Data Engineer (Junior)
Data Science
Western Cape, South Africa
Data Engineer (Junior)
Location:
Stellenbosch, Western Cape
Job Type:
Full-Time
Who we are
At Spatialedge we solve the big-data engineering challenges associated with building production-grade advanced analytics/machine learning systems that provide value to corporate analytics departments and big enterprises as a whole. With interest in the AI, data and analytics space accelerating, more and more companies are interested in solving their data challenges, improving their decision making and automating their processes. We are a company that prides itself on openness, excellence and continual professional and personal development of our team members. We take our goals seriously, but we try not to take ourselves too seriously.
As a data engineer at Spatialedge you will develop data pipelines, use and contribute to open source tools that manage data flow, and help to develop and improve the systems underlying machine learning and advanced analytics workloads. You will be working as part of an agile team solving problems for big enterprise clients on a daily basis.
Personal Qualities
Curiosity and an eagerness to learn
Good communication skills
A natural problem solver
Independent, determined, and self-motivated
Basic Qualifications
Computer Science/Engineering/Mathematical degree or any suitable technical qualification.
Programming experience.
Experience with working with at least one database.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience working in an agile environment
Proficient in SQL, Python, Java and JavaScript
Comfortable working in Linux
Demonstrates tenacity to find the root cause of any problem
Stays focused on the end goal, even under shifting priorities
Produces high-quality output
Has worked with at least one well known development methodology
Stretch Goal Qualifications
Has experience building enterprise systems (logging, distributed systems debugging, defensive programming)
Has experience working with any of the major cloud providers (GCP, AWS, Azure, etc)
Has experience working with big data
Has experience with streaming and distributed computing systems
Has experience in alternative languages