Senior Ingestion Engineer
Somewhere
🇿🇦 Hirezar Summary for South African Applicants
This fully remote full time position at Somewhere is open to applicants from South Africa. The estimated monthly salary is R92,500 – R148,000 ZAR. This role is suited for senior-level professionals. As a remote position, you can work from anywhere in South Africa — whether you're based in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, or a smaller town.
Job Description
Position:Senior Ingestion EngineerWorking hours:Monday to Friday can overlap US business hoursSalary:$5,000 – $8,000/month (depending on experience)Type:Full-Time | Remote
About the Role
We’re looking for a Senior Ingestion Engineer to build and scale high-volume, real-time data ingestion systems. You’ll work on collecting, processing, and optimizing large streams of data while ensuring performance, reliability, and cost-efficiency.
This role is ideal for engineers who enjoy solving complex problems, working with real-time systems, and building scalable infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities
* Design and build real-time data ingestion pipelines
Design and build real-time data ingestion pipelines
* Handle high-throughput, low-latency data systems
Handle high-throughput, low-latency data systems
* Develop and maintain large-scale web scraping systems
Develop and maintain large-scale web scraping systems
* Work with APIs, reverse engineering, and anti-bot solutions
Work with APIs, reverse engineering, and anti-bot solutions
* Optimize systems for performance, reliability, and cost
Optimize systems for performance, reliability, and cost
* Use AI tools to enhance development workflows
Use AI tools to enhance development workflows
* Collaborate with engineers, data experts, and analysts
Collaborate with engineers, data experts, and analysts
Requirements
* Strong experience with real-time/streaming data systems
Strong experience with real-time/streaming data systems
* Background in distributed systems and scalable infrastructure
Background in distributed systems and scalable infrastructure
* Experience with web scraping, APIs, or data extraction at scale
Experience with web scraping, APIs, or data extraction at scale
* Knowledge of performance optimization and cloud environments
Knowledge of performance optimization and cloud environments
* Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools
Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools
* Strong problem-solving and systems-thinking mindset
Strong problem-solving and systems-thinking mindset
Nice to Have
* Experience in trading, betting, or financial data systems
Experience in trading, betting, or financial data systems
* Exposure to high-frequency or real-time data environments
Exposure to high-frequency or real-time data environments
* Experience with adversarial scraping or anti-bot systems
Experience with adversarial scraping or anti-bot systems
Tips for South African Applicants
Timezone Advantage
South Africa (SAST, UTC+2) overlaps well with European business hours and has a few hours of overlap with US East Coast. Mention your timezone flexibility in your application.
Salary in Context
At R92,500/month, this role pays well above the average South African remote salary. The USD equivalent ($5,000/mo) benefits from the favourable exchange rate.
Application Tips
Tailor your CV to international standards — use a clean format, highlight remote work experience, and include your English proficiency. Many SA applicants succeed by emphasising their strong work ethic and cultural adaptability.
Load Shedding Preparedness
If you're applying for a remote role, having a backup power solution (UPS, inverter, or generator) and mobile data as a backup internet connection shows employers you're prepared for South Africa's infrastructure challenges.
About Somewhere
Somewhere is a company in the Recruitment & Staffing industry that hires remote workers from South Africa. They currently have 600 open positions on Hirezar. View all Somewhere jobs →