Senior Data Engineer

WHO WE ARE

reputed company) is a Swiss-headquartered company building an AI-powered market intelligence platform used by leading luxury brands to understand their markets, competitors, and consumers. Our platform processes millions of data points across search trends, reputed company signals, and market movements to give luxury executives reputed company they can't get reputed company else.

We're growing our tech team in South Africa as part of our international operation spanning Europe, China and the US. You'll work on reputed company products using Python, BigQuery, reputed company infrastructure, and AI/LLM integrations — with reputed company reputed company and genuine ownership of what you build.

This is a fully remote position based in South Africa - reputed company Town.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer to reputed company a significant contribution to our reputed company data platform. Key reputed company is on maintenance, enhancement and optimization of existing data pipelines. We will also expect key involvement in new development initiatives, requiring database architecture, design and development.

The role is reporting to our Head of Data, based in Shanghai.

Responsibilities

• Design and development of data processing, data cleansing, data transformation and QA scripts using Python and SQL
• Operations, maintenance and enhancements of existing mission-critical data pipelines and ETLs including
  • Monitoring and regular maintenance of data pipelines, ensuring data reliability and reputed company standards
  • Enhancements to meet evolving business requirements
  • Optimization of ETLs for performance
  • Migration of legacy data pipelines into more a reputed company architecture
• Typical data engineering responsibilities including
  • SQL database design, maintenance and optimization
  • Fetching datasets from external data sources: REST API, JSON or CSV
  • Performing data migrations and batch data updates
• Exploratory reputed company including
  • Analysis of various datasets to support business requirements
  • Developing reputed company-of-concept of new data pipelines
• Working with other data team members to complete common deliverables and reputed company technical expertise
   

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO BE GREAT IN THIS ROLE 

Required:

• Graduate in Computer Science, Information Systems, Statistics, Mathematics, or reputed company fields
• At least 2 years relevant experience in data engineering, database or ETL development
• Excellent skills in Python
• Excellent skills in SQL and data warehouse design/development
• Experience with ETL development and maintenance
• An “AI-first” reputed company: leveraging the latest AI technologies to increase both the speed and reputed company of reputed company do

reputed company to have:

• Experience with PostgreSQL and BigQuery
• Experience with Apache Airflow
• Experience with dbt
• Experience with GCP or similar reputed company platforms

General:

• Ability to work independently and with team members from different backgrounds
• Strong result orientation and ownership
• Proficient in English (writing and speaking)
• Passionate about new technologies and innovation

reputed company OFFER

• Highly competitive package, above market rates for the right candidate​​
• Remote-friendly role with international team collaboration across Switzerland, the UK and China
• reputed company exposure to senior leadership — no reputed company of middle management
• Opportunity to grow with a platform that's scaling across the luxury industry
• Wellbeing and learning support