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title: 'Senior Data Engineer at Equal Experts'
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# Senior Data Engineer at Equal Experts

- **Company:** Equal Experts
- **Location:** South Africa
- **Posted:** 2023-12-19
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-06
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/equalexperts/jobs/6992508002

## Job description

Equal Experts is an innovative consultancy specialising in the delivery of custom software solutions for blue-chip enterprise and public sector clients across a range of industry sectors. We work on important projects for our clients, deliver market-leading propositions across the digital, online and mobile channels, and are recognised for our leadership in the application of agile and lean delivery methods to assure delivery. We have offices in Australia, India, South Africa, the UK, the EU and the USA.

Our Data Engineers are highly skilled in creating data pipelines for ingest, transformation and storage of data, usually at scale, and are familiar with standing-up analytics clusters.

This role involves using modern agile technical practices - including Continuous Integration and Deployment, TDD, and XP - to deliver timely and pragmatic solutions, as well as helping others to do their jobs in a more effective way.

## Responsibilities

- Working with the client and the team to determine data processing and access needs and how best to deliver them.
- Creation and support of highly available data pipelines and storage solutions (e.g. data warehouses).
- Delivery of software using agile (pair programming, TDD, CI/CD, etc) practices.
- Automation of data infrastructure and deployments.
- Advocating agile practices to the client organisation.
- Mentoring client team members.
- Helping improve the team and clients’ data capabilities.

Required Skills

- Significant experience working on data pipelines, platforms and projects.
- Experience in developing solutions in one or more of the main Cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure).
- Strong background in at least one programming language, Python or Scala preferable.
- Working with a variety of databases, data warehouses and distributed file systems in production environments.
- Strong experience in SQL and data modelling.
- Exposure with data processing at scale.
- Knowledge about GDPR and data security.
- Working with source control and infrastructure as code (Git/Github, Terraform, ansible etc.) and CI/CD tools.
- Understanding and being able to support data scientists or business intelligence teams - in data prep, mentoring and support functions.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively while working remotely with globally distributed

*This role is only open to candidates that are based in South Africa

## About Equal Experts

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Equal Experts is a global network of senior technology consultants that partners with enterprises to design, build, and modernise digital products and platforms.
- **Entity Type**: Private (100% network-owned trust, no external funding disclosed)
- **Headquarters**: London, United Kingdom
- **Founded**: 2007
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: IT services and consulting, digital transformation, software engineering
- **Target customers**: Enterprise and blue-chip companies (B2B)
- **Mission or purpose**: “Help our customers be successful” by bringing experienced engineers together within a flat structure and giving them the autonomy to do the right thing for their clients

## Products & Services
Equal Experts offers a range of consulting and delivery services:
- **[Modernisation and Platforms]**: Building future-ready foundations that fuel faster delivery
- **[Data]**: Turning data into a strategic business asset
- **[Product]**: Shaping, validating and building better products faster
- **[Software Engineering]**: Building and running bespoke, high-quality software
- **[AI Accelerated Software Delivery]**: Harnessing the power of AI in software delivery
- **[Customer Experience]**: Designing customer experiences that deliver business value
- **[AI]**: Unlocking the potential of AI across the business
- **[Technology Strategy]**: Navigating the technology landscape with expert guidance

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Network of **4,061** technology consultants (as of mid-2026)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Strategic partnerships with cloud, data and technology platforms (names not specified on public site)
- **Growth Signals**: Over **200 blue-chip clients** served globally; offices on 5 continents (Australia, Germany, India, Netherlands, Portugal, South Africa, UK, USA & Canada); ranked in Glassdoor’s **Top 10 Best Places to Work in the UK** for the third consecutive year (99% recommend)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Deep experience**: Average industry experience of **18 years** per consultant; 90% have 10+ years (independently verified by Select Statistical Services)
- **Flat structure**: Minimal politics, high autonomy for teams to make decisions in clients’ best interests
- **100% network-owned**: The trust that owns the company is collectively owned by employees, associate consultants and customers, aligning long-term incentives
- **Rigorous hiring**: A selective interview process ensures only senior, experienced practitioners join the network
- **Strong culture**: A Team Charter and shared values guide every engagement, fostering trust and collaboration

## Strategic Focus
- Accelerating adoption of **AI and data-driven** solutions across client engagements
- Expanding **modernisation and platform** capabilities to help clients move faster
- Continuing to build a **global network** of senior talent while maintaining a flat, autonomous operating model

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Flat structure with less politics, more freedom to innovate; strong emphasis on autonomy and doing the right thing for customers
- **Recognition**: Consistently ranked among the **Top 10 Best Places to Work in the UK** on Glassdoor (99% employee recommendation)
- **Peers**: Work alongside highly experienced practitioners (average 18 years) in a collaborative, knowledge-sharing environment
- **Global network**: Opportunities to work across multiple countries (Australia, Europe, India, South Africa, North America) and industries
- **Career development**: Access to Slack communities, meet-ups, conferences and co-working days; the network supports consultants even between engagements
- **Remote/hybrid**: Not explicitly stated, but the presence of offices in 8 countries suggests a mix of on-site, hybrid and remote work depending on client needs
- **Perks**: Being part of a 100% network-owned trust where everyone has a stake in the company’s success

## Sources
1. [equalexperts.com](https://www.equalexperts.com/)
2. [equalexperts.com/about-us](https://www.equalexperts.com/about-us/)
3. [equalexperts.com/join-us](https://www.equalexperts.com/join-us/)
4. [equalexperts.com/current-opportunities](https://www.equalexperts.com/current-opportunities/)
5. [job-boards.greenhouse.io/equalexperts](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/equalexperts)

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