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Data Engineer I
Capitec · Stellenbosch
Job description
About the role
We are looking for a motivated Data Engineer I to join a fast‑moving team that built our enterprise data lake from scratch and now manages the full stack – data lake, data warehouse and the supporting platform. You will work autonomously, own your tasks, ask insightful questions and quickly gain confidence in a collaborative environment.
Key responsibilities
- Contribute to the design and development of new data applications and systems for our Data & Analytics environment.
- Analyse business and system requirements to shape the data environment and build appropriate solutions.
- Collaborate with architects to produce solution design documentation for new and existing data products.
- Write and maintain ETL processes across the data lake and data warehouse.
- Apply Agile practices, testing standards and data‑governance principles to all deliverables.
- Gain exposure to AI tooling development, including MCPs, proxies and operational models as your skills evolve.
Required profile
- Relevant tertiary qualification in Information Technology or Data Analysis.
- At least 2 years of solid Python development experience.
- Foundational SQL knowledge and exposure to a cloud platform (AWS, Azure or GCP).
- Proven experience with SQL Server and/or BI tools such as SSIS, SSRS or SSAS, plus data‑warehousing lifecycle knowledge.
- Understanding of SDLC, ETL processes, relational databases, cloud data warehousing and Agile methodologies.
- Familiarity with banking systems or business models is a plus.
Required skills
- Python
- SQL
- AWS, Azure or Google Cloud Platform
- SQL Server
- SSIS, SSRS, SSAS
- Data lake & data warehouse concepts
- Dimensional modelling
- Agile development & testing practices
- Data governance
- Power BI, AWS QuickSight (optional)
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Capitec
Stellenbosch