Senior Data Engineer: Pretoria

Arid Talent Solutions CC

Senior Data Engineer: Pretoria: FTC: 3x Year Project

Hands-on experience with Kafka and event streaming platforms for real-time data movement
Proven experience with API integration patterns, webhooks and event/webhook ingestion
Strong proficiency in Python for data engineering, ingestion pipelines and automation
Strong proficiency in Java for stream processing or connector development
Solid competence with enterprise databases and query languages, including performance tuning and query optimisation for OLTP/operational workloads
Experience with NoSQL/document stores such as Amazon DynamoDB, MongoDB.
Experience in data modelling to design schemas and standardised data representations
Experience with schema registries and contract-first designs (Avro, Protobuf) to manage producer/consumer compatibility
Strong understanding and practice of data quality techniques and tooling to ensure trusted data
Knowledge of metadata management and cataloguing to support discoverability and lineage
Familiarity with ETL/ELT patterns and best practices for performant, reliable data pipelines
Observability for streaming: experience with metrics, tracing and logging on AWS (CloudWatch, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus/Grafana)

Extensive hands-on experience (typically 6+ years) in data engineering, integration or streaming roles with demonstrable production experience
Proven track record building and operating streaming platforms (Kafka/MSK) and API-based integrations, with strong Python and Java skills and experience with enterprise databases and query languages
Strong analytical thinking, curiosity about data, attention to detail, structured problem solving and ownership: able to drive topics to completion

Preferred certifications: Confluent Certified Developer for Apache Kafka, Microsoft streaming event hubs, AWS Certified Data Engineer

Extensive hands-on experience (typically 6+ years) in data engineering, integration or streaming roles with demonstrable production experience
Proven track record building and operating streaming platforms (Kafka/MSK) and API-based integrations, with strong Python and Java skills and experience with enterprise databases and query languages
Strong analytical thinking, curiosity about data, attention to detail, structured problem solving and ownership: able to drive topics to completion
Preferred certifications: Confluent Certified Developer for Apache Kafka, Microsoft streaming eventhubs, AWS
Certified Data Engineer

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