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Analytics Engineer III, Marketing & Product

2U / GetSmarterCape Town, South Africa

Salary

Not disclosed

Job Type

full time

Posted

about 1 hour ago

Closing date

10 Aug 2026

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Job Description

At 2U, we are all in on purpose. We are motivated by our mission – to make learning limitless– and connected by our shared passion to deliver world-class higher education at scale. As the parent company of edX, a leading online learning platform, 2U powers thousands of higher education offerings – from free courses to full degrees. Together with our college, university, and corporate partners, we are helping accelerate careers and transform lives.

Key Responsibilities

  • Cleanse and verify data integrity, enhancing data sources when required
  • Exhibit best coding practices, adeptness in pipeline builds, and proficiency in transformation tools
  • Analyse data to deliver data-driven insights using proven data mining techniques.
  • Visualise data insights, communicate findings, and engage in data engineering tasks to optimise data pipelines and enhance analytical capabilities
  • Collaborate with other analysts and stakeholders to execute projects
  • Leverage business knowledge to enhance business performance
  • Help guide business when making technical decisions
  • Effectively leverage knowledge, expertise and experience to lead and deliver projects
  • Effectively support and mentor analysts
  • Perform research and constantly stays on top of the industry’s trends
  • Engage and proactively seek opportunities for improvement through ongoing learning

Requirements

  • 5-7+ years of experience in analytics engineering, data engineering, business intelligence, or similar technical fields.
  • Bachelor’s degree is required, with a concentration in a mathematical or analytical field preferred (i.e.: Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science)
  • Skilled in data analysis, data engineering and business intelligence
  • Advanced understanding of SQL, efficiently & effectively applies best coding practices and demonstrates ability to upskill/assist others
  • Advanced understanding of Python, efficiently & effectively apply best coding principles and demonstrates ability to upskill/assist others
  • Advanced understanding of DBT and demonstrates proficiency in building data pipelines while assisting in upskilling/assisting others
  • Skilled understanding of version control; efficiently create pull requests, collaborate, debug/track issues, document and host code
  • Independently develop complex data models
  • Experience with a reporting tool, such as Tableau

About the employer

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2U / GetSmarter

2U / GetSmarter is a hiring organisation operating in Cape Town, South Africa within the education sector. They are currently recruiting for the Analytics Engineer III, Marketing & Product role advertised on this page. Visit the official application link for more about the company, its culture and the team you would be joining.

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