Senior Cloud Data Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 9, 2026. First seen by Alion on Feb 19, 2025.
Why join us?
At Media24 Technology, our team of engineers, data scientists, product managers and UX/UI design specialists develop exceptional digital products for renowned brands including News24 and Netwerk24. By harnessing cutting-edge technology and a sophisticated tech stack, we deliver world-class solutions. Our vibrant, people-focused culture, commitment to innovation, and strong societal mission are at the heart of everything we do. We are proud to empower Media24 brands to inform, entertain, and inspire millions across South Africa.
What will you do?
You will be working primarily within the Google Cloud Environment using a variety of the tools that Google offers from Biquery and Dataproc to Kubernettes and AI Hub. You should ideally dream in Python and speak SQL. You should not be afraid to dive into dirty data and help the team make sense of it. We are in the game of taking data and turning it into amazing stories and pretty pictures that helps the decision makers drive the business forward.
What should you have?
- Relevant software engineering degree at least at Honours level (Masters preferred)
- 5+ years development experience working with Python
- Data skills (Traditional SQL and No-SQL)
- Large scale ETL
- High scale Restful Services
- Cloud experience (Google cloud platform preferred)
- Experience with source control (Git)
Beneficial Skills
You will be exposed to these in our environment, so it would be great if you had prior experience, but it’s not a problem if you don’t.
- Scheduling and Orchestration (Airflow/Composer)
- Containerisation (Kubernetes, Docker)
- BigQuery
- Elastic search
- Data Warehousing concepts
- Data governance Concepts.
- Apache beam (Cloud Dataflow)
- Apache Spark (Dataproc)
Benefits of working at Media24
AI-forward culture: We actively look for opportunities to leverage AI to unlock new opportunities. We harness cutting-edge AI technology and tools to supercharge productivity, efficiency and results and we encourage our teams to explore and experiment.
Continuous learning & growth: Dive into a wealth of learning opportunities backed by our parent company, the Naspers group. Gain free access to platforms like Udemy, pursue nanodegrees to enrich your skills or take advantage of complimentary Microsoft certification training. We also offer bursary opportunities.
Stay ahead: Attend cutting-edge tech events and expos to stay on top of industry trends and innovations.
Personalised benefits: Choose from optional medical aid and customisable retirement funding options to suit your needs.
Give back: Each year, take up to 3 days of Volunteers24 leave to make a meaningful impact in the community while supporting causes you care about.
Given the employment equity policy of Media24, preference will be given to suitable candidates from the designated groups.