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AWS Data Engineer – Jumia at Jumia

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Employment FullTime
Location Nairobi Kenya
Experience At least 5 years
Education Level Bachelor's Degree
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About Jumia Tech Centers

Want to be part of the biggest tech center in Africa and work in mixed teams with over 16 different nationalities? Join Jumia Kenya Tech Center where tech meets purpose. At Kenya Tech Center you will be managed by and mentored by top tech leaders across Portugal, Egypt and Kenya. You will also be working with state-of-the-art technologies & methodologies, and using agile philosophy, all as means to improve the lives of millions of Africans across the continent by offering them convenient and affordable online solutions. And with that as our PURPOSE, innovation at Jumia NEVER stops and you will be moving from one exciting challenge to the next.

What you will be doing

  • Design and develop pipelines using Python, PySpark, and SQL
  • Use GitLab as the versioning control system
  • Utilize S3 buckets for storing large volumes of raw and processed data
  • Implement and manage complex data workflows using Apache Airflow (MWAA) to orchestrate tasks
  • Utilize Apache Iceberg (or similar) for managing and organizing data in the data lake
  • Create and maintain data catalogs using AWS Glue Catalog to organize metadata
  • AWS Athena for interactive querying
  • Familiarize with data modeling techniques to support analytics and reporting requirements, as well as knowledge of the data journey stages within a data lake (Medallion Architecture)

What we are looking for

  • Ideally, a degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field
  • Ideally, +5 years of experience within the Data Engineering landscape
  • Strong expertise in Python, PySpark, SQL, and the overall AWS data ecosystem
  • Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
  • Ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical users
  • Proficiency to work with Github
  • Terraform and CICD pipelines are a great ‘nice-to-have’

We Offer:

  • A unique experience in an entrepreneurial, yet structured environment
  • A unique opportunity of having strong impact in building the African e-commerce sector
  • The opportunity to become part of a highly professional and dynamic team
  • An unparalleled personal and professional growth as our longer-term objective is to train the next generation of leaders
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