As an Engineering Lead at Sanlam, you'll design and govern scalable BI and data engineering solutions. You'll work closely with various teams to ensure high standards of data quality and performance while leading a team in a dynamic environment.
Collaborative and focused on innovation in data solutions.
**Who are we?** Sanlam Life and Savings (SLS) is focused on serving our retail and corporate clients in South Africa and further developing our strategic advantages in the South African market. Sanlam Life and Savings consists of the following business units Retail Mass, Corporate, Risk and Savings, Glacier and various business enabling functions. The Sanlam Life and Savings Office provides strategic direction, coordination and support to the four clusters, as well as performing governance oversight that includes assurance provided by second line of defense functions in SLS, to enable us to meet our business objectives. **What will you do?** The Engineering Lead is responsible for defining, designing, and governing scalable BI and data engineering solutions that support Sanlam’s business intelligence capabilities. The role establishes reusable technology components, solution patterns, and engineering standards aligned with SBI architecture frameworks and the Data \& ML Platform Tribe. You will translate business requirements into robust, secure, and sustainable technical solutions. This includes ensuring high standards of data quality and governance across BI environments, as well as reliable availability and performance for team\-owned BI solutions. As a senior technical leader, you will guide engineering delivery in complex and evolving environments, working closely with Analyst Leads, Solution Leads, architects, platform teams, and business stakeholders. The role is accountable for the engineering delivery outcomes of the team, applying fit\-for\-purpose agile practices to enable predictable, high\-quality delivery, while partnering with other leads who own requirements definition and solution intent.**What will make you successful in this role?** **Key Responsibilities** **Technical Leadership and Solution Design** * Define and maintain engineering standards, design principles, and reusable solution patterns * Design end\-to\-end BI and data engineering solutions aligned to enterprise architecture * Translate business requirements into scalable, secure, and maintainable technical designs * Contribute to architecture decisions and present solutions at internal architecture forums **Data Engineering and Platform Oversight** * Oversee the design, implementation, and optimisation of data vaults, data transformations, and data loads * Ensure data availability, performance, and reliability aligned to defined SLAs for team\-owned BI solutions * Monitor, fine\-tune, and troubleshoot BI and integration solutions in production * Identify and implement performance, reliability, and automation improvements within team\-owned solutions, in alignment with platform capabilities * Actively manage engagement with the Data \& ML Platform Tribe to ensure effective communication, timely escalation, and resolution of platform\-related dependencies and issues impacting team\-owned BI solutions * Oversee and ensure the reliable execution of recurring operational...
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