Hire Resolve
Head AI and Data Engineer
Capetown, South Africa
Permanent
Posted: 14 November 2025
Job Details
Division
IT
Minimum experience
Mid-Senior
Company primary industry
Information Technology and Services
Job functional area
Information Technology
Salary: R720 000- R900 000 per annum
Job Description:
A digital intelligence firm that specialises in the development, management, and utilisation of big data technology, is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to step into the hands-on leadership role of head of Data Platform & AI. You will take full ownership of their data infrastructure, elevating the architecture behind their proprietary Data Management Platform (DMP).
Responsibilities:
Own and manage our entire GCP-based Data Platform, including core services like BigQuery, Cloud Functions, Composer, Dataflow, and Pub/Sub.
Architect, build , and manage robust ETL/ELT pipelines to ingest structured and unstructured data from dozens of internal and external sources.
Optimize the cost, speed, and perfomance of data storage, pipelines, and compute resources.
Implement and enforce best practices across data validation, deduplication, enrichment, security, and governance.
Create and enforce technical documentation, process, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) across the data team.
Lead root-cause analytics of pipeline failures and ensure high data accuracy, and uptime, including being available for after hours escalations during mission-critical incidents.
Mentor and coach data engineers and analysts; oversee technical delivery, quality, and team growth.
Collaborate with AI, analytics, marketing, and operations teams, to design high-impact data products that directly drive decisions-making and revenue.
Build internal tools and dashboards for reporting and marketing analytics teams.
Minimum Requirements:
5+ years of experience as a Data Engineer or Data or in a Data Platform leadership role.
Advanced Profiency in Google Cloud Platform (GCP), specifically: BigQuery, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage, and Composer.
Strong coding skills in Python (with experience in SQL Alchemy or similar ORM), SQL and demonstrate expertise in either Java or PHP.
Extensive experience with data modelling, schema design, and perfomance tuning of large datasets.
Proven ability to manage complex data workflows, including edge-case debugging and strict data security protocols.
Comfortable with Cloud cost optimisation and designing highly scalable, production-ready architecture.
Bonus:
Experience in lead generation, digital marketing, or perfomance media.
Proven track record of building or scaling a proprietary DMP (Data Management Platform) or CDP (Customer Data Platform) from scratch.
Familiarity with marketing data intergration like Salesforce, Meta conversions API, or Google Analytics.
A GCP Professional Data Engineer Certificate.
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
