Location: Woodstock, Cape Town (Work-from-home Opportunity)
Salary: R40 000 – R70 000 per month

About The Role:
Reporting to the Head of Digital, this role will join our client’s growing team responsible for developing bespoke fintech solutions for their ever expanding stable of partners both locally and abroad.

While our client has offices in trendy Woodstock, during the lockdown they decided to become a remote-first company, so most of the week will be spent working from wherever you’re most productive.

Responsibilities:
As a data engineer, you will guide the evolution of our client’s information architecture as they scale up to 100s of thousands of merchants. You will be responsible for the following areas of performance:

• Data visualization and dashboards
• Predictive ML Model development (mostly linear regression and decision trees)
• Database analysis, design & administration (datamarts)
• Locate and define new process improvement opportunities
• Design and analyze multivariate experiments to evaluate the impact of product changes
• SQL Query optimization and data architecture improvements
• Implementing data pipelines using cloud infrastructure and services
• Develop and monitor portfolio credit risk metrics / trends

Tech Stack:
• DB: PostgreSQL
• ETL: Python
• Infra: AWS (Lambda, Route53, API Gateway, CloudFront, S3, SES)
• Dev Tools: Git, Bitbucket, Pipelines, Slack, Gitkraken
• OS: Ubuntu or Windows 10
• Apps: SagePay, SalesForce, Jira
• Dashboards: Dash / Plotly
• Reporting: MS Office

Skills:
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Customer champion
• Creative Solutions and experience in applying mathematical concepts to problems
• Quality driven
• Ability to pay attention to detail
• Ability to work effectively with others and contribute to the team's accomplishment
• Ability to operate effectively under pressure

Basic Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degrees (B degrees) in math / statistics, science, computer science
• 5-10 years’ relevant experience


Benefits:
• Medical Aid company contributions through Discovery Health for main members
• 100% contribution to group risk benefits with Discovery Health (Income Protection and Life Insurance Cover)
• Study Assistance Programs
• Wellness Programs and initiatives
• Access to excellent Employee Assistance Programs with 24 hour counselling services available for employees and their family members
• High end tech - company laptops and equipment
• Remote working conditions
• Truth coffee and healthy, wholesome on-site catering
• Reward and recognition programs
• A one-of-a-kind culture: our TRIBE is connected, inclusive, forward-thinking, energetic, and family orientated

HEALTH AND SAFETY:
These are unprecedented times and because our people couldn’t be more important to us, health and safety couldn’t be more important to us. We’ve made sure that our office is a safe place to work, and we’ll continue to do so, to ensure that we combat the spread of COVID-19. A hybrid remote working condition has also been adopted and offers employees opportunity to connect in office and place attention on focus work in the comfort of their home or remote working environment.