About this job
Our platform acquires data from millions of GSM and mobile money users from globally distributed sources. Beyond ingress, the data is processed, stored and distributed to support event-driven analytics and ML pipelines, leveraging cloud-based infrastructure. As a JUMO Data Engineer, you’ll help contribute to our mission of financial inclusion by extracting maximum predictive value from data assets.
Responsibilities
Design, implement, and maintain the data pipelines that constitute JUMO’s data platform, enabling effective use of data across the organisation
Providing feedback on team members’ output, encouraging skills development within the team
Be responsible for creating robust, mission critical batch and streaming data processing capabilities
Work closely with Portfolio Managers and Data Scientists to understand the real world problems we’re trying to solve
Mentor juniors with technical leadership
Be supported by senior leaders as you drive your own development
Qualifications
BSc. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or equivalent tertiary degree
Real-world understanding of data processing and storage
2+ years experience with Data pipeline design and development experience
2+ years experience in processing of data with big-data technologies such as Cassandra, DynamoDB, InfluxDB, MongoDB, Presto, Apache Spark, Hadoop, Beam, Flink, Kafka or Kinesis
Experience in application design and development with at least one of the following languages: Python (preferred), Scala, Java
RDBMS experience in any relevant technology such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redshift and SQL Server
Working knowledge of the Data product lifecycle
Command of productionising and monitoring of data pipeline workflows
Experience with relational database administration, technical architectures and infrastructure components
Understanding of CI/CD practices
Productive within a Linux command line environment
Experience designing systems to process and curating large data sets
Proven ability to contribute software as part of a team
Effective communication of technical concepts
Critical thinking under pressure
Bonus if you have
Experience working with messaging systems (RabbitMQ, SNS)
Experience working with data pipeline orchestration (Airflow, Nifi, Streamsets)
Experience working with production BI environments and tools (Tableau, Superset, Looker)
We ask a lot of each other at JUMO, but we give a lot too.
Things you’ll love
Collaborating with smart, engaging people in an inspiring work environment
Working for impact
Growing and learning continuously, with loads of encouragement and support
Boldly taking risks as we navigate new challenges
Flexible work practices enabling your best delivery
Being autonomous and empowered to lead
A stack of leading-edge technologies
Remote First
Our environment is designed to foster innovation and enable collaboration, working from one of our Data Hubs in South Africa or Kenya. We operate a remote first working approach where working remotely is our default way of working. We have co-working spaces available in Cape Town and Nairobi for collaboration and connection and for the use of those who value and want to work out of an office.
Diversity and Inclusion
At JUMO, we believe that diversity strengthens our teams and strive in our recruitment process to create an environment where people from every background can collaborate and prosper and be themselves.
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