Johannesburg, South Africa | Posted on 05/21/2026 Our client is seeking a capable intermediate-level Data Engineer with strong MLOps and analytics experience to support the design, optimisation, governance, and monitoring of enterprise data and machine learning pipelines. The successful candidate will play a critical role in ensuring scalable, sustainable, and efficient data processes while supporting analytics, ML model deployment, integrations, and reporting initiatives within a Databricks ecosystem. This opportunity offers strong long-term potential, as contractors are typically retained for multi-year engagements. Key Responsibilities Design, optimise, and maintain scalable data pipelines within Databricks. Ensure pipelines are efficient, sustainable, easy to debug, and user-friendly. Implement and maintain Delta Tables and Databricks notebooks. Perform data validation and basic data quality checks. Monitor and improve process governance and operational efficiency. Train, deploy, a...