Product Data Engineer

Date: 4 Jun 2025

Location: Stellenbosch, Western Cape, ZA

Company: Capitec Bank Ltd

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We appoint energized and motivated people for their potential and continuously look for talented, driven individuals to help us innovate and evolve. That is why we focus on finding the right people for the right jobs. We love what we do because we focus on making a positive difference for our clients and employees. Our company DNA is built around talented and committed teams dedicated to build a brand that we are proud of and earns the trust of our clients.

Who We Are

We are a bank, but we’re much more than that. We believe that banking is about enabling people to control their financial lives through banking that is simplified, accessible, affordable, and delivered through a personal experience. By helping our clients manage their financial lives better, we enable them to live better.

Why choose Us

At Capitec, we offer our best by living up to our CEO values in every situation – we always put the Client first, act with Energy and take Ownership. And to support people in being their best, our Employee Value Proposition offers every value to all team members through cohesive teams, growth opportunities as well as employee benefits and savings. We make it a priority to ensure that each member of the Capitec team feels welcome, valued, focused, and has the opportunity to grow.

About the role

Credit Digitisation broadly speaks to the transformation of our more traditional credit product offerings into that of an ease-of-use self-help experience via our client interaction channels; we use a data driven approach, putting our clients in control of a simplified experience in accessing credit.

In this role, you’ll help design and develop new applications and systems that support the business needs within our product environment. You’ll work closely with business and technical teams to understand requirements and data, helping to improve how our products and systems function. You’ll also have the opportunity to collaborate with solution architects, contributing ideas and input as we shape solution designs for both new and existing systems.

Education (Minimum)

  • A relevant tertiary qualification in Information Technology or Data Analysis

Education (Ideal or Preferred)

  • A relevant degree in Data Engineering
  • Certification in Data Warehousing

Knowledge and Experience

Minimum Experience:

  • At least 4-6 years’ proven experience within management information systems (MIS) | data warehousing |  data transformation information systems / systems analysis together with a relevant 3 year tertiary qualification 

OR

  • At least 6-8 years’ proven experience within management information systems / system analysis
  • Proven experience in:
  • A relational data warehouse e.g. SQL server, Oracle etc., and tools that enable ETL and orchestration. 
  • Testing methodologies
  • Experience working in an AWS environment as well as with AWS Technologies
  • Mentorship
  • Quality assuring work of others


Ideal:

Proven experience in:

  • Data modelling
  • Data Analysis
  • Orchestration technologies

 

Knowledge:

Minimum:

  • IT systems development processes (SDLC)
  • ETL processes
  • Rational database system and cloud data warehousing 
  • Dimensional modelling
  • Standards and governance
  • Testing practices 
  • People leadership practices and principles
  • Quality assurance practices and processes

Ideal:

  • Data architecture (technical design and implementation processes)
  • DPLC
  • Banking systems environment
  • Banking business model
  • Best practices for Quality Assurance (QA)  

Skills

  • Analytical Skills
  • Communications Skills
  • Decision making skills
  • Interpersonal & Relationship management Skills
  • Problem solving skills

Additional Information

  • Clear criminal and credit record