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EQPlus

Data Engineer

EQPlus

  • Undisclosed
  • Permanent Intermediate position
  • Cape Town Region
  • Posted 06 May 2025 by EQPlus
  • Job 2605885
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About the position

A leading brand in retail is seeking a Data Engineer to assist in designing and implementing scalable processes for managing large data sets. This is an exciting opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology and have a direct impact on the business.

Key Responsibilities:
Designing and implementing scalable processes to manage large data sets, ensuring quality and consistency across sources. This involves developing and maintaining data pipelines, creating optimal extraction patterns, and aligning cloud strategy with data architecture. As the Data Engineer, you will also engineer data formats for analytics, develop APIs for applications, and collaborate with stakeholders to deliver solutions while driving process improvements, enhancing scalability, and supporting testing and deployment of new features.

Minimum Requirements:

  • At least 4 years of relevant data engineering experience
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, business informatics, mathematics, statistics, engineering, or related field
  • Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and software design
  • Experience with structured and unstructured data, data stores, RDBMS, and data warehouses
  • Proficiency in cloud tools (e.g., Redshift, Athena, Glue, Lambda)
  • Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Scala, Java, or C
  • Experience with Apache Spark and cloud services (AWS, Azure, GCP)
  • Knowledge of version control systems like Git and SVN
  • Familiarity with DevOps practices, including CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code
  • Exposure to AWS platform environments such as CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy
  • Experience with big data, ETL, and data management processes
  • Experience in API development and cloud architecture
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
  • Ability to work collaboratively in an agile environment

Additional Skills & Attributes needed:

  • Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams
  • Strong communication skills to articulate complex data concepts to non-technical stakeholders
  • Continuous learning mindset and commitment to professional development
  • Innovative thinking and flexibility to adapt to changing business needs
  • Integrity, accountability, and strong work ethic
  • Enthusiasm for experimenting with new technologies and methodologies

Desired Skills:

  • Data Engineering
  • Cloud Computing
  • ETL Development
  • Big Data Development
  • Data Pipelines
  • Apache Spark
  • DevOps Practices

Desired Work Experience:

  • 2 to 5 years

Desired Qualification Level:

  • Degree

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About the agency

EQPlus is a Specialist IT & Financial Recruitment Consultancy with a team of highly experienced staff and shareholders, representative of South Africa's unique diversity. EQPlus is a Specialist Resourcing Services organization, specialising in the provision of contracting staff, permanent staff as well as Executive Search. We do IT your way. EQPlus is a leading provider of IT and Financial talent, on all levels of your business Founded in 1999, the dynamic team at EQPlus focusses on the following business units: EQ Resourcing EQPlus is able to supply top quality technical specialists in all technologies e.g. Mobile Technologies, Java, C#, SQL, Oracle, COBOL, Natural – all levels. EQ PLUS ensures that the candidate match the client’s skills requirement and the culture of the organisation. EQ Plus provides a personal service of exceptional value. EQ Professional Services EQPlus is highly experienced in the sourcing of Programme and Project Managers for short and long term positions, both local and internationally. Business Analysts/Business Process skills are also available with experience across multiple leading BA methodologies. EQ Staffing Solutions EQ Staffing solutions is designed to meet your needs, be it Teams, Fixed price or Executive search. Our offering includes bespoke application development skills across all the enterprise development platforms and technologies over the full lifecycle of a project. Why EQPLUS We have a track record of excellent service delivery on small and large scale recruitment projects. •Our team of inspirational bright minds enables us to provide business leadership in our field. •We provide Technology Expertise, using state of the art Recruitment Intellectual Property •We consistently provide quality candidates, at great value for money with passionate service delivery. •We serve clients and candidates spanning the technology and geographic landscape of South Africa. •We are a Total Talent Solution Centre of Excellence and have specialists that focus on the IT Industry. •We provide Executive Search appointments, Independent Contractors and Permanent Appointments including: oArchitects, oBusiness Analysts, oProject Managers, oAnalyst Programmers (Java, C#, PHP, Web Logic, SQL, Cobol, Universe, SAP, Oracle etc.) oNetwork Engineers (up to CCIE level). oMicrosoft Technology experts, oJava Application Development experts and oMobile Development experts. oFinancial Industry Professionals.

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