Job Summary
An award-winning privacy-preserving data collaboration platform that enables companies to analyze and collaborate on consumer data to gain insights, build predictive models, and monetize data without sharing the raw data or compromising consumer privacy, is seeking a Senior Cloud Data Engineer who will be a lead technical contributor responsible for building and optimizing high-performance data processing engines.Responsibilities:
Spark Optimization: Act as the internal SME for Spark internals; manage memory, shuffle tuning, and partitioning for cost-effective performance.
Cloud-Agnostic Development: Build pipelines using Python and Delta Lake, decoupling code from specific cloud providers and reducing reliance on GUI tools (e.g., ADF).
Refactoring & Modernization: Migrate complex SQL-based ETL into modular, testable, and maintainable Python libraries.
Lakehouse Engineering: Manage Medallion Architecture (Bronze/Silver/Gold) using Delta Lake, ensuring storage performance via Z-Ordering and Vacuuming.
Code-First Orchestration: Support the transition to code-centric patterns (Airflow, Dagster) to prioritize portability.
Technical Excellence: Lead code reviews, mentor junior engineers, and implement automated testing frameworks (Pytest).
Minimum Requirements:
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
Spark Mastery: 6+ years of Spark/PySpark experience; expert ability to diagnose bottlenecks via Spark UI and optimize complex DAGs.
Advanced Python: Proficiency in production-grade Python, including building reusable libraries and automated testing.
Azure Ecosystem: Strong experience with Azure Synapse, Dedicated SQL Pools, and Data Factory.
Modern Data Stack: Hands-on experience with Delta Lake, Parquet, and containerization (Docker).
Migration Skills: Solid T-SQL skills to interpret and migrate legacy logic into Python-centric environments.
Security & Governance: Proven ability to implement high levels of security and compliance across data processes.
Benefits:
- Competitive salary based on experience (salary can potentially be more based on experience/skills)
IF you meet the above requirements and want to make a career-changing move, apply today by emailing your CV to itcareers@hireresolve.za.com
About
Specialists in Civil, Structural, Mechanical Engineering, Information Technology, Mining, Manufacturing and Finance Careers! Hire Resolve is one of the larger and more agile South African recruitment companies that focus on placing professionals and skilled people in permanent employment and contract employment. We prefer and focus on working with top quality professionals and candidates in South Africa and Africa. Hire Resolve has successfully placed Engineering, Mining, IT, Manufacturing and Finance professionals with top firms across the Western Cape, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu Natal, Gauteng and in Africa. Hire Resolve has assisted candidates to find jobs at over 100 JSE listed companies of which many are global companies with offices and operations in South Africa and Africa. It is for this reason that we are well respected in the industries we operate in and in the recruitment industry.
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