Junior Data Engineer | 6 Month Fixed Term Contract | On-site | George, Western Cape at Badger Holdings (Pty) Ltd

About the role

• You’ll work alongside the Data team to help turn raw information into reliable, useful data products.

Your work could include:

• Building and maintaining data pipelines and integrations.
• Working with databases, data models and transformation processes.
• Writing clean, efficient SQL and code.
• Helping improve data quality, reliability and performance.
• Supporting APIs and services that connect data to applications.
• Building or enhancing simple front-end interfaces, dashboards or internal tools that allow people to interact with data.
• Troubleshooting issues and finding practical ways to solve them.
• Working with the wider team to understand a need and help take a solution from data through to something a user can actually see and use.
• You won’t be expected to know everything from day one. What matters is that you have solid foundations, enjoy figuring things out and are keen to grow quickly.
• About you
• You’ll probably thrive here if you’re naturally curious, technically minded and enjoy building things.

Requirements

We’re looking for someone with:

• A relevant degree, diploma or equivalent practical experience in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems, Software Development, Engineering or a related field.
• Some experience with SQL and relational databases.
• Exposure to a programming language commonly used in data or software development, such as Python.
• An understanding of data structures, data transformation and basic data engineering concepts.
• Some exposure to front-end development using technologies such as JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML and CSS, ideally with a framework such as React, Angular or similar.
• Familiarity with APIs, Git/version control and modern development practices would be useful.
• An interest in cloud platforms, data warehouses and modern data tooling is a plus.
• Just as importantly, you’re someone who asks good questions, enjoys learning from others and doesn’t mind getting stuck into a problem you haven’t seen before.