{"id":36463,"date":"2026-05-23T10:02:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T10:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/job\/intermediate-analytics-engineer\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T10:02:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T10:02:36","slug":"intermediate-analytics-engineer","status":"publish","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/job\/intermediate-analytics-engineer\/","title":{"rendered":"Intermediate Analytics Engineer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Role Overview<\/p>\n<p>\tAs an Intermediate Analytics Engineer, you will design, implement, and optimize analytics data models and pipelines. You\u2019ll be responsible for developing robust, scalable solutions that enable high-quality business intelligence and analytics.<\/p>\n<p>Key Responsibilities<\/p>\n<p>\tDesign and implement relational, multi-dimensional, and domain-specific semantic models. 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