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

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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