Senior Data Engineer - Financial Data Pipelines

Air Chefs; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Career growth opportunities

Mentorship culture

Regulated financial environment

Job summary

Air Chefs is seeking a seasoned Lead Data Engineer to design and deliver scalable data pipelines for market and investment data. You will mentor a growing engineering team and drive best practices in complex data integration projects.

The role emphasizes financial data domains, regulatory compliance, and collaboration with stakeholders to turn requirements into robust technical solutions. Expect a challenging, growth-oriented environment in a regulated financial setting.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of enterprise data engineering experience.
• Proven track record leading complex data integration projects.
• Expertise with Python, Java, or JavaScript for data pipelines.
• Strong understanding of ETL/ELT, orchestration, and hybrid cloud (AWS).
• Deep knowledge of financial data domains and regulatory needs.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable data pipelines for market and investment data.
• Solve advanced data engineering challenges and optimize performance.
• Mentor junior engineers and uphold engineering best practices.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions.

Skills

Enterprise data engineering

Data integration leadership

Python

Java

JavaScript

ETL/ELT

Orchestration

Hybrid cloud (AWS)

Financial data domains

Regulatory compliance

Tools

ETL tools

Orchestration tools

Cloud platforms

Job description

Air Chefs is seeking a seasoned Lead Data Engineer to design and deliver scalable data pipelines for market and investment data. You will mentor a growing engineering team and drive best practices in complex data integration projects.

The role emphasizes financial data domains, regulatory compliance, and collaboration with stakeholders to turn requirements into robust technical solutions. Expect a challenging, growth-oriented environment in a regulated financial setting.