Senior Data Solutions Engineer - Hybrid, Data Mesh & AI

Entelect; Wes-Kaap; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Twice-yearly salary increases

Guaranteed bonuses

Loyalty leave

Wellness programs

Commission incentives

Leadership support

Job summary

Entelect in South Africa is seeking a Senior Data Solutions Engineer to join a dynamic, multidisciplinary team. You will tackle complex data challenges across the analytics value chain, from source data and medallion architectures to reporting, dashboards, and AI-enabled solutions.

The role emphasizes collaboration with Solution Architects to design cloud, hybrid, and on-prem solutions, building scalable data pipelines, and mentoring colleagues, with a hybrid work model (2–3 days in office).

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT, Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum 6 years' experience as a data solutions engineer.
• Proficiency in software engineering fundamentals and clean code.
• Experience in delivering with a cross-functional delivery team.
• Strong data modelling and data engineering understanding.
• Knowledge of DataOps and MLOps concepts.

Responsibilities

• Wrangle data from multiple sources into a reliable asset.
• Collaborate with Solution Architects to design cloud/hybrid/on-prem solutions.
• Design and implement data pipelines and advanced analytics using AI/ML.
• Work across descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, prescriptive analytics.
• Maintain data lineage and metadata effectively.
• Mentor colleagues and foster a culture of excellence.

Skills

Data modelling

Data engineering

SQL

Python

Cloud

On-prem

DataOps

MLOps

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/Engineering

Tools

Power BI

Microsoft Fabric

Amazon QuickSight

Google Data Studio

Grafana

Job description

Entelect in South Africa is seeking a Senior Data Solutions Engineer to join a dynamic, multidisciplinary team. You will tackle complex data challenges across the analytics value chain, from source data and medallion architectures to reporting, dashboards, and AI-enabled solutions.

The role emphasizes collaboration with Solution Architects to design cloud, hybrid, and on-prem solutions, building scalable data pipelines, and mentoring colleagues, with a hybrid work model (2–3 days in office).