Data Engineer

Reference: HC006349-Laure-1 We’re Hiring | Data Engineer Duties & Responsibilities Western Cape Are you a hands-on Data Engineer passionate about building reliable data pipelines, integrating complex systems, and enabling data-driven decision-making? Our client is seeking an experienced Data Engineer to strengthen its data capabilities and support ongoing business transformation within a dynamic, multi-functional environment. The Role You’ll be responsible for designing, developing and maintaining scalable data pipelines and integrations, ensuring that accurate, reliable and well-governed data is accessible across the business. Working closely with architecture, analytics, IT and business stakeholders, you’ll help automate processes, improve data quality and build a trusted foundation for reporting, analytics and AI-enabled solutions. Key Responsibilities • Design, build and maintain ETL/ELT data pipelines. • Develop integrations across ERP, finance, CRM, logistics, supply chain and other business systems. • Build automated data-quality checks and improve data integrity. • Develop and maintain data models and analysis-ready datasets. • Design and support REST API and secure file-based integrations. • Monitor production pipelines, troubleshoot failures and optimise performance. • Contribute to data governance, metadata management and master data management. • Support systems implementations, data migrations and business transformation initiatives. • Leverage AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering productivity and data quality within established governance controls. What We’re Looking For • A relevant tertiary qualification in Computer Science, Information Systems, IT, Software Engineering or a related field. • Approximately 5–7 years’ relevant experience in data engineering, database development or systems integration. • Strong SQL and relational database skills. • Proven experience developing data solutions using Python. • Practical experience with ETL/ELT, data modelling and data warehousing. • Experience building and supporting REST API integrations and secure file transfers. • Familiarity with Git, deployment practices, monitoring and production support. • Strong analytical, problem-solving and stakeholder collaboration skills. Advantageous Experience Exposure to Microsoft Fabric, Microsoft Foundry, cloud data platforms, event-driven integrations, middleware solutions, master data management and AI-enabled data capabilities would be beneficial. Interested? If you’re ready to build scalable data solutions and make a meaningful impact through better data integration and automation, we’d love to hear from you. Apply #Hiring #DataEngineer #DataEngineering #Python #SQL #DataIntegration #ETL #TechnologyJobs