Hybrid – R1.8m PA

Recruiter:

E-Merge

Job Ref:

GZ60376

Date posted:

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

Salary:

1 800 000

SUMMARY:
Lead Data Engineer with Python and Typescript – JHB / CPT / Hybrid – R1.8m PA

POSITION INFO:

Our client is currently looking for a Lead Data Engineer to architect, optimize, and lead our data infrastructure, enabling smart, data-driven decisions across the business. They companies build borderless teams by managing compliance, payroll, and HR administration across 180+ countries, and are a scale fast,

As our Lead Data Engineer, you’ll take ownership of data infrastructure. From building scalable pipelines to shaping the data strategy, you’ll empower teams across the company—from Product to Finance—with high-quality, actionable data.

Skills you need to Bag the role:

Development: Python / Typescript
Cloud: AWS - S3, Athena, DMS, Lambda, IAM, CDK
DWH / Data platform: Databricks, Snowflake, Redshift
BI tools: Tableau, Metabase, Domo, Looker, QuickSight
Big data and ETL: Spark, Glue, Airflow, DBT
Streaming and Events: Kinesis, Kafka, Event Bridge
Realtime visualisation: MixPanel, Segment, Amplitude, GA
Experience as a data engineer with proficiency in data architecture, having architected and built:
Data warehouses
Event driven architectures and event ingestion pipelines
BI, reporting and data visualization toolkits
Integrations with 3rd party SaaS platforms, e.g. Salesforce, Hubspot and Market intelligence data providers

What You''ll Be Doing:

Work with the CTO, CRO and other stakeholders to build a data engineering strategy that enables the company to meet its ambitious goals
Scale and build out our data platform (data lake, ingestion pipelines, BI and reporting platform capabilities)
Deploy data and the data infrastructure to support projects such as CRM, personalisation and Martech innovations
Act as a technical authority, sharing your experience to establish data best practices in our engineering and wider team
Support the further development of a data-first culture
Continually seek out and share ways to improve our processes, platform, and culture

Reference Number for this position is GZ60376 which is a permanent Hybrid position based in Johannesburg / Cape Town offering a cost to company salary of R1.8m per annum negotiable on experience and ability. Contact Garth on -merge.co.za or call him on to discuss this and other opportunities.

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