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Cape Town City Centre: Data Engineer

Cape Town City Centre: Data Engineer

Posted on 2025-06-08 00:00:00

Job Summary

We are looking for a versatile Data Engineer with a strong blend of data engineering and software engineering skills. The ideal candidate is someone who thrives on improving existing systems, enjoys business-as-usual (BAU) operational tasks, and is comfortable engaging with business stakeholders to understand and translate requirements into technical solutions. This is not a greenfield development role — instead, it focuses on supporting, maintaining, and optimising our current data and backend solutions to ensure performance, stability, and scalability. Key Responsibilities: Monitor and support existing data pipelines and backend processes to ensure smooth daily operations. Investigate and resolve issues related to databases (e.g., performance tuning, index management, RDS memory optimisation). Analyse and fix API-related errors, latency issues, and general data integration problems. Optimise SQL queries, functions, and stored procedures as needed. Conduct load testing and scenario testing to ensure robustness and reliability of solutions. Collaborate with business users to gather and understand requirements, then translate them into scalable technical solutions. Make incremental improvements to existing systems — including data models, ETL processes, and reporting solutions. Contribute to backend work and system maintenance where applicable. Maintain clean documentation and follow good development practices, ideally with some GitOps experience (not mandatory). Key Skills and Experience: 4 years of experience in data engineering, software engineering, or related roles. Strong understanding of relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, AWS RDS). Proficiency in SQL and Python for data processing and scripting. Solid troubleshooting skills with experience in diagnosing system performance issues and debugging backend systems. Comfortable working in a BAU environment, making enhancements to existing systems rather than building from scratch. Ability to work closely with business stakeholders to spec and implement changes. Familiarity with tools like Git, CI/CD pipelines, and basic DevOps practices (GitOps experience is a plus). Understanding of API structures and integration concepts. Detail-oriented mindset with a passion for system stability and continuous improvement. Nice to Have: Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP). Exposure to monitoring tools (e.g., Datadog, CloudWatch). Familiarity with data visualisation or reporting tools. Previous experience working in cross-functional teams and agile environments. What We’re Looking For: Someone who takes pride in keeping systems running smoothly and efficiently. A practical problem-solver who enjoys getting into the details and fixing root causes. A communicator who can bridge the gap between technical teams and business users. A collaborative team player who can work independently and proactively. * In order to comply with the POPI Act, for future career opportunities, we require your permission to maintain your personal details on our database. By completing and returning this form you give PBT your consent * If you have not received any feedback after 2 weeks, please consider you application as unsuccessful.

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