Senior Data Engineer: Cloud Data Pipelines & AWS Leader

Woolworths Financial Services; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 800,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services provider in Cape Town is seeking a Senior Data Engineer responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining robust data pipelines and infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have more than 5 years of experience in data engineering, with significant AWS expertise. This role requires collaboration with data scientists and DevOps teams, ensuring scalable data systems and compliance with data governance practices. A Bachelor's degree in a related field is required, with advanced financial sector knowledge preferred.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a data engineer, including 2+ years in a senior role.
• Extensive experience with AWS technologies/services, specifically AWS Redshift.
• Proven expertise in DevOps practices including CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable data pipelines using various AWS tools.
• Implement data warehousing solutions for high-performance analytics.
• Ensure data quality and integrity through validation and cleaning techniques.

Skills

Data architecture

AWS technologies

DevOps practices

SQL and NoSQL databases

Data governance

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Majors in mathematics and statistics

Tools

Airflow

AWS Glue

AWS Redshift

Terraform

CloudFormation

Job description

A leading financial services provider in Cape Town is seeking a Senior Data Engineer responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining robust data pipelines and infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have more than 5 years of experience in data engineering, with significant AWS expertise. This role requires collaboration with data scientists and DevOps teams, ensuring scalable data systems and compliance with data governance practices. A Bachelor's degree in a related field is required, with advanced financial sector knowledge preferred.