# Senior Data Engineer – Johannesburg – up to R900k per annum

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Company: e-Merge Recruitment

Category: Information & Communication Technology

Location: South Africa

Work type: Full-time

Work arrangement: On-site

Published: 2026-09-02

Expires: 2026-10-17

## 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.

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## Requirements

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

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