experience with data warehousing concepts and tools (e.g., Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery).
• Proficiency in Python, Scala, or Java for data processing.
• Experience with data modeling, governance, and security best practices.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and leadership skills.

Mansioni

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines using ETL/ELT processes.
• Architect data lakes, data warehouses, and data storage solutions on cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Optimize data infrastructure for performance, scalability, and cost-effectiveness.
• Develop data models to support analytics and reporting.
• Ensure data quality, integrity, and security across systems.
• Collaborate with data scientists, analysts, and engineers to fulfill data requirements.
• Implement and manage data processing frameworks (e.g., Spark, Flink).
• Automate deployment with infrastructure as code and CI/CD practices.
• Mentor junior data engineers and promote best practices.

Conoscenze

ETL/ELT

Data pipelines

Distributed systems

SQL

NoSQL

Python

Scala

Java

Formazione

Master's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Strumenti

Spark

Hadoop

Kafka

Snowflake

Redshift

BigQuery

Terraform

Ansible

Descrizione del lavoro

Placements24 is seeking a Principal Data Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable data infrastructure in a fully remote role. You will lead data pipelines, architect data lakes and warehouses on cloud platforms, and mentor engineers while collaborating with data scientists and software teams to deliver reliable, secure analytics solutions.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in data engineering, strong SQL/NoSQL expertise, and hands-on experience with Spark, Hadoop, Kafka, and modern cloud