Senior Analytics Engineer — Data Platform Lead

X, bigly labs; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

X, bigly labs in Johannesburg is seeking a Senior Analytics Engineer to lead the design of the silver and gold data layers, set modelling and testing standards, and own the most challenging models during the SAP BW to Databricks migration.

You will guide junior engineers, ensure BI-ready views for Power BI with certified measures, and maintain cross-team data quality. A strong background in SAP, Databricks, Lakeflow/dbt and Python is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a data-related field or equivalent practical experience.
• 6+ years in analytics engineering or data engineering with production ownership.
• Expert SQL and dimensional modelling at scale.
• Production experience with Lakeflow or dbt and declarative transformations.
• Git, CI/CD and deployment automation: PRs, GitHub Actions, Databricks Asset Bundles or equivalent.
• Deep SAP knowledge: BW objects, and S/4HANA or Business Data Cloud.
• Working Python: unit-testing APIs and pipeline framework.
• Experience setting standards or reviewing the work of other engineers.

Responsibilities

• Design the silver and gold layer structure with Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines and dimensional modelling so that the estate stays consistent as it grows.
• Own the metric certification approach across gold tables, Unity Catalog metric views and their agent metadata so that people and AI agents consume one certified definition per measure.
• Provide BI-ready views over metric views so that Power BI consumes certified measures without hand-written MEASURE() SQL.
• Own the reconciliation approach between Databricks and SAP BW during the migration so that sign-off is evidence-based.
• Set and maintain modelling, review and deployment standards so that quality does not depend on individuals.

Skills

SQL

Dimensional modelling

Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines

dbt

Git & CI/CD

Databricks

S/4HANA / SAP BW

Python

Testing standards

Mentoring junior engineers

Education

Bachelor's degree in Data Science / related field

Tools

Lakeflow

dbt

GitHub Actions

Databricks Asset Bundles

Job description

X, bigly labs in Johannesburg is seeking a Senior Analytics Engineer to lead the design of the silver and gold data layers, set modelling and testing standards, and own the most challenging models during the SAP BW to Databricks migration.

You will guide junior engineers, ensure BI-ready views for Power BI with certified measures, and maintain cross-team data quality. A strong background in SAP, Databricks, Lakeflow/dbt and Python is required.