Cape Town Hybrid

impact.com is hiring a Tech Lead - Data Systems

About the Role

Lead the development and architecture of data platforms, mentor engineers, and drive technical decisions that improve reliability, scalability, and performance of data infrastructure.

Responsibilities

  • Guide the design and implementation of data pipelines and storage solutions
  • Collaborate with product and engineering teams to understand data needs
  • Ensure data systems are secure, efficient, and maintainable
  • Lead code reviews and promote engineering best practices
  • Mentor data engineers and support team growth
  • Evaluate and integrate new data technologies
  • Monitor system performance and optimize for scale
  • Troubleshoot complex data issues across distributed systems
  • Define data modeling standards and schema governance
  • Work closely with analytics and data science teams
  • Drive automation of data workflows and operational tasks
  • Support data compliance and privacy initiatives
  • Contribute to capacity planning for data infrastructure
  • Participate in architectural decision-making
  • Promote observability and monitoring across data platforms
  • Manage incident response for data system outages
  • Ensure documentation is accurate and up to date
  • Balance technical debt with feature development
  • Foster collaboration between engineering and business stakeholders
  • Lead proof-of-concept projects for new data tools

Nice to Have

  • Master’s degree in computer science or related field
  • Experience with real-time data processing at scale
  • Knowledge of data governance frameworks
  • Contributions to open-source data projects
  • Experience in ad tech or digital marketing platforms

Compensation

Competitive salary and benefits package

Work Arrangement

Hybrid work model with flexibility for remote work

Team

Part of a growing engineering team focused on scalable data infrastructure

Why This Role Matters

  • Data is central to decision-making across the organization, and this role ensures the foundation is robust, scalable, and future-ready.
  • You will shape how teams access, trust, and use data to drive impact.

Growth Opportunities

  • This position offers a path to influence platform-wide data strategy.
  • Leadership exposure includes cross-team initiatives and technical roadmap planning.

Available for qualified candidates

Job Details
Location Cape Town
Work mode Hybrid
Posted 3 months ago
About company
impact.com

impact.com transforms the way enterprises manage and optimize all types of partnerships.

The unified platform manages creators, affiliates, and referrals — powered by over $100B in partnership data and AI that turns discovery into performance.

impact.com is the AI-native partnership platform powering global commerce, enabling brands to see which partners influence AI and LLM recommendations and activate them within a trusted ecosystem.

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