Senior Data Engineer - Banking Data Platform Lead

Africonology; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Africonology in Johannesburg is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to lead the design and implementation of enterprise data solutions supporting strategic initiatives, analytics, AI, and regulatory compliance.

The role collaborates with data scientists, analysts and stakeholders to ensure data availability, reliability and quality across platforms, delivering secure, compliant data pipelines and scalable architectures.

Qualifications

• 8+ years' Data Engineering experience.
• Mandatory banking sector experience.
• Experience leading data engineering teams.
• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Design enterprise-scale data architectures.
• Lead complex data integration and migration projects.
• Build high-performance data pipelines.
• Define data engineering best practices and standards.
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers.
• Improve data platform performance and scalability.
• Support cloud-based data initiatives.

Education

Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent

Tools

Advanced SQL

Python

Spark

Data Lake Architecture

Data Warehousing

AWS or Azure Data Services

CI/CD

Data Governance

Job description

Africonology in Johannesburg is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to lead the design and implementation of enterprise data solutions supporting strategic initiatives, analytics, AI, and regulatory compliance.

The role collaborates with data scientists, analysts and stakeholders to ensure data availability, reliability and quality across platforms, delivering secure, compliant data pipelines and scalable architectures.