Data engineer (mlops / analytics focus)

Johannesburg, South Africa | Posted on 05/21/2026

Our client is seeking a capable intermediate-level Data Engineer with strong MLOps and analytics experience to support the design, optimisation, governance, and monitoring of enterprise data and machine learning pipelines.

The successful candidate will play a critical role in ensuring scalable, sustainable, and efficient data processes while supporting analytics, ML model deployment, integrations, and reporting initiatives within a Databricks ecosystem.

This opportunity offers strong long-term potential, as contractors are typically retained for multi-year engagements.

Key Responsibilities Design, optimise, and maintain scalable data pipelines within Databricks. Ensure pipelines are efficient, sustainable, easy to debug, and user-friendly. Implement and maintain Delta Tables and Databricks notebooks. Perform data validation and basic data quality checks. Monitor and improve process governance and oper...