Proud

Data Engineer

Proud

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3,000/mo
Johanesburg, South Africa
Looking for Full-time
8 hours/day
Availability: US / EU / Asia timezone

Profile Description

Data Analyst and Analytics Engineer with hands-on experience building end-to-end SQL pipelines, star-schema data models, and executive BI dashboards. Currently own and operate a live production data pipeline on Google Cloud (BigQuery, dbt Core, Cloud Run), running at $0.01/day with 84 automated data quality tests. Recognised as Star Performer from an international analytics internship cohort at Saint Louis University x Excelerate, scoring 91% in a formal 360-degree evaluation with 5/5 across own...

Skills & Expertise

Data & Analytics

SQLAdvanced
Power BIAdvanced
dbtAdvanced
LookerAdvanced
Google Analytics 4Intermediate
TableauBeginner

Software Development

PostgreSQLAdvanced
MySQLAdvanced
SupabaseAdvanced

Work Experience

Lead Data Engineer

Goshen Global

Jan 2026 - Present

Job Responsibilities:

Designed and deployed a fully live, production data pipeline on Google Cloud (Cloud Run, Cloud Scheduler, BigQuery, dbt Core, Pub/Sub) as the sole data engineer, from architecture through operation. Built 84 automated dbt tests to enforce data quality across all models, catching issues before they reach reporting. Engineered a real-time WebSocket ingestion system validating 1,538 events with zero...

SQLdbtData VisualizationGitHub ActionsLookerMySQL

Excelerate / Saint Louis University

Data Visualization Associate and Team Lead

Jan 2026 - Mar 2026

Job Responsibilities:

Star Performer Award, top recognition from the full intern cohort. 91% in formal 360-degree evaluation, 5/5 across ownership, quality of work, communication, and time management. Led a cross-timezone international team of 6, built an end-to-end admissions analytics pipeline in PostgreSQL with star-schema modelling, and deployed a live Looker Studio executive dashboard used for real university admi...

SQLPower BITableauData VisualizationExcel (Advanced)Python (Pandas/NumPy)LookerMySQLSupabasePostgreSQL

Quick Stats

Age36 years
GenderMale
English LevelFluent
ID VerificationVerified
Portfolio
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Certifications

Data Analytics Bootcamp
Advanced Diploma In Data Science & Machine Learning
Star Performer Award, Data Visualization Internship, Excelerate x Saint Louis University

Education

Associate's Degree

Alison

2022 - 2023