Remote Data Engineer - AI Pipelines & ML Infra

Placements24; LegKraal Gate; Hybrid; ZAR 1,469,000 - 2,122,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full remote work

Career growth opportunities

Collaborative team culture

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a skilled Data Engineer with AI specialization to join a distributed, remote-first team. You will build scalable data pipelines and maintain data infrastructure to power AI and ML initiatives from anywhere.

You’ll collaborate with data scientists and engineers to ensure data availability, quality, and security. Required: 3+ years in data engineering, strong SQL and Python skills, and experience with Spark/Hadoop plus AWS/Azure/GCP.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or related field.
• 3+ years in data engineering building AI/ML pipelines.
• Proficiency in SQL and Python; experience with Spark/Hadoop.
• Experience with cloud data platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and data warehousing/NoSQL.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain robust and scalable data pipelines for AI/ML applications.
• Implement ETL/ELT processes to ingest, transform, and load data from various sources.
• Optimize data infrastructure for performance, reliability, and cost-efficiency.
• Collaborate with data scientists and ML engineers to understand data requirements.
• Ensure data quality, integrity, and security across all data systems.

Skills

SQL

Python

Spark

Hadoop

AWS

Azure

GCP

Data Warehousing

NoSQL

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a skilled Data Engineer with AI specialization to join a distributed, remote-first team. You will build scalable data pipelines and maintain data infrastructure to power AI and ML initiatives from anywhere.

You’ll collaborate with data scientists and engineers to ensure data availability, quality, and security. Required: 3+ years in data engineering, strong SQL and Python skills, and experience with Spark/Hadoop plus AWS/Azure/GCP.