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Lead Data Engineer

Johannesburg, ZA💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-30 → 2026-10-01

Core

Lead enterprise-wide data architecture, retrieval, storage, and distribution solutions for a banking group, enabling data science and analytics teams.

Role type

Lead Data Engineer (Enterprise Architecture & Delivery)

Builds

Enterprise data pipelines, storage solutions, analytics tools, and CI/CD infrastructure for a banking estate.

Domain

Banking / Financial Services / Data Engineering

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Data architecture design, pipeline development, relational and No-SQL databases, streaming platforms, CI/CD (Jenkins), infrastructure automation (Ansible, Chef), cloud/containerization (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), data scaling, code debugging, technical mentorship.

Preferred skills

Domain-driven design, design thinking, self-service data tool creation, regulatory compliance expertise.

Technologies

Jenkins, Ansible, Chef, Relational Databases, No-SQL, Streaming Platforms, Containerization, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS.

Responsibilities

Design and implement end-to-end data retrieval, storage, and distribution solutions; mentor engineers and conduct peer reviews; optimize data pipelines for high volume and scalability; ensure data security, quality, and separation; align solutions with group architecture and infrastructure standards; manage technical risks and incident response.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with people management responsibilities

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