Our client is currently looking for a Lead Data Engineer to architect, optimize, and lead our data infrastructure, enabling smart, data-driven decisions across the business. They companies build borderless teams by managing compliance, payroll, and HR administration across 180 countries, and are a scale fast, As our Lead Data Engineer , youll take ownership of data infrastructure. From building scalable pipelines to shaping the data strategy, youll empower teams across the companyfrom Product to Financewith high-quality, actionable data. Skills you need to Bag the role: Development: Python / Typescript Cloud: AWS – S3, Athena, DMS, Lambda, IAM, CDK DWH / Data platform: Databricks, Snowflake, Redshift BI tools: Tableau, Metabase, Domo, Looker, QuickSight Big data and ETL: Spark, Glue, Airflow, DBT Streaming and Events: Kinesis, Kafka, Event Bridge Realtime visualisation: MixPanel, Segment, Amplitude, GA Experience as a data engineer with proficiency in data architecture, having architected and built: Data warehouses Event driven architectures and event ingestion pipelines BI, reporting and data visualization toolkits Integrations with 3rd party SaaS platforms, e.g. Salesforce, Hubspot and Market intelligence data providers What You“ll Be Doing: Work with the CTO, CRO and other stakeholders to build a data engineering strategy that enables the company to meet its ambitious goals Scale and build out our data platform (data lake, ingestion pipelines, BI and reporting platform capabilities) Deploy data and the data infrastructure to support projects such as CRM, personalisation and Martech innovations Act as a technical authority, sharing your experience to establish data best practices in our engineering and wider team Support the further development of a data-first culture Continually seek out and share ways to improve our processes, platform, and culture Reference Number for this position is GZ60376 which is a permanent Hybrid position based in Johannesburg / Cape Town offering a cost to company salary of R1.8m per annum