Data Wizard

**Requisition Details \& Talent Acquisition Contact****Requisition nr:** 143798 **Talent Acquisition Specialist:** Tshego Semenya **Location:** 135 Rivonia Road, Sandown **Closing date:** 10 June 2026**Cluster** Personal and Private Banking**Career Stream** Data **Leadership Pipeline** Manage Self: Technical (MST) **Position** Data Wizard**Why join the team!** The Data Wizard plays a mission‑critical role in shaping the data backbone of Nedbank’s newest innovation space, delivering high‑quality, validated information that powers fast, accurate decision‑making across the business. Success in this role means consistently enabling rapid insights, automating processes to reduce operational costs, and designing reliable data structures that meet regulatory, analytical and operational needs. You will work with exceptionally large and complex datasets—including blockchain and crypto transaction streams—and transform them into trusted, secure and accessible assets aligned with governance and Group Technology standards. Your engineering expertise will directly influence turnaround times, reporting accuracy, and the availability of data for key stakeholders in Mid‑Corp BCB, Risk, AML, Compliance and other internal teams. This role offers the excitement and challenge of building data capabilities for a brand‑new business with evolving requirements, all while replacing legacy dependencies and introducing modern, scalable engineering practices. You’ll be trusted to deliver under pressure, engage cross‑functionally with GT, vendors and domain specialists, and design solutions that integrate seamlessly into Nedbank’s broader data ecosystem. Most importantly, you’ll join a pioneering environment where you can shape the future of digital assets and Web3 banking—working with leading experts, cutting‑edge blockchain datasets and new technologies, with the freedom to innovate, automate and influence the direction of a high‑growth, high‑impact business unit. This is not maintenance work; it is the rare opportunity to build something new, meaningful and industry‑shaping from the ground up. **Job Purpose** The Data Wizard will serve as the technical engine behind Nedbank’s newest innovation unit, Ned Defi. This role combines strong SQL engineering capabilities with advanced data pipeline development skills to transform massive, complex datasets—particularly blockchain, Web3, and crypto‑related data—into reliable, accessible and meaningful information for decision‑making, regulatory reporting, and strategic insights. As Ned Defi builds the future of blockchain‑enabled banking, the Data Wizard will create the data foundations that make high\-volume crypto data (e.g., Bitcoin and Ethereum datasets with \>24 billion rows) usable, trusted and analytics‑ready across the business. **Job Responsibilities** **Data Engineering \& Pipeline Management** * Design, develop and maintain scalable, reliable data pipelines for ingestion, real\-time streaming, transformation and...