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Senior Data Engineer & Architect

Cape Town City Centre, Cape Town Region💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-17 → 2026-09-21

Core

Own large-scale data and machine learning platforms, shaping architecture, standards, and technical strategy to build AI-ready solutions.

Role type

Senior Data Engineer & Architect

Builds

Enterprise-scale data ecosystems and production ML solutions

Domain

Data Engineering, Machine Learning, Cloud Platforms

Deliverable

production ML models | infrastructure

Required skills

Data Engineering, Data Platform Development, SQL, Python, ETL/ELT, Data Modelling, Platform Architecture, Technical Standards, Machine Learning, MLOps, Scalable Data Ecosystems, Data Governance, Platform Reliability, Technical Leadership, Mentoring

Preferred skills

Orchestration tools (Airflow, Prefect, Azure Data Factory)

Technologies

Airflow, Prefect, Azure Data Factory

Responsibilities

Shape data and ML platform architecture and technical strategy; Drive technical standards and governance; Lead technical discussions and influence stakeholders; Mentor engineering teams; Design scalable, resilient, and secure data ecosystems; Build and deploy machine learning solutions at scale.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with strategic influence

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