Our client, a leader in the media industry, is looking for

Senior Cloud Data Engineer

to join their dynamic and fast-paced team, where technology, content, and innovation shape South Africa’s top digital, print, and ecommerce platforms.
The client’s team of engineers, data scientists, product managers and UX/UI design specialists develop exceptional digital products for renowned brands. By harnessing cutting-edge technology and a sophisticated tech stack, they deliver world-class solutions. Our vibrant, people-focused culture, commitment to innovation, and strong societal mission are at the heart of everything we do.
What will you do?
You will be working primarily within the Google Cloud Environment using a variety of the tools that Google offers from Biquery and Dataproc to Kubernetes and AI Hub.
You should ideally dream in Python and speak SQL.
You should not be afraid to dive into dirty data and help the team make sense of it.
We are in the game of taking data and turning it into amazing stories and pretty pictures that helps the decision makers drive the business forward.
What should you have?
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering
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 preferred)
Experience with source control (Git)
Beneficial Skills
You will be exposed to these in our environment, so it would be great if you had prior experience, but it’s not a problem if you don’t.
Scheduling and Orchestration (Airflow/Composer)
Containerization (Kubernetes, Docker)
Big Query
Elastic search
Data Warehousing concepts
Data governance Concepts.
Apache beam (Cloud Dataflow)
Apache Spark (Dataproc)
General:
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Should you not hear from us after 30 days you may consider your application unsuccessful
Given the employment equity policy of the client, preference will be given to suitable candidates from the designated groups.
Please include your current salary and salary expectations.