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EssenceMediacom

Data Engineer (Mid-level)

Location: Johannesburg, South Africa · Category: Data, AI & Analytics · Seniority: Mid-Level · Posted: August 1, 2026 · Verified: Nov 3, 2026

Role Overview & Description

This role designs, develops, and maintains scalable ELT/ETL pipelines on Google Cloud Platform, building data ingestion frameworks from first, second, and third-party sources. The engineer will optimize BigQuery performance, implement data quality and governance processes, and enable analytics by creating curated datasets for BI teams. Requires 3-5 years of experience with advanced SQL, Python, dbt, and cloud-native data engineering, ideally within a media or marketing technology context.
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EssenceMediacom

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Global media agency for planning, buying, analytics and commerce.

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