Data Engineer (Ab Initio & Redshift/PostgreSQL)

Recruiter:

EQ Plus

Job Ref:

GTG008529/LR

Date posted:

Thursday, February 5, 2026

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

Salary:

1Â 344Â 000

SUMMARY:
We are seeking an experienced Data Engineer with strong expertise in Ab Initio and Amazon Redshift / PostgreSQL to design, build, and optimize high-performance data solutions within the financial services and banking environment. The ideal candidate is passionate about data integrity, scalability, and delivering trusted data for analytics, reporting, and regulatory needs.

POSITION INFO:

Key Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain Ab Initio ETL/ELT pipelines for large-scale enterprise data platforms
Build and optimize data models and transformations in Amazon Redshift and PostgreSQL
Ensure high data quality, accuracy, and consistency across banking data domains
Collaborate with business analysts, data architects, and stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions
Optimize query performance, data loading processes, and storage strategies
Support regulatory, risk, compliance, and reporting use cases
Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve data pipeline and performance issues
Adhere to data governance, security, and banking compliance standards

Required Skills & Experience

5+ years experience as a Data Engineer (financial services or banking preferred)
Strong hands-on experience with Ab Initio (GDE, Co>Operating System, metadata, performance tuning)
Advanced expertise in Amazon Redshift and PostgreSQL (SQL, optimization, indexing, schema design)
Solid understanding of data warehousing concepts, ETL/ELT patterns, and dimensional modeling
Experience working with large, complex datasets in enterprise environments
Familiarity with banking data domains (transactions, customers, risk, finance, compliance)
Strong problem-solving and analytical skills

Nice to Have:

Experience with AWS ecosystem (S3, Glue, Lambda, IAM)
Exposure to data governance, lineage, and metadata management tools
Knowledge of Python or shell scripting
Experience in Agile / DevOps data environments

What We Offer

Opportunity to work on mission-critical banking data platforms
Collaborative, high-impact data engineering environment
Competitive salary and benefits
Career growth within a leading financial services organization

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