Senior Data Engineer: Real-Time Data & Kafka Expert Remote

Sabenza IT & Recruitment; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Sabenza IT & Recruitment in Pretoria is seeking an Expert Data Engineer to design and build secure, scalable data pipelines. You will implement real-time streaming solutions, integrate APIs and event-driven interfaces, and ensure data is trustworthy and ready for consumption across a global tech environment.

You will work with Kafka/MSK, AWS, Python and Java to develop pipelines, schemas and data models, focusing on performance, reliability and observability in production environments.

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on data engineering experience with streaming.
• Strong Python and Java skills with production streaming.
• Experience building streaming platforms (Kafka/MSK) and API integrations.
• Familiarity with AWS services and data lakes.

Skills

Kafka

API integration

Python

Java

Databases

NoSQL

Data modelling

Schema registry

Data quality

Metadata management

ETL/ELT

Observability

Job description

Sabenza IT & Recruitment in Pretoria is seeking an Expert Data Engineer to design and build secure, scalable data pipelines. You will implement real-time streaming solutions, integrate APIs and event-driven interfaces, and ensure data is trustworthy and ready for consumption across a global tech environment.

You will work with Kafka/MSK, AWS, Python and Java to develop pipelines, schemas and data models, focusing on performance, reliability and observability in production environments.