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Data Engineer - Modern Data Platforms

Araxi Group

Johannesburg, Gauteng

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Job description

Build modern data platforms. Engineer for production. Solve real business problems through code.

Are you a Data Engineer with a strong software-engineering foundation, comfortable building, deploying and operating modern cloud-native data platforms?

We are looking for a Modern Data Engineer whose experience goes beyond traditional reporting, business intelligence or analytics. This role is for someone who approaches data engineering as an engineering discipline — writing production-quality code, working collaboratively through the development lifecycle and building scalable solutions that operate reliably in production.

Strong SQL, data modelling and data-warehousing capability remain important, but they should complement a broader software-engineering and modern data-platform background rather than define it.

What you will bring

Minimum Technical Requirements – Non-Negotiable

You must be able to demonstrate practical project experience in:

Python as a primary programming language
Software-engineering principles and clean coding practices
Object-oriented programming
Testing and code-quality practices
Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Git and collaborative development workflows
API development and integration
CI/CD pipelines
Production software deployment

You should also be able to demonstrate an engineering mindset, including the ability to:

Solve business problems through code
Design scalable solutions
Work effectively within engineering teams
Contribute to production systems
Follow engineering standards and best practices

Modern Data Engineering

Your experience should include hands-on exposure across several modern data-engineering technologies and approaches, such as:

Data processing

Spark
PySpark
Databricks
Data Lake architectures
Batch processing
Streaming architectures
Data transformation frameworks
ETL/ELT design

Data platforms

Kafka
Flink
Delta Lake
Iceberg
Airflow
Modern orchestration platforms

Data storage and analytics

SQL
Data modelling
Data warehousing
Relational databases
Analytical data platforms

We are looking for breadth across modern data engineering, rather than a candidate who simply recognises the technology names.

Cloud Engineering – Must-Have

Practical project-delivery experience on at least 1 major cloud platform is required.

Preference will be given in the following order:

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Microsoft Azure

Relevant technologies may include:

AWS - Glue | EMR | Redshift | Kinesis | EKS | S3

Cloud experience must reflect practical project delivery rather than certification alone.

DevOps & Platform Engineering

Strong candidates will also bring exposure to areas such as:

Docker
Kubernetes
Terraform
Infrastructure as Code
Environment management
Monitoring
Observability
Logging
Production support

Data Modelling & Architecture

You should have working knowledge across areas such as:

Conceptual, logical and physical data modelling
Dimensional modelling
Relational modelling
Data warehouse design
Data governance concepts

Importantly, your data-modelling experience should support modern platform development rather than exist in isolation.

The profile we are looking for

The strongest candidates will combine:

Strong foundations

SQL | Data modelling | Data warehousing | ETL/ELT

Modern engineering capability

Engineering maturity

Production deployment | Solution ownership | Contribution across the SDLC | Agile engineering-team experience

This role will suit you if...

You are comfortable moving between code, data, cloud and production environments.

You think beyond getting a pipeline to run and consider scalability, quality, maintainability and operational reliability.

And most importantly, you see yourself as an engineer who happens to work with data, rather than someone whose experience is primarily centred on reporting or analytics.

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