Senior Data Engineer – ETL/ML Pipelines (Remote)

Salt Digital Recruitment; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Salt Digital Recruitment is seeking a Senior Software Developer specializing in data engineering. This remote-first role focuses on designing scalable data pipelines, ensuring data quality, reliability, and performance, and collaborating with data scientists to power ML-driven analytics.

You should have 5+ years in software development, strong Python and SQL, and experience building ETL/ELT pipelines and data platforms.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software development experience.
• Strong Python and SQL skills.
• Experience building ETL/ELT pipelines and data platforms.
• Knowledge of Polars or similar data processing frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain scalable data pipelines.
• Ensure data quality, reliability and performance.
• Collaborate with data scientists and product teams.
• Lead technical delivery and drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Python

SQL

ETL/ELT pipelines

Polars

Tools

Polars

Data platforms

Job description

Salt Digital Recruitment is seeking a Senior Software Developer specializing in data engineering. This remote-first role focuses on designing scalable data pipelines, ensuring data quality, reliability, and performance, and collaborating with data scientists to power ML-driven analytics.

You should have 5+ years in software development, strong Python and SQL, and experience building ETL/ELT pipelines and data platforms.