Senior Data Warehouse Engineer - AWS & Python Lead

Active Recruitment; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 800 000 - 1 200 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency in South Africa is seeking a Senior Data Warehousing Engineer to manage and architect high-performance data ecosystems. The ideal candidate must possess 4–7 years of hands-on experience in data engineering, strong proficiency in Python and SQL, and knowledge in cloud data platforms, particularly AWS. This role emphasizes mentoring junior engineers and collaboration with diverse teams, aiming to drive AI-driven decision-making and analytics solutions.

Benefits

Basic salary + company benefits

Qualifications

• 4–7 years of hands‑on data engineering experience.
• Experience leading or mentoring junior engineers.
• Strong database design knowledge with data warehousing techniques.

Responsibilities

• Architect and maintain scalable data ecosystems.
• Combine hands-on engineering with leadership.
• Collaborate with data scientists and business stakeholders.

Skills

Python

SQL

AWS

Power BI

Tableau

Data Warehousing

ETL / Data Ingestion

Machine Learning Workflows

Agile methodologies

Education

Degree or diploma in Computer Science, Information Systems, or Engineering

Tools

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Microsoft SQL Server

Oracle

MongoDB

Amazon S3

Job description

A leading recruitment agency in South Africa is seeking a Senior Data Warehousing Engineer to manage and architect high-performance data ecosystems. The ideal candidate must possess 4–7 years of hands-on experience in data engineering, strong proficiency in Python and SQL, and knowledge in cloud data platforms, particularly AWS. This role emphasizes mentoring junior engineers and collaboration with diverse teams, aiming to drive AI-driven decision-making and analytics solutions.