Freelance Data Engineer

Incubeta

Data Engineer at Incubeta responsible for designing, building, and maintaining data processing systems to ensure data integrity and optimize pipelines. Mentors junior members and delivers data solutions effectively.

Posted 6/9/2026contractRemote • 🇿🇦 South AfricaMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformPythonSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Designs, builds, and maintains complex data processing systems
Ensures data integrity and optimizes pipelines for efficiency and scalability
Troubleshoots complex data issues and conducts quality checks
Mentors junior team members and fosters collective growth
Maintains clear documentation for data solutions
Identifies optimization opportunities and plans implementation
Delivers new solutions or expands existing solutions based on received briefs
Takes responsibility for security in PII data, code management, and deployment
Proactively identifies improvements for dashboards across the business
Engages with projects, providing support in modeling feasibility and blockers
Conducts quality checks and ensures technical implementations meet standards
Independently owns small-scale projects and delivers them by meeting success criteria and deadlines.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Advanced in SQL & Python
GCP Professional Data Engineer certification
Technical expertise in data engineering
Experience with cloud platforms GCP (Essential), AWS, Azure (Advantageous)
Ability to troubleshoot complex data issues with dashboards
Experience independently creating effective dashboards for clients using Incubeta dashboarding tools.
Proficiency in following end to end data pipeline process, from extracting data to writing SQL and creating dashboards.
Capability of maintaining a QA process to validate accuracy

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equal Opportunity Employer: Incubeta is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

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Hard Skills & Tools

SQLPythondata engineeringdata pipelinetroubleshootingdata integritydata processing systemsquality assurancedashboard creationoptimization

Soft Skills

mentoringdocumentationproblem-solvingcollaborationproject managementcommunicationresponsibilityindependencecritical thinkingadaptability

Certifications

GCP Professional Data Engineer