WPP Media

Media

AssociateDataEngineer

$350–550k ~AI est. Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
The Brief

“Associate Data Engineer at WPP Media. Skills: Pipeline Engineering, Automation, SQL Optimization, Data Modeling. Design automated data pipelines. Build automated data pipelines”

Industry & Context.

Media
Problems you'll solve

Data-driven decision making

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

2–4 years’ experience in data analysis, reporting automation experience, data operations experience, working proficiency in SQL, Experience transforming datasets, Experience with Adverity, Experience with Supermetrics, Experience with API connectors, Experience with Python, Experience with VBA, Experience with Google Apps Script, Working knowledge of Google Cloud, Experience integrating AdTech data, Experience integrating MarTech data, Advanced Power BI development, Advanced Looker Studio development, Advanced Excel proficiency

Nice to Have

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree in Data Science, Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Bachelor's Degree in quantitative discipline

What You'll Do.

Design automated data pipelines

Build automated data pipelines

Maintain automated data pipelines

Eliminate manual reporting cycles

Ensure data availability

Use Google Apps Script

Innovate business processes

Streamline business processes

Innovate reporting templates

Streamline reporting templates

Ingest marketing datasets

Clean marketing datasets

Structure marketing datasets

Implement dbt fundamentals

Ensure data transformations are modular

Ensure data transformations are version-controlled

Ensure data transformations are tested

Apply Dimensional Modeling

Structure data for efficiency

Structure data for reduced costs

Design interactive dashboards

Maintain interactive dashboards

Integrate data from Google Marketing Platform

Integrate data from Meta

Integrate data from Amazon

Integrate data from TikTok

Integrate data from AdTech stacks

Support strategic analysis

Implement automated validation rules

Implement Data Health alerts

Identify discrepancies

Oversee data accuracy

Oversee data completeness

Oversee naming convention consistency

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Engaging with stakeholders; Supporting finance teams; Supporting planning teams; Supporting strategy teams

Communication Scope

Translate technical outputs; Actionable insights

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