Senior Java/Scala Data Engineer - Spark & Pipelines

Inspired Testing; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech firm in Cape Town is seeking a Senior Java / Scala Engineer to lead large-scale data migration and transformation projects. You will design and build data pipelines while providing technical leadership across data initiatives. The ideal candidate has over 8 years of experience in data engineering, strong skills in Java or Scala, and hands-on experience with cloud platforms. This role offers a permanent position with an immediate start required.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in data engineering or backend engineering.
• Strong experience with either Java or Scala as a primary language.
• Proven experience building large-scale ETL/ELT and data pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver large-scale data migration and transformation solutions.
• Build and operate scalable batch and streaming data pipelines.
• Implement data quality, validation, and lineage controls.

Skills

Data engineering

Java

Scala

ETL/ELT

Apache Spark

Cloud platforms

Tools

Kubernetes

Job description

A leading tech firm in Cape Town is seeking a Senior Java / Scala Engineer to lead large-scale data migration and transformation projects. You will design and build data pipelines while providing technical leadership across data initiatives. The ideal candidate has over 8 years of experience in data engineering, strong skills in Java or Scala, and hands-on experience with cloud platforms. This role offers a permanent position with an immediate start required.