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Senior Data Engineer

Johannesburg, ZA💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-28

Core

Designing, building, and optimizing scalable enterprise data solutions on Databricks/AWS to support insurance business processes.

Role type

Senior hands-on IC data engineer

Builds

Production ETL/ELT pipelines, data ingestion frameworks, and Medallion Architecture data products

Domain

Insurance / Financial Services / Cloud Data Engineering

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

PySpark, SQL, Databricks, Delta Lake, Parquet, Medallion Architecture, ETL/ELT, data modeling, CI/CD, performance tuning

Preferred skills

Unity Catalog, Auto Loader, CDC, AWS services, AI/ML data workloads, insurance domain knowledge (policy, claims, premium)

Technologies

Databricks, AWS, Azure DevOps, PySpark, SQL, Delta Lake, Parquet

Responsibilities

Design and develop scalable ETL/ELT pipelines; Build batch, incremental, and event-driven ingestion pipelines; Implement automated data reconciliation and quality controls; Translate business requirements into scalable technical designs; Provide technical leadership and mentorship to other engineers; Monitor production pipelines and resolve failures

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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