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Senior Data Engineer; Databricks

Job in Randburg, Johannesburg, 2000, South Africa
Listing for: Golden Rule
Contract position
Listed on 2026-01-27
Job specializations:
  • IT/Tech
    Data Engineer
  • Engineering
    Data Engineer
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: Senior Data Engineer (Databricks)
Location: Randburg

The Role

Purpose:

Develop and maintain our data storage platforms and specialised data pipelines to support the company's Technology Operations.

Operational Delivery:

  • Development and maintenance of Lake House environments.
  • Development of data engineering and data analysis pipelines and solutions in the cloud (Azure).
  • Ensure Dev Ops compliance for all data pipelines and workloads.
  • Ensure development and maintain Power

    BI reports.
  • Documentation of pipelines and databases.
  • Troubleshooting and support to our Technical Operations team when dealing with production issues.
  • Contribute to application and systems design in collaboration with the Software Architects.
  • Provide mentorship and support to junior data engineers.
  • Skills and Experience

    Qualifications:

    B.Sc (Electronic and/or Computer Engineering) or similar qualification.

    Experience:

  • Minimum of 5 years of experience working within a data engineering environment.
  • Competencies:

  • Strong SQL skills.
  • Databricks experience (minimum 1 year), preferably with certifications.
  • Python and PySpark experience.
  • Data Lake experience with practical experience developing and maintaining a Lake House architecture.
  • Azure Data Factory (ADF) experience or similar.
  • Experience in writing technical documentation (architectural diagrams, release notes, etc.).
  • Good inter-personal and communication skills.
  • Additional Nice-to-have

    Skills:

  • Data Warehouse experience – especially Azure Synapse
  • Data science and AI/ML experience would be beneficial
  • No

    SQL database experience (e.g. Cosmos

    DB, Couch Base, Mongo

    BD, etc.)
  • Position Requirements
    10+ Years work experience
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