Data Engineer (MLOps / Analytics Focus)
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Job Description
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....