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Information & Communication Technology

Senior Data Engineer – Johannesburg – up to R900k per annum

e-Merge Recruitment

South Africa Full-time On-site
Posted: 1 month ago
Expires: Nov 22, 2026
Salary: Not listed

Job description

A large marketing data generation and distribution company, transforming how businesses access, manage and use data — are rapidly expanding their footprint globally.

They are looking for an experienced Senior Data Engineer to join their technology team and play a key role in designing, building and maintaining scalable, reliable data solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines for reliable data processing.
  • Build, enhance and optimise data warehouses and modern data platforms.
  • Integrate and consolidate data from diverse sources and systems.
  • Develop high-performance SQL queries and efficient data transformation processes.
  • Maintain high standards of data quality, governance, security and availability.
  • Monitor, troubleshoot and continuously optimise data pipelines and workflows.
  • Collaborate with Data Analysts, BI Developers, Software Engineers and business stakeholders to deliver effective data solutions.
  • Contribute to data architecture, automation and engineering best practices.
  • Develop and support cloud-based data solutions to enable scalable and efficient data processing.

Qualifications & Experience

  • 5+ years’ experience in Data Engineering or a related role.
  • Strong SQL and Python skills.
  • Proven ETL/ELT and data integration experience.
  • Experience with relational and/or cloud databases.
  • Strong understanding of data warehousing and dimensional modelling.
  • Exposure to AWS, Azure or GCP.
  • Experience with orchestration tools and Git.
  • Understanding of data quality, governance and software engineering practices.
  • Advantageous: Azure Data Factory / AWS Glue /Databricks / Snowflake / Microsoft Fabric Power BI / Apache Spark /Kafka /Docker / Kubernetes

The Reference Number for this position is NG61504which is a Permanent, Hybrid position based in the Johannesburg offering a cost to company of up to R900k CTC negotiable on experience and ability. Contact Nokuthula at nokuthulag@e-merge.co.za or call her on 011 463 3633 to discuss this and other opportunities.

Are you ready for a change of scenery? E-Merge IT recruitment is a specialist niche recruitment agency. We offer our candidates options so that we can successfully place the right developers with the right companies in the right roles. Check out the e-Merge website www.e-merge.co.za for more great positions.

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Requirements

Apply by email: nokuthulag@e-merge.co.za

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