Data Engineer at Media24 (Pty) Ltd

About the role

• Join our team to design and build scalable data infrastructure that processes vast volumes of data daily, enabling real-time analytics and ML models that directly impact business decisions across growth and product teams. The role is based at our Cape Town or Randburg offices.

What you'll do

• Design and maintain high-performance data pipelines using Python, SQL, and modern cloud technologies
• Build real-time streaming data systems
• Collaborate with ML Engineers and Analytics teams to deliver reliable, high-quality datasets
• Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and CI/CD pipelines
• Optimize data costs and performance across cloud platforms
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to technical roadmap planning

Technical requirements

• 4+ years experience with Python and advanced SQL
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (GCP preferred, AWS/Azure acceptable)
• Experience with modern data stack: dbt, Airflow, Snowflake/BigQuery
• Streaming technologies: Kafka, Apache Beam, or similar
• Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, CloudFormation
• Container orchestration with Kubernetes
• Experience with data modeling and warehouse design

Qualifications and Experience

• BSc Hons in Computer Science
• 3-5 years development experience working with Python
• Data skills (Traditional SQL and No-SQL)
• Large scale ETL
• High scale Restful Services
• Cloud experience (Google Cloud Platform, Azure, or AWS)
• Git
• Cloud certifications (GCP Professional Data Engineer, AWS Data Analytics)
• Experience with ML model deployment and monitoring