Senior Data Engineer

wePlace · cape town, city of cape town metropolitan municipality, South-Africa

Location
cape town
Job Type
Full-time
Posted
July 17, 2026

Job Description


SUMMARY:

Our Banking client is looking for a Senior Data Engineer to own the evolution of their massive, cloud-native data platforms.

POSITION INFO:
This isn't about maintaining legacy pipelines; you'll be leading high-stakes architectural design, specifically engineering for complex producer and consumer Redshift cluster environments on AWS. Our client operates at an incredible scale, running a powerhouse high-volume batch infrastructure while aggressively expanding our real-time footprint. Crucially, you'll help spearhead the shift toward adopting AI and agentic practices to build smarter, self-healing, and highly robust pipelines. Your design decisions will directly shape the data foundation for market-disrupting services and millions of banking clients. This is a high-autonomy role with deep technical ownership, and a chance to make a systemic impact. Purpose Statement To design, build, and optimise robust, scalable, a...

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