iqbusiness is seeking to employ a Data Engineer on a 12-month contract to collaborate with an international partner from our offices in Welgemoed, Cape Town, Northern Suburbs. This is a hybrid role (3 days on-site; 2 days WFH).

As a Data Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining scalable data pipelines and cloud native data platforms. You will play a key role in enabling analytics and data science teams by ensuring high-quality, reliable, and well-modelled data in Snowflake, while leveraging dbt for transformation, automation, and governance. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver efficient, modern data solutions aligned with business needs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and optimise data pipelines.
• Develop and maintain dbt models following best practices (modularity, testing, documentation, lineage).
• Monitor and manage Snowflake environments, including warehouses, schemas, role-based access, and performance tuning.
• Ensure data quality, reliability, and observability across all transformations.
• Work with analytics, product, and data science teams to understand requirements and deliver well-modelled datasets.
• Automate deployments and workflows using Git driven processes.
• Optimise cost and performance within Snowflake (warehousing strategy, query tuning, storage management).
• Maintain documentation and share technical knowledge with the broader team.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Data Science, or a related field
• 3+ years of experience as a Data Engineer or in a similar data-focused role
• Strong hands-on experience with Snowflake (mandatory)
• Strong hands-on experience with dbt (mandatory)
• Proficiency in SQL and Python
• Experience designing and operating data pipelines in cloud environments (Azure, AWS, or GCP)
• Experience with version control (Git) and CI/CD workflows
• Solid understanding of data modelling (Kimball/Dimensional)

Skills Required:

• Ability to work with end users to define requirements and identify solutions
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent visualisation skills
• Excellent communication skills
• A mindset focused on quality, reliability, and continuous improvement
• Ability to prioritise tasks, solve complex problems, and drive process improvement