Senior Data Engineer — Lead Lakehouse & AI Platform

cloudandthings.io; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation package

Flexible work environment

Career development and mentorship

Cutting-edge technology projects

Job summary

cloudandthings.io is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to lead the design, build and operation of cloud-native data platforms across AWS and Azure, enabling real-time analytics and AI use cases. You will own delivery across the full data lifecycle—ingestion, transformation, modelling and serving—and work hands-on while providing technical direction.

Based in Johannesburg, you will shape architecture, set engineering standards, mentor engineers, and drive production-grade solutions for enterprise

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 7+ years in data or software engineering with data platforms.
• Experience with lakehouse platforms (Databricks or Fabric).

Responsibilities

• Lead design and delivery of cloud-native data platforms.
• Own end-to-end solution design from discovery to production.
• Set engineering standards and review processes.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to hiring.
• Collaborate with clients to shape architecture and drive outcomes.

Skills

Python

SQL

Databricks

Microsoft Fabric

Terraform

Git

CI/CD

Linux

Spark / PySpark

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

Databricks

Microsoft Fabric

Terraform

Bicep

Git

CI/CD

Job description

cloudandthings.io is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to lead the design, build and operation of cloud-native data platforms across AWS and Azure, enabling real-time analytics and AI use cases. You will own delivery across the full data lifecycle—ingestion, transformation, modelling and serving—and work hands-on while providing technical direction.

Based in Johannesburg, you will shape architecture, set engineering standards, mentor engineers, and drive production-grade solutions for enterprise