Data Engineer

South Africa (Cape Town) - Hybrid/Remote
500, 000 - 660000 ZAR

With a recent strategic investment from Zurich Insurance and backing from the people behind Deliveroo, Zoopla, and Delivery Hero, were continuing to grow and evolve. Our journey has already been featured in The Economist, TechCrunch, and The Timesjust to name a few.

A brief overview:

Were seeking a Data Engineer to play a key role in reinforcing the data specialism within our business, contributing to the growth of our data resources. You will provide actionable insights and analytics solutions to optimise customer satisfaction and business objectives, focusing on customer analytics and improving marketing campaigns.

In this role, you will help develop insights for a variety of consumer products, particularly as we scale their volume. Youll be the key stakeholder in the maintenance of our data infrastructure, ensuring the necessary analytics are in place to meet customer needs effectively.

This is an exciting opportunity to work with diverse datasets, explore new trends, and collaborate with teams to make a real impact.

What you will do:

Data Pipeline management

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable data infrastructure Ensure the data architecture supports business needs by building and optimizing data models, databases, and ETL pipelines.
• Ensure data integrity, security, and governance Implement best practices for data quality, compliance, and security, ensuring accurate and reliable data for reporting and analytics.

Tool Integration and Data Accessibility:

• Assist in the integration of internal tooling to enhance customer engagement and automate personalised experiences.
• Develop tools and dashboards that enable other teams to access and understand data insights easily.

Customer Reporting and Adhoc Analysis:

• Create and manage Looker dashboards to support product insights and reporting needs.
• Address ad-hoc data requests from stakeholders, providing clear, actionable insights to support business decisions.

Product and User Data Analysis:

• Conduct in-depth analysis of member behaviour across products, tracking user journeys and identifying key behavioural trends.
• Analyse data for seasonal fluctuations and trends to help inform product adjustments and marketing strategies.
• Monitor registration, engagement, and retention metrics to support growth initiatives and understand user lifecycle stages.

You will love this opportunity if:
Youre someone who thrives when taking ownership, challenges the norm, and celebrates the small wins along the way. Whether its navigating ambiguity or owning your impact, this role will allow you to stretch your limits and grow. There is no I in Onsi, we dont take ourselves too seriously and always win as a team.

You will need:

• A strong academic background in Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, Computer Science, or a related field, along with proven commercial experience as a Data Analyst or Data Engineer.
• Advanced SQL
• Experience with DBT or similar data transformation tools
• Familiarity with Looker or other BI platforms.
• Excellent analytical skills with a focus on behavioural, trend and engagement data.
• Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to proactively identify and solve data-related issues with an eye for improvement.
• Good communication with the ability to work cross-functionally and translate complex data findings into actionable insights for non-technical teams.

What will you get in return?
Benefits:

• Pro-rated annual Leave plus bank holidays.
• Birthday day off, because no one should have to work on their birthday!
• Special days off - up to 3 extra days for life events like weddings and moving days
• Dedicated Learning & Development days

Perks:

• Flexible working hours and location: Split your time between your home and any of our offices in London, Amsterdam or Cape Town.
• Work from abroad - up to 20 days per annum
• Knowledge Sharing: Lunch & Learns, Monthly Speaker Series (bringing you perspective and insights from an array of wonderful people) Team workshops and offsites.

Our Values:

• Get Onside: We recognise that were strongest as a team when we unite to achieve our mission. Were committed to supporting & bringing out the best in each other. Put simply, were on each others side.
• Say It Like It Is: We embrace clarity, concision and transparency. Why? Because candour enables quality conversation, better decisions and greater speed.
• Bring Your Edge: Our creativity and innovation stems from our unique perspectives. We celebrate our diversity of thought, welcome new ideas and cultivate the talents that set us apart. We actively participate in creating an inclusive and respectful community where everyone feels valued.
• Make It Count: We pursue our goals with determination and a laser focus on whats important while disregarding whats not. We strive to succeed, accomplish and perform.

Our Commitment:
We aim to foster a diverse and inclusive workplace where differences are valued and where employees are treated fairly and supported in achieving their full potential.
Onsi is therefore fully committed to ensuring that it recruits, develops and retains employees solely on merit and that no one is treated less favourably because of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Thank you for considering Onsi. Were looking for passionate individuals to help us shape the future of work. If this opportunity excites you, wed love to hear from you!