AI Developer (Azure)
Johannesburg
3 days ago

Lead the design, build, and deployment of production-grade AI solutions on Microsoft Azure. Own end-to-end delivery, from data pipelines to model deployment, ensuring security, reliability, and compliance.

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AI Developer (Contract)
Johannesburg
7 days ago

Opportunity for an AI Developer (Azure).

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Salesforce Engineer / Developer
Johannesburg
9 days ago

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Data Analyst
South Africa
10 days ago

Salary: Market related

data Analyst

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Data Scientist
Johannesburg
11 days ago

A well‑established financial services organisation is looking for an experienced data Scientist to join a growing analytics team focused on delivering advanced insights, predictive models, and scalable data solutions that support strategic and client‑driven initiatives.

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Cloud Engineer
Johannesburg
15 days ago

We are seeking a specialised Cloud Engineer to design, build, secure, and maintain the infrastructure powering our modern data platforms. Unlike a traditional Cloud Engineer focused on general application hosting, this role is dedicated to the unique demands of large-scale data workload, spanning high-volume storage, high-throughput networking, and compute-optimised environments for Spark and SQL-...

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Junior Data Engineer
Sandton
17 days ago

Salary: R25k - 30k per month

Building, maintaining, and optimising data pipelines and infrastructure, enabling advanced analytics

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Data Engineer
Johannesburg
18 days ago

Salary: Monthly

Psybergate is an IT company that builds bespoke software solutions and provides highly skilled resources to its clients.We are looking for a data Engineer to join our financial services client based in Sandton on a contract basis.

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Data Engineer
Sandton
18 days ago

Salary: R75k - 100k per month

Building, maintaining, and optimising data pipelines and infrastructure, enabling advanced analytics

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Data Scientist
Johannesburg
23 days ago

A well‑established financial services organisation is looking for an experienced data Scientist to join a growing analytics team focused on delivering advanced insights, predictive models, and scalable data solutions that support strategic and client‑driven initiatives.

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Data Engineering jobs Johannesburg

What is a data engineer?

The growth of "big data" is reshaping the business world, and as a result, there is a growing demand for data engineers who can collect and manage enormous data sets.

Data engineering focuses on building infrastructures for large-scale data gathering, archiving, and analysis. It's an expansive field with applications across various industries.

While organizations can amass enormous amounts of data, this is of limited value unless they also possess the resources to thoroughly cleanse and prepare this information for usage by data scientists and analysts.

Being a data engineer gives you the opportunity to make a difference while also making data scientists' jobs easier. Machine learning and deep learning wouldn't be where they are now if it weren't for data engineers who analyse and channel that data. Here we’ll explain all there is to know about data engineering jobs in Johannesburg.

 

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Employment opportunities in the data engineering sector in Johannesburg

Data scientists and business analysts rely on the work of data engineers in Johannesburg to collect, organize, and analyse massive amounts of raw data.

Their ultimate goal is to simplify access to data so that companies can use it for in-house research and development.

Teams of data engineers are commonly employed by larger firms, with some engineers specializing in data pipeline design and construction and others in data warehouse management, which includes tasks such as importing data and building table schemas to keep track of its multiple locations.

In a smaller organization, a generalist may be requested to handle a broader range of data-related tasks.

Working in this field could be both a rewarding and challenging experience. You'll have a significant impact on the company's success by streamlining access to data for data scientists, analysts, and decision-makers.

Creating solutions that can scale will be a true test of your problem-solving and programming skills. So long as there is data to be analyzed, there will always be a need for data engineers.

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To protect any sensitive information that may be involved in the job process, Executive Placements takes extra precautions to ensure that any communications that take place during the hiring process are kept private and secure.

Executive Placements is considered to offer the most valuable tools for locating opportunities in upper-level management.

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Frequently Asked Questions

1.      How much does a data engineer earn in Johannesburg?

The median annual income for a data engineer in Johannesburg is R 1 015 000, or $521 per hour. The annual salary for an entry-level worker begins at R 430 004.

 

2.      Is it easy to find a data engineering job in Johannesburg?

Yes, demand for data engineers is in great demand due to the increasing need for data processing

 

3.      What is the best way to find a data engineering job in Johannesburg?

Executive Placements is a tailored and comprehensive job board that provides the most promising opportunities in Johannesburg for experienced data engineers.