Location Cape Town (Hybrid) About the Role Senior Data Engineer who keeps everything running smoothly while the organisation levels up its entire data landscape. Think of it as: Architect + Mentor + Cloud Moderniser + Pipeline Whisperer + Migration Specialist. What You’ll Actually Do Team Leadership Mentor data engineers, shape best practices, and guide technical decisions. Lead sprint planning, reviews, and code standards that future‑you will actually appreciate. Data Architecture Build and optimise scalable pipelines on Snowflake (AWS) with modern ELT patterns. Own the data model strategy: star schemas, naming consistency, clean logic – the works. Cloud Integration & Modernisation Architect ingestion with Python, S3, Lambda, and cloud‑native services. Lead the shift away from SSIS/SSAS toward a robust, future‑proof setup. Guarantee continuity with minimal "oops" moments for the business. Performance, Quality & Governance Tune warehouse performance like a pro. Implement data quality checks and observability dashboards. Ensure security, privacy, and compliance are always first‑class citizens. Collaboration Work alongside product, analytics, and business teams to deliver clean, trusted data. Bring clarity, calm, and leadership to fast‑moving projects. CI/CD & Automation Introduce and manage GitHub‑based CI/CD for pipelines and transformations. Champion automation so the team spends less time fixing, more time innovating. What You Bring Around 5+ years solving real data engineering problems in production. Experience leading or mentoring other engineers. Deep comfort with Python, SQL, AWS S3, Lambda, Snowflake, DBT, and data pipelines. Confidence working with legacy SQL Server environments while moving everything to modern cloud architectures. Experience with GitHub, version control, reviews, and AI‑assisted workflows. Bonus Talents Airflow/Prefect, Terraform, advanced AWS/Snowflake certification. Mindset A pragmatic, calm, "let's build this well" mindset – not a "rewrite everything because it's fun" mindset. A knack for explaining technical things without sounding like a decoder ring. Why You’ll Love It Here Work with two of SA's most innovative fintech brands. A team that experiments, learns, and actually supports each other. A chance to explore AI‑enhanced engineering. Hybrid flexibility, autonomy, and mountain‑view‑quality work‑life balance. Competitive pay and a purpose‑driven culture. And‑you'll be building something modern, meaningful, and genuinely impactful. Agency Statement Salt is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. #J-18808-Ljbffr