Full Stack Data Engineer
IT – Analyst, Data Management
Cape Town – Western Cape
ENVIRONMENT:
ASSIST with the design & build of a modern, automated, event-based communications platform as the next Full Stack Data Engineer sought by a dynamic Independent Asset Management Firm. Collaborating with relevant IT Heads, Engineering Leads and Product Owners, you will also help define and execute the IT Strategy while building supplementary data-related features on the Investment Platform website (Full Stack). Applicants will require a BSc or other suitable tertiary qualification with 5 years actively working with C#, Python, Angular, SQL and 2 years’ experience with REST APIs, Data Factory, Glue, Function Apps, SQL, NoSQL and have worked with Azure, AWS & GCP.
DUTIES:
- Assist with designing and building out a modern, automated, event-based communications platform for Investment Platform (Full Stack).
- Assist with building of supplementary data-related features on the Investment Platform website (Full Stack).
- Assist with building out a modern, democratized, data platform for the Investment Platform business, within the larger Data Platform.
- Assist the team with the ongoing support of existing and new data and communication platforms.
- Work with various teams of Software Engineers, Data Engineers and Analysts.
- Collaborate with relevant IT Heads, Engineering Leads and Product Owners to define and execute the IT Strategy.
- Build relationships within Technology and across the wider business through delivery.
REQUIREMENTS:
Qualifications –
- A BSc or other relevant Degree.
Experience/Skills –
- 5+ Years actively working with programming languages such as C#, Python, Angular, SQL.
- 2+ Years actively working with:
- Integration technologies, such as REST APIs, Data Factory, Glue, Function Apps etc.
- Data storage technologies such as SQL, NoSQL, Blob storage etc.
- Experience with Cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, GCP.
- Experience with web front-end frameworks, such as Angular, React, etc.
- Experience with, and a desire to use:
- Modern data technologies such as Data Bricks, Fabric, Data Lakes, Spark, GraphQL etc.
- Modern report technologies such as Power BI and Tableau
- Modern event technologies such as Event Grids.
Advantageous –
- Associate to Expert-level Cloud and/or Data Certifications from Microsoft / AWS / GCP.
- Any prior knowledge of Asset Management or other Financial Services industries.
- Experience with, and an interest in, AI and ML.
ATTRIBUTES:
- A desire to build and work within a high-performance team.
- The ability to work in an Agile manner so as to ensure incremental delivery and ongoing momentum is maintained.
- A client focused and collaborative approach.
- Intellectual curiosity.
- The ability to ‘approach and own’.
- Continuously looks for opportunities to develop.
- Driven by results.