Head of Data and AI Platform Engineering

Posted 11 Days Ago
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Cape Town, Western Cape
Expert/Leader
Fintech • Insurance • Financial Services
The Role
As the Head of Data and AI Platform Engineering, you will lead a team to design, develop, and maintain data and AI platforms, ensuring scalability and performance. You will collaborate with stakeholders to meet their data and AI needs, implement best practices, and mentor your team.
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What to expect

 As the Head of Data and AI Platform Engineering, you will lead a team of engineers responsible for developing, deploying, and maintaining our data and AI platforms. You will work closely with stakeholders across the organization to design and implement scalable, high-performance systems that enable our business to make data-driven decisions. You will also be responsible for managing and mentoring your team, ensuring that they have the skills and resources they need to deliver quality work on time and within budget.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead the design, development, and maintenance of our data and AI platforms. 
  • Manage and mentor a team of data and AI platform engineers. 
  • Collaborate with stakeholders across the organization to understand their data and AI needs and design solutions that meet those needs. 
  • Develop and implement best practices for data and AI platform engineering, including version control, testing, and deployment. 
  • Ensure that our data and AI platforms are scalable, reliable, and performant. 
  • Identify and implement opportunities for process improvements and automation. 
  • Stay up to date with emerging technologies and industry trends in data and AI. 

Requirements:

  • Master’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field. 
  • 10+ years of experience in data and AI platform engineering. 
  • 5+ years of experience managing a team of engineers. 
  • Experience with Agile software development methodologies. 


In office perks 

  • Healthy breakfast, lunches and snacks (Cape Town) 
  • Healthy lunches and snacks (Johannesburg) 
  • Monthly socials (Cape Town and Johannesburg) 
  • On-site Barista (Cape Town and Johannesburg) 
  • Ozow Library (Cape Town)  
  • Birthday Leave


Perks for South African based employees

  • Medical aid subsidy (permanent staff)
  • Group Risk Insurance (permanent staff)
  • Generous paid annual leave   
  • Learning and Development opportunities 
  • Mentorship programme
  • Quarterly team building 
  • Community initiatives 
  • Employee gifting 
  • Access to cutting edge technology 

 

Our Employee Value Proposition

Join Ozow and become part of an elite force that challenges the ordinary and achieves the extraordinary. If you're driven to make an impact, embrace challenges, and seek unparalleled opportunities for growth, your journey starts here.

Compliance

As a fintech company, we prioritize data security and compliance. Due to the sensitive nature of our work, we require individuals with a high level of integrity and trustworthiness to ensure adherence to financial regulations and industry standards.


Ready to be exceptional? Apply now! 

As a fintech company, we prioritize data security and compliance. Due to the sensitive nature of our work, we require individuals with a high level of integrity and trustworthiness to ensure adherence to financial regulations and industry standards.


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Interested in joining our rocket ship?  

To find out more about life at Ozow, head over to our Careers Page here!

Top Skills

Data
The Company
Cape Town
143 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2014

What We Do

Ozow is the future of payment as we know it. An oh-so (or Ozow) easy, automated and ultra-secure EFT solution that helps customers pay in just a few seconds, merchants can initiate Ozow payments through a variety of payment platforms, such as SMS, eCommerce, eBilling, QR Code and instore Point-of-Sale (POS). Through Ozow’s precise and secure system (that reduces the risk of charge-backs), merchants get real-time payments with instant transaction notifications and automated bank reconciliations. As no card is required for payment, their products are also more widely available, resulting in less abandoned carts, increased sales and more happy customers. Furthermore, merchants enjoy transaction fees as low as 1,5%, with no monthly costs, setup fees, or minimum charges, enabling them to save their money. As an added bonus, merchants processing up to R1m per month can use Ozow for free in their first year, no strings attached. Ozow is committed to financial inclusion on a continent where many people are disenfranchised by a lack of payments options. Furthermore, Ozow is committed to making it affordable for smaller businesses to take their trade to a wider audience, and to ensure that if traditional payment methods are unavailable, merchants don’t suffer. To date, Ozow has processed over a billion transactions, and has processed a combined value exceeding R5 billion. Ozow is bringing commerce to a wider audience, promoting financial inclusion and innovating for our customers. Paying with us is Ozow easy, Ozow fast and Ozow trusted

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