Claude Code AI Data Engineer
Save this job and keep your search organized
Create a free account to save jobs, create alerts and return to this listing from your dashboard.
By continuing, you agree to our Terms & Privacy Policy.
Introduction
We are seeking a highly capable Data Engineer with strong experience in scalable data platforms, large-scale scraping, LLM integrations, and agentic AI systems. This role is ideal for a hands-on builder who enjoys solving complex data challenges and developing intelligent automation solutions that operate reliably in production environments.
You will play a key role in designing and building modern data pipelines, AI-powered workflows, and autonomous systems that can interact with tools, APIs, databases, and enterprise data sources.
Duties & Responsibilities
Responsibilities:
- Design and build scalable batch and near-real-time data pipelines.
- Experience specifically with Claude Code.
- Ingest and process data from APIs, databases, files, event streams, and web sources.
- Develop and maintain large-scale scraping and data acquisition systems.
- Clean, validate, transform, and model data for analytics and AI applications.
- Build LLM-powered workflows and agentic AI solutions using:
- Tool calling
- Structured outputs
- Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
- API and database integrations
- Support modern data lake, warehouse, and lakehouse architectures.
- Implement monitoring, observability, schema validation, and data quality controls.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to deliver secure, scalable, and maintainable production systems.
Qualifications & Experience
- Strong experience with Python and/or Node.js/TypeScript.
- Advanced SQL and relational database skills.
- Proven experience building production-grade data pipelines.
- Experience with AWS or similar cloud platforms.
- Hands-on experience with data lakes, warehouses, or lakehouse technologies.
- Practical experience using LLM platforms such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Bedrock, or similar.
- Experience building agentic workflows involving:
- Tool use
- Task decomposition
- Retrieval systems
- Memory
- Human-in-the-loop workflows
- Experience with scraping frameworks such as Playwright, Puppeteer, Scrapy, or Selenium.
- Strong understanding of APIs, containers, CI/CD, testing, and secure engineering practices.
The Reference Number for this position is GZ61354 which is a Contract Remote role offering a salary of up to R650 per hour salary negotiable based on experience. E-mail Garth on Garthz@e-merge.co.za or call him for a chat on 011 463 3633 to discuss this and other opportunities.
Are you ready for a change of scenery? e-Merge IT recruitment is a niche recruitment agency. We offer our candidates options so that we can successfully place the right people with the right companies, in the right roles. Check out the e-Merge IT website www.e-merge.co.za for more great positions.
Do you have a friend who is a developer or technology specialist? We pay cash for successful referrals
-
Remote, South Africa Parvana Full-time R 1 ContractParvana is seeking a Senior Fullstack Engineer to design and maintain backend and frontend features using a TypeScript/Supabase stack. You will work on greenfield and existing systems while shaping CI/CD pipelines and code standards. Ideal candidates have 5–7+ years of development experience with TypeScript/SQL and strong communication for collaboration...
-
AI Data Engineer
1 day ago
Remote, noord kaap, South Africa Placements24 Full-time R 900,000 ContractAbout the Role Our client is seeking a skilled AI Data Engineer to join their data-centric team in Kimberley . This role is crucial for building and maintaining the robust data infrastructure that fuels their artificial intelligence and machine learning initiatives. You will be responsible for designing, developing, and optimizing data pipelines, ensuring...
-
Senior AI Coding Agent Evaluation Engineer
4 days ago
Remote, South Africa Mindrift Full-time R 1 ContractMindrift in South Africa is seeking specialists for project-based opportunities in AI evaluation. You will create realistic developer environments to test AI coding agents, ensuring tasks challenge models effectively. Successful candidates should have over 5 years of software development experience, particularly with Python and JavaScript. Proficiency in...
-
Data Engineer: Pipelines for AI
1 day ago
Remote, South Africa Spatialedge Full-time R 900,000 ContractSpatialedge is looking for a data engineer to design and build data pipelines, use and contribute to open source tools that manage data flow, and help develop the systems underlying machine learning and advanced analytics workloads. You will be part of an agile team solving problems for big enterprise clients daily. The role emphasizes curiosity,...
-
AI Backend Engineer
1 day ago
Remote, South Africa Odixcity Consulting Full-time R 420,000 ContractOdixcity Consulting is seeking a highly analytical Backend Engineer Annotator to support AI development, evaluation and improvement. You will review, annotate, validate and improve backend datasets, code samples and system design outputs. Responsibilities include annotating backend code samples, labeling REST APIs and GraphQL datasets, and evaluating...
-
AI-Powered Data
1 day ago
Remote, South Africa T-Tech Full-time R 2 ContractT-Tech is seeking a Data & Integration Engineer to design, build, and maintain API integrations across core systems. You will automate workflows, improve data quality, and develop reporting environments to support business decisions. The role emphasizes hands-on engineering and practical outcomes, including AI-assisted workflows and robust documentation,...
-
Remote, wes kaap, South Africa Cloud Direct Full-time R 900,000 ContractA leading technology firm located in South Africa is seeking a full-time Data Engineer. The role includes designing and building scalable data solutions, developing data pipelines, and collaborating with product stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have over 3 years of experience in data engineering and strong knowledge of Azure services such as Microsoft...
-
Senior Business Intelligence Developer
6 days ago
Remote Position, Gauteng, South Africa Hire Resolve Remote Full-time R 840,000 ContractA company that provides a fintech ecosystem that bridges the gap between cash and digital economies, allowing unbanked or underbanked consumers to safely transact online without needing a bank account, is seeking a Senior Business Intelligence Developer to lead the design, development, and implementation of their next-generation, AI-driven data solutions...
-
Remote, South Africa Weconnectu Full-time R 1 ContractRELX INC in Johannesburg seeks a Data Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and analytics platforms. You will enable AI-ready data while improving automation, performance, and cross-functional collaboration to deliver reliable data solutions. You will work with SQL, data modeling, ETL processes, and cloud services (AWS/Azure/GCP) to...
-
Remote, South Africa T-Tech Full-time R 2 ContractAbout T-Tech T-Tech is a growing UK-based Managed Service Provider (MSP) delivering technology solutions to organisations within the accountancy, financial services, and asset management sectors. We are investing heavily in automation, data, AI, and operational excellence, and we are looking for a Data & Integration Engineer to help drive that journey. This...
Similar jobs in REMOTE
This job listing is provided by a partner site
Get alerts for similar jobs
Receive job offers for Claude Code AI Data Engineer