Data Engineer (Fixed Term) at Democratic Alliance

Description

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Designing and constructing a data warehouse that integrates data from multiple sources to produce a comprehensive dataset covering the Party’s campaign activity
• Developing ETL pipelines to populate the data warehouse
• Designing and building dashboards, visualisation and other BI tools to inform the campaign management and guide decision-making
• Producing adhoc reports and data queries as needed 
• Collaborating with other members of the development team to design and develop software systems related to voter and campaign data

Requirements

Minimum requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or similar qualification in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, or related field
• 5 years’ experience in software development
• Experience with data warehouses  
• Experience with Business Intelligence (BI) tools 
• Software systems design and architecture experience
• In depth knowledge of SQL (PostgreSQL advantageous) 
• MongoDB experience (advantageous)

Skills:

• Strong programming skills 
• Strong problem-solving skills, with an aptitude for analytical thinking
• Organisation and planning
• Attention to detail