Senior Systems Engineer - Data Pipelines & Automation

Boardroom Appointments; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments seeks a Senior Specialist: Systems Development to lead the design, development and deployment of production-grade services, APIs and web applications, with strong SQL and Python capabilities.

You will collaborate with data curators, developers, scientists and technicians to automate data streams from environmental monitoring instruments and ensure scalable data workflows across platforms.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in the design, development, testing and deployment of production-grade services, APIs and web applications.
• Proficiency in relational database design and SQL.
• Proficiency in Python.
• Understanding of object-oriented design principles and patterns.
• Experience in the use of version control software.
• An aptitude for solving complex problems.
• Attention to detail and a passion for systems development.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop data- and metadata-automation pipelines for continuous data streams.
• Collaborate with data curators, developers, scientists and technicians to automate data harvesting.

Skills

API & Web Apps

Relational DB design

Python

OOP concepts

Version control

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Data Ops

R programming

Geospatial data

JSON/JSON Schema

OAuth2

Linux CLI

Windows server administration

Job description

Boardroom Appointments seeks a Senior Specialist: Systems Development to lead the design, development and deployment of production-grade services, APIs and web applications, with strong SQL and Python capabilities.

You will collaborate with data curators, developers, scientists and technicians to automate data streams from environmental monitoring instruments and ensure scalable data workflows across platforms.