Data engineer
Build dependable paths from source systems to the data people use for reporting and analysis.
Remote
A guide to the work this role can cover. Current candidates and availability are confirmed against your brief.
The work to cover
- Develop ingestion, processing and data quality checks.
- Maintain pipeline operation, investigate failed loads and document data dependencies.
What to assess
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Review a pipeline with late or duplicate records and explain recovery without corrupting downstream reporting.
Consultant profile
Lerato N.Data engineerJohannesburg, South Africa
- How they can help
- Builds repeatable data checks and documents recovery procedures for reporting teams with inconsistent source feeds.
- Experience
- 8 years
- Qualification
- BSc Hons, Computer Science
- Key systems
- Python / SQL / dbt
Reliable reporting on an inherited data platform
The example brief
A reporting team inherits inconsistent source feeds and recurring manual repairs.
What the contribution could look like
- Trace the reporting dependencies and make ingestion failures visible.
- Build repeatable data checks and document how failed loads should be recovered.
Working alongside
Analytics lead, source-system owners and the platform team.
Brief us on this role
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