Technology

Senior Data Engineer (google Cloud Platform Focus)

GoldenRule·Johannesburg, south-africa·Default
TechnologyseniorDefault
-Closes Dec 9, 2026

About the RoleWe are seeking a highly experienced Senior Data Engineer to design, build, and optimise scalable cloud-native data platforms and near-real-time data pipelines on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The ideal candidate has deep expertise in highly parallelised distributed processing solutions. Key Responsibilities

Design scalable GCP data pipelines.

Build near-real-time and batch processing solutions.

Develop highly parallelised distributed pipelines.

Implement Cloud Run and GKE workloads.

Design streaming architectures using Pub/Sub and Dataflow.

Optimise performance, scalability and cost.

Relevant degree. Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer certification advantageous.

8+ years data engineering experience. Expertise in BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Dataflow, Cloud Composer, Cloud Run, GKE, Dataproc, Pub/Sub, dbt, Python and SQL. Strong experience with distributed processing, event-driven architectures and near-real-time pipelines.

Azure, AWS, Power BI, Looker, Apache Spark, Terraform, microservices and event-driven architectures.

Desired Skills:

Systems Analysis

Complex Problem Solving

Programming/configuration

Critical Thinking

Time Management

At a glance

Company

GoldenRule

Location

Johannesburg, south-africa

Employment

Default

Experience

senior

Valid until

December 9, 2026

Created

November 5, 2026