Job

Data Engineer

VML

Open. No closing date published. No fee to apply Last checked 31 Oct

At a glance

Deadline: Open. No closing date published.
Fee: No fee to apply
Who may apply: Minimum 5 years’ engineering and development experience
Proven experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), particularly BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Cloud Functions, and orchestration tools like Cloud Composer (Apache Airflow).
Solid expertise in Snowflake including data loading, SQL querying, performance tuning, and schema design (star schema, snowflake schema).
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Where: On site. Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Open to Africans: VML hires for this role in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, in Africa. Its page says: "Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa"

You will design, build, and maintain robust data pipelines and infrastructure that power VML's digital and media reporting and product analytics for our tier-one clients.

The facts

Where: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

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What they ask for

Minimum 5 years’ engineering and development experience
Proven experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), particularly BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Cloud Functions, and orchestration tools like Cloud Composer (Apache Airflow).
Solid expertise in Snowflake including data loading, SQL querying, performance tuning, and schema design (star schema, snowflake schema).
Strong hands-on experience designing and building data pipelines with Matillion (or similar tools like Fivetran, Stitch).
Experience with Rudder stack for event collection, data routing, and destination management.
Familiarity with or experience integrating data with Amplitude (or similar product analytics tools like Mixpanel, Pendo).
Advanced proficiency in SQL for data manipulation and transformation. Experience with Python for scripting, automation, and API integrations.
Experience supporting data consumers using BI tools like Tableau (or Looker Studio, Power BI), understanding the data needs for dashboarding, and the data structures required by Amplitude.
Experience integrating data from various sources, including APIs (REST, GraphQL), SFTP, and understanding of event-driven data architectures, especially from advanced tagging and data collection systems.
Practical experience with data modeling techniques for analytical databases.
Proficiency with Git and modern software development practices.

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