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Head AI and Data Engineer

Cape Town City Centre, Cape Town Region💼 Full-time🗓 2026-04-15 → 2026-08-08

Core

Lead the design, architecture, and management of a proprietary Data Management Platform (DMP) on Google Cloud Platform, serving internal teams and driving revenue through data products.

Role type

Senior IC data platform leader (Head of Data Platform & AI)

Builds

Proprietary Data Management Platform (DMP) and scalable data infrastructure

Domain

Digital intelligence / Big data technology / Marketing analytics

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) architecture, BigQuery, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, Cloud Functions, Composer, Python, SQL, data modeling, schema design, performance tuning, cloud cost optimization, technical documentation, team mentorship

Preferred skills

Experience scaling a proprietary DMP or CDP from scratch, marketing data integrations (Salesforce, Meta Conversions API, Google Analytics), GCP Professional Data Engineer Certification

Technologies

Google Cloud Platform, BigQuery, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, Cloud Functions, Composer, Python, SQLAlchemy, SQL, Java, PHP

Responsibilities

Architect and manage ETL/ELT pipelines for structured and unstructured data; optimize data storage, pipeline speed, and compute costs; enforce data validation, security, and governance standards; lead root-cause analysis for pipeline failures; mentor data engineers and analysts; collaborate with AI and marketing teams to design data products; build internal reporting dashboards

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities

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