Senior Data Engineer

2 weeks ago

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa PBT Group Full time R180 000 - R250 000 per year
Employment Type

Contract

Experience

5 to 25 years

Salary

Negotiable

Job Published

08 October 2025

Job Reference No.

Job Description

We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Data Engineer to join our team for a cloud migration initiative centered on Snowflake. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in dbt, AWS, Airflow, Python, and advanced SQL. You will play a key role in building, automating, and optimizing data pipelines to ensure high performance and reliability in a modern, cloud-based data ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain data pipelines and transformation workflows using dbt and Airflow.
  • Develop and optimize complex SQL queries for data extraction, transformation, and analytics.
  • Lead and support data migration initiatives to Snowflake within an AWS environment.
  • Collaborate with architects, analysts, and business teams to ensure alignment on data requirements.
  • Implement data quality, lineage, and performance monitoring standards.
  • Leverage Python for data automation, validation, and process orchestration.
  • Contribute to continuous improvement and DevOps practices within the data engineering environment.

Skills & Experience Required

  • 5+ years of professional experience as a Data Engineer.
  • Proven hands-on experience with Snowflake, dbt, AWS, Airflow, and Python.
  • Advanced SQL development and optimization skills.
  • Strong understanding of ETL/ELT, data modeling, and data warehousing principles.
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, version control (Git), and infrastructure as code.
  • Experience with cloud-based architecture and modern data stacks.
  • Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving ability.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
  • Certifications in AWS, Snowflake, or dbt are advantageous.

  • Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) is a plus.

  • In order to comply with the POPI Act, for future career opportunities, we require your permission to maintain your personal details on our database. By completing and returning this form you give PBT your consent

  • If you have not received any feedback after 2 weeks, please consider you application as unsuccessful.

Skills

Data EngineeringAWSPythonExtract Transform Load (ETL)CI/CDSQL

Industries

LogisticsTransport

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