Data Engineer jobs in South Africa

About AME Group:
The AME Group is a global data analytics and research company. We offer technical, market expertise and research analytics on the Materials Sector. This includes renewables, energy transition, metals and carbon emissions for the energy, and infrastructure sectors. AME has a flat management structure and encourages wide engagement across the firm.

Our team of engineers, economists, scientists, financial experts, and programmers produces world‑class, independent research. We focus on the technical intricacies of on‑site engineering and market analysis. Governments, NGOs, fund managers, primary producers, and the financial sector use our analysis and research platforms to drive technological change, plan greenfield projects, and develop low‑carbon plant expansions.

What We Do:

Expand research capabilities in renewables, battery metals, transition commodities, and new energy sectors like hydrogen.

Analyze individual projects such as solar farms, mines, and infrastructure operations to deliver economic and planning insights.

Build industry and plant engineering models and catalog carbon emission data using technical papers, production data, financial metrics, surveys, and site visits.

Our 2025 Focus:
This year, we are prioritizing South East Asia, particularly Indonesia. We are establishing a Jakarta office as our regional hub and are eager to collaborate with Indonesian professionals.

We’re looking for a Data Engineer to design, implement, and maintain reliable data pipelines that collect and process data from various public APIs into a centralized blob storage and database environment. You’ll play a key role in ensuring data is ingested efficiently, transformed cleanly, and made accessible for downstream analysis and reporting.

This role involves working with Python-based ETL pipelines, workflow orchestration (Apache Airflow or equivalent), and cloud storage solutions (e.g., Azure Blob Storage).

• Design and implement robust ETL/ELT pipelines to extract data from multiple public APIs and load into blob storage and relational databases.
• Build and manage scheduled workflows using tools such as Apache Airflow (or similar).
• Handle complex API integrations, authentication flows (OAuth2, API keys), pagination, and rate limiting.
• Structure data in blob storage (e.g., Azure Blob) for efficient downstream access.
• Transform and load data into structured SQL‑based databases for analytics and access by Web applications.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and validation to ensure data integrity and pipeline reliability.
• Work closely with data scientists, and software developers to ensure data availability and usability.
• Maintain clear documentation for data sources, transformations, and orchestration logic.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 3+ years of experience building data pipelines in a production environment.
• Strong understanding of ETL/ELT architecture, API data ingestion, and data modelling principles.
• Experience with Azure.

Languages: Python (preferred), SQL (Microsoft T‑SQL)

Orchestration: Apache Airflow or similar

Familiarity with version control (Git) and CI/CD pipelines

• Experience integrating data from open economic and financial APIs (e.g., World Bank, IMF, OECD, UN Data, FRED)
• Familiarity with large structured and semi‑structured datasets (JSON, CSV, Parquet) and associated performance considerations
• Experience building incremental ingestion or change data capture (CDC) pipelines

• Strong analytical and problem‑solving mindset
• Clear communication of technical concepts to non‑technical stakeholders
• Attention to detail and data accuracy
• Proactive approach to monitoring

Modern, central office near to public transport and key amenities