Data Engineer

Responsibilities:

Pipeline Development& Orchestration

- Design, build, and maintain data pipelines using Python, SQL, and orchestration tools

- Develop and manage Directed Acyclic Graph (DAGs) / flows in using orchestration tools like Apache Airflow and Prefect

- Ensure pipelines are idempotent, scalable, and fault-tolerant

- Implement logging, monitoring, and alerting for pipeline observability

Package &Dependency Management

- Install, upgrade, and manage Python packages in controlled environments

- Maintain e.g.requirements.txt / dependency manifests with version pinning

- Resolve dependency conflicts and ensure compatibility across environments (dev, UAT, prod)

- Support deployments in restricted or air-gapped environments where require

Security Remediation& Library Fixes

- Analyse vulnerability reports from security scanning tools (e.g., CVE findings)

- Upgrade or replace vulnerable libraries while maintaining pipeline stability

- Fix broken imports, deprecated APIs, and compatibility issues arising from library updates

- Collaborate with security teams to ensure compliance with organisational standards

Code Refactoring &Optimization

- Refactor legacy code across:

* Data ingestion APIs

* Data transformation(Pandas/SQL)

* Model training and inference pipelines

* Orchestration workflows

- Improve code modularity, readability, and performance

- Ensure backward compatibility and minimal disruption to production systems

Data Processing &Integration

- Perform data transformation and validation using Pandas and SQL

- Integrate streaming data pipelines using Kafka (producers/consumers)

- Ensure schema consistency and data quality across pipeline stages

Testing, Deployment& Support

- Implement unit and integration tests for pipelines

- Support workflows for deployment of data pipelines

- Troubleshoot pipeline failures and perform root cause analysis

- Provide production support and continuous improvement of data workflows

Streaming and Integration Skills

- Working knowledge of Kafka (topics, partitions, consumers, producers)

- Experience handling schema evolution and message serialization/deserialization

 Platform Awareness Skills

- Working knowledge of Kafka (topics, partitions, consumers, producers)

- Experience handling schema evolution and message serialization/deserialization

Security &Reliability

- Experience resolving vulnerabilities from security scans

- Understanding of secure coding practices

- Experience working in regulated or high-security environments

Core Mandatory Skills:

- Strong Python programming (modular design, error handling, logging)

- Advanced SQL (joins, window functions, optimization)

- Hands-on experience with Pandas and Kafka for data processing

- Experience with orchestration tools:- Apache Airflow

- Prefect (or equivalent)

- Experience with package and dependency management (pip, virtual environments)

Experience Requirements:

- Preferably at least2-3 or more years of experience in data engineering

- Prior experience working with production data pipelines

- Prior experience handling dependency conflicts, library upgrades, and refactoring in live systems

- Ability to work across multiple layers (API / data / orchestration / ML)

Interested candidates may send their CV to MAC (Reg No. R1221300) [email protected] quoting the job title in the Subject line. We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.