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Posted:
February 28, 2026
Location:
Northern Suburbs, INtshonalanga Kapa, South-Africa
Job Description
Reference: PE -LM-1
Our client is seeking to employ a Senior Data Engineer as the Head of Data Platform & AI to take
ownership of their full data infrastructure and elevate the architecture behind their proprietary DMP (Data
Management Platform). You'll work alongside a team of data engineers, analysts, and AI developers, and
report directly to senior leadership.
This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who thrives on optimisation, standardisation, and
real-time, revenue-driving execution. If you're a self-starter who understands how to turn
unstructured data into scalable pipelines and measurable outcomes, let's talk.
What You'll Do
Our client is seeking to employ a Senior Data Engineer as the Head of Data Platform & AI to take
ownership of their full data infrastructure and elevate the architecture behind their proprietary DMP (Data
Management Platform). You'll work alongside a team of data engineers, analysts, and AI developers, and
report directly to senior leadership.
This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who thrives on optimisation, standardisation, and
real-time, revenue-driving execution. If you're a self-starter who understands how to turn
unstructured data into scalable pipelines and measurable outcomes, let's talk.
What You'll Do
- Own the companies GCP-based Data Platform (BigQuery, Cloud Functions, Composer, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, etc.)
- Architect, build, and manage robust ETL/ELT pipelines to ingest structured and unstructured data from dozens of sources
- Implement best practices across data validation, deduplicati...
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Job Type:
Full-time
Location:
Northern Suburbs, South-Africa
Posted:
February 28, 2026
Deadline:
April 09, 2026