Data Engineer
Full-time, 90% Remote / 10% Office Location: Cape Town, South Africa Start date: Immediate
To Apply
Please send a brief letter of motivation, CV, and list of 2 professional references to info@vittoriatech.com with “Data Engineer” in the subject line.
About Us
We’re a small, fast-moving team applying technical design and creative interventions to scale renewable energy across developing markets in Africa, namely through our Battery Bank Africa (BBA) service. Optimized for off-grid energy developers, BBA offers reliable, affordable solar battery leases through our innovative finance, scalable technologies, and remote monitoring tools. As we scale BBA, we’re looking for a versatile data professional who can both build the data infrastructure and extract meaningful insights from it. This is a foundational role with the opportunity to shape how data is used across the company.
Vittoria Technology was founded on a vision to progress energy independence, through sustainable clean resources. Cheesy albeit, our company backbone of doing and dreaming is core to our projects, personality, and successes at the energy frontier. We are looking for like-minded, driven teammates excited to shoulder responsibility and lead solutions to hard challenges. If this is you, please read on.
Job Description
As our first data hire, you’ll own the full data lifecycle — from building pipelines and managing infrastructure to analyzing data, building models, and helping the team make smarter decisions. You’ll be the go-to person for all things data, working cross-functionally with engineering, finance, and leadership staff.
This job provides significant professional growth potential and opportunity. We are looking for the right person to help shape our journey and grow with us. The majority of our team is based in Cape Town – working remotely most days, with 1 day in office every other week. The successful candidate must work independently and proactively to achieve performance goals and organizational objectives. We are looking for a team member who is purpose-driven, intelligent, reliable, and detail-oriented.
Key Responsibilities
Infrastructure & Pipelines
• Design, build, and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines from internal and external sources.
• Create and manage scalable data storage solutions (e.g., data warehouse, data lake).
• Ensure data quality, integrity, and availability across systems.
• Collaborate with engineering to integrate data collection into our products and tools.
• Automate and optimize data workflows and processing jobs.
Analysis & Insights
• Analyze data to uncover trends, patterns, and business opportunities.
• Build dashboards, reports, and visualizations to support teams across the org.
• Develop and deploy statistical models and machine learning solutions as needed.
• Design and evaluate A/B tests and experiments.
• Communicate insights clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Required Qualifications
• Authorized to work in South Africa. Must be based in the Cape Town metro area.
• 2+ years of experience in data engineering, data science, or analytics roles.
• Strong SQL skills and experience with relational/non-relational databases.
• Proficiency with Python (or similar) for both data engineering and analysis tasks.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Experience with modern data tools (e.g., dbt, Airflow, Snowflake, BigQuery, pandas, scikit-learn).
• Fluency in English.
• Detail oriented and works with high levels of accuracy.
• Ability to organize multiple tasks and manage deadlines.
• Personal qualities of integrity, honesty, and dedication.
• Ability to thrive in a startup environment — must be a problem solver, self-disciplined, ambitious, and eager to learn.
Bonus Points For
• Experience building end-to-end data systems in a small team.
• Familiarity with BI tools (e.g., Looker, Tableau, Metabase).
• Exposure to product analytics, customer behavior analysis, or growth experimentation.
• Understanding of data privacy and governance best practices.
• Exposure to solar power systems, such as API integrations, data analysis, etc.
What We Offer
• Salary commensurate with experience, range is ZAR 360,000 – R480,000 annual.
• Generous 90% remote working.
• A chance to build and own the data foundation of a growing company.
• A collaborative, thoughtful team that values creative ideas.
To Apply
Please send a brief letter of motivation, CV, and list of 2 professional references to info@vittoriatech.com with “Data Engineer” in the subject line.
Target Start Date: Immediate
Vittoria Technology is dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive team and work environment. We are actively seeking applications from candidates regardless of background. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, competence, integrity and organizational need. Women are strongly encouraged to apply.