Role: Senior Java Engineer (Data Engineering)
Location: Cape Town, Western Cape (Hybrid)
Engagement: Permanent / Full Time
Role Overview
Senior Data Engineer required to deliver large-scale data migration and transformation solutions across enterprise platforms.
Blend of hands-on engineering and technical leadership, working on distributed systems at scale.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and deliver data migration and transformation solutions
- Build scalable batch and streaming pipelines
- Implement data validation, lineage, and testing frameworks
- Ensure monitoring, observability, and performance
- Lead technical design and support delivery
- Mentor engineers and drive best practices
- Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders
Required Experience
- 8+ years in data or software engineering
- Strong Java expertise (Scala/Python beneficial)
- Experience building large-scale ETL/data pipelines
- Knowledge of distributed systems and cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Experience with Kubernetes / containerised environments
- Solid understanding of data architecture, security, compliance
Desirable
- Apache Spark / PySpark
- Hadoop ecosystem (HDFS, MapReduce)
- Streaming platforms (Kafka, Kinesis)
- Modern data formats (Parquet, Avro, Iceberg)
- Observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana)
Key Skills
Java | Data Engineering | ETL Pipelines | Spark | Distributed Systems | Cloud | Kubernetes | Data Migration
About InspiredXpert
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