Remote Data & Automation Systems Builder

THE/STUDIO; Johannesburg; Remote; ZAR 1,982,000 - 2,972,000; Full time

Job summary

THE/STUDIO is a fully remote company building an AI-powered data engine to automate and optimize product creation across platforms. We seek a builder who ships dashboards, pipelines, and real-time alerts to expose operational data and bottlenecks.

You will collaborate with engineering to connect data ecosystems, automate workflows with n8n, and push data-driven decisions across the organization.

Qualifications

• Hands-on fluency with SQL and cloud data warehouses (BigQuery or equivalent).
• Experience building dashboards with BI tools (Looker Studio).
• Ability to design automated pipelines and real-time alerts.
• End-to-end ownership: build tools from scratch, not just query data.
• Frequent collaboration with engineers and stakeholders across time zones.
• Bias toward action: research, build, break, fix, and ship.

Responsibilities

• Architect the AI Data Engine and contribute to AI-driven analytics.
• Build automated pipelines and dashboards with minimal manual data pulling.
• Deliver end-to-end solutions from raw requirements to working systems.
• Deploy real-time alerting for process breakdowns and deviations.
• Expose process timestamps across core platforms to identify bottlenecks.
• Develop and maintain automated workflows linking data sources to reporting.
• Fix data quality issues at the source and leverage AI to accelerate work.
• Document tools and workflows for non-technical managers.

Skills

SQL

BigQuery

Looker Studio

n8n

Make

End-to-End Ownership

AI-First Workflows

Stakeholder Communication

Tools

Looker Studio or alternative BI tools

n8n / Make / scripts

Job description

THE/STUDIO is a fully remote company building an AI-powered data engine to automate and optimize product creation across platforms. We seek a builder who ships dashboards, pipelines, and real-time alerts to expose operational data and bottlenecks.

You will collaborate with engineering to connect data ecosystems, automate workflows with n8n, and push data-driven decisions across the organization.