Overview
Junior Data Engineer Jobs in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa at ExecutivePlacements.com
Title: Junior Data Engineer
Company: ExecutivePlacements.com
Location: Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
Junior Data Engineer
Recruiter:
Rad Resources
Job Ref:
PTA000702/CVD
Date posted:
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
Location:
Pretoria, South Africa
Salary:
25000 Monthly
SUMMARY:
We're on the lookout for a Junior Data Engineer to help build and maintain the data platforms, pipelines, and analytical tools that power our risk products. You'll work across data engineering, automation, analytics, and geospatial workflows, contributing to practical tools that support decision-making for insurers, agribusinesses, and public-sector clients.
This is a hands-on role for someone early in their career who is curious, eager to learn, and excited about working at the intersection of data, agriculture, and risk.
POSITION INFO:
What You’ll Do
- Assist in building, maintaining, and optimising automated data pipelines and workflows.
- Ingest, process, and manage structured, geospatial, satellite, weather, and external datasets.
- Support the development of analytical datasets, dashboards, reporting solutions, and client-facing tools.
- Contribute to internal platforms and data-driven applications used for risk analysis and decision-making.
- Assist with ETL/ELT processes, data transformation, and integration workflows.
- Monitor and improve data quality, integrity, reliability, and performance across systems.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams on data, analytics, and geospatial initiatives.
- Continuously learn and contribute ideas to improve workflows, automation, and engineering practices.
Requirements
Essential
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Information Systems, GIS, or a related quantitative field.
- 1–3 years’ experience in Data Engineering, Analytics Engineering, GIS, Data Analytics, or a similar technical role.
- Strong SQL and Python or R skills.
- Exposure to building and maintaining ETL/ELT pipelines and automated workflows.
- Understanding of data modelling principles and reusable analytical datasets.
- Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to troubleshoot issues, optimise workflows, and work with large datasets.
- A proactive attitude with a strong willingness to learn and grow.
- Good communication skills and ability to work within a collaborative team environment.
Advantageous
- Exposure to GIS, geospatial, satellite, environmental, agricultural, or weather-related datasets.
- Experience with cloud platforms, APIs, or modern data tooling.
- Familiarity with dashboards and data visualisation tools.
- Understanding of risk modelling or analytics environments.
What is on Offer
- Opportunity to join a fast-growing agritech and risk analytics company.
- Hands-on exposure to meaningful, real-world projects and modern technologies.
- A collaborative, close-knit team where your work has visible impact.
- Exposure to agricultural intelligence, risk modelling, and public-sector data ecosystems.
- Career growth and continuous learning opportunities.
- Hybrid working model with flexibility between office and remote work.
- Competitive salary aligned with experience and skills