Data Engineer Head of DATA (GCP environment) Cape Town | Permanent | R1000k
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Job Location:
Cape Town - South Africa
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
22 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Introduction
Are you ready to shape the future of data-driven innovation
Were redefining how businesses harness the power of data to drive smarter decisions seamless digital experiences and measurable growth. Our cutting-edge platforms connect millions of customers to personalized insights and offers every single day and now were looking for an exceptional Senior Data Engineer to help us take things to the next level.
If you thrive in fast-paced environments where innovation meets impact this is your opportunity to make a real difference.
Duties & Responsibilities
What Youll Do
As a Senior Data Engineer youll design build and optimize the powerful data infrastructure that fuels our analytics machine learning and decision-making systems.
Youll collaborate with data scientists analysts and engineers to deliver reliable scalable and high-performance data solutions that keep our business ahead of the curve.
uD83DuDCA1 What Were Looking For
- 5 years of experience as a Data Engineer or Data Platform Lead
- Advanced proficiency in Google Cloud Platform (BigQuery Dataflow Pub/Sub Cloud Storage Composer)
- Strong coding skills in Python SQL and Java or PHP
- Expertise in data modelling schema design and performance tuning
- Familiarity with AI/ML tools such as Gemini (advantageous)
- Experience managing complex data workflows and ensuring data security
- Skilled in cloud cost optimisation and scalable architecture design
- Excellent communication skills and high professional accountability
- Experience in lead generation digital marketing or performance media
- Proven success in building or scaling a proprietary DMP/CDP from scratch
- Familiarity with Salesforce Meta Conversions API or Google Analytics
- GCP Professional Data Engineer Certification
uD83EuDDE0 Bonus Skills
- Shell scripting Perl Python and a higher programming language (Java/.NET)
- Experience with ITIL DevOps and CI/CD tools (GitHub Bitbucket Jenkins Nexus GitHub Actions)
- Strong Git skills (Linux/Unix & Windows)
- Excellent stakeholder management and intercultural communication
- Resilience under pressure proactive mindset and ability to work independently
- Agile flexible and a true team player
uD83DuDCBC The Offer
- Reference: GZ60896
- Location: Cape Town (Hybrid / On-site)
- Type: Permanent
- Salary: Up to R1000k per annum (CTC) negotiable based on experience
uD83CuDF0D Why e-Merge
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uD83DuDCDE Contact: Garth
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uD83DuDCB8 Referral Bonus: Know someone perfect for this role We pay cash for successful
Required Experience:
Director
Key Skills
- Apache Hive
- S3
- Hadoop
- Redshift
- Spark
- AWS
- Apache Pig
- NoSQL
- Big Data
- Data Warehouse
- Kafka
- Scala
