Location
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Posted
July 02, 2026
Job Description
This is a 6 – month contract with our client in the Fintech industry
We are looking for a strategic and hands-on Manager: AI Data Engineer to lead the design, construction, and operation of data pipelines and data products purpose-built for AI and advanced analytics.
Key Responsibilities
- AI Data Architecture: Design and implement scalable batch and streaming data pipelines to support model training, feature generation, and real-time inference.
- Feature Stores & Data Products: Build, standardise, and operate feature stores to ensure consistency between training and inference across the group.
- Data Governance & Observability: Enforce end-to-end data lineage, traceability, and automated quality checks. Build pipeline observability to proactively detect data drift and anomalies.
- Cross-Func...