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New AI policy in South Africa stresses corporate liability for agentic systems
Kate Beretta, Justin Ramages, and Ashleigh Brink
Intermediate to Senior AWS Data Engineer
| Location: | Cape Town |
| Remote work: | Some remote work allowed |
| Type: | Permanent |
| Reference: | #NG61034 |
| Company: | E-Merge IT Recruitment |
This is a hands-on engineering role focused on building and maintaining production-grade data pipelines while contributing to architectural decisions and platform evolution.
Responsibilities:
- Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines using Python on AWS
- Develop and optimize ETL/ELT workflows for structured and semi-structured data
- Work with AWS services such as S3, Glue, Lambda, Redshift, Athena, EMR, and RDS
- Ensure data quality, reliability, and performance across data platforms
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including analytics, ML, and product
- Contribute to data architecture, best practices, and technical standards
- Support and mentor junior engineers (senior level)
- Participate in code reviews and continuous improvement initiatives
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Data Science, or a related field or equivalent practical experience
- 4 –7+ years of professional experience in data engineering or backend/data-focused software engineering roles
- Proven experience designing and delivering production data pipelines on AWS
- Strong programming background in Python and solid SQL skills
- Experience working with cloud-native data services and distributed systems
- Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- AWS certifications (e.g. AWS Certified Data Engineer, Solutions Architect, or Developer)
- Experience with Spark / PySpark and large-scale data processing
- Exposure to DevOps, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code
- Experience mentoring junior engineers or leading technical initiatives
The Reference Number for this position is NG61034 which is a Contract Hybrid role based in Cape Town offering a salary of R600 per hour, negotiable on experience and ability. Contact Nokuthula at nokuthulag@ e-merge.co.za or call her on 011 463 3633 to discuss this and other opportunities.
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Posted on 13 Mar 16:27, Closing date 12 May
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