Senior Java Data Engineer - Large-Scale ETL Pipelines

AES Global; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

AES Global in Cape Town is seeking a Senior Java Engineer with strong data-engineering expertise to lead large-scale migration and ETL projects. You will architect and implement data pipelines, ensure data quality, and mentor engineers across multiple data platforms.

The role combines hands-on development with technical leadership in a hybrid Cape Town setup, offering exposure to petabyte-scale datasets and modern cloud data platforms.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software/data engineering with leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement large-scale data migration and transformation strategies across very large datasets.
• Build data-lineage, validation and testing frameworks to keep migrations accurate.
• Develop scalable batch and streaming pipelines with parallel orchestration.
• Implement monitoring and observability for pipeline performance and system health.
• Provide technical leadership—mentoring engineers, code reviews, and design discussions.

Skills

Advanced Java

Data Engineering

Technical Leadership

Kubernetes

ETL Pipelines

Data Migration

Batch & Streaming

Cloud Platforms

Education

Degree in CS / Engineering

Tools

Gradle / Maven

Hadoop Ecosystem

Kafka / Kinesis

Spark / PySpark

Iceberg / Parquet / ORC

Job description

AES Global in Cape Town is seeking a Senior Java Engineer with strong data-engineering expertise to lead large-scale migration and ETL projects. You will architect and implement data pipelines, ensure data quality, and mentor engineers across multiple data platforms.

The role combines hands-on development with technical leadership in a hybrid Cape Town setup, offering exposure to petabyte-scale datasets and modern cloud data platforms.