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Jumia

Data Engineer - Jumia (Full Time)

Jumia, Egypt, Pennsylvania, United States

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Jumiais a leading pan-African e-commerce platform. Its mission is to improve the quality of everyday life in Africa by leveraging technology to deliver innovative, convenient and affordable online services to customers, while helping businesses grow as they use Jumia's platform to better reach and serve customers.

Jumia is built around a marketplace and supported by a proprietary logistics business [Jumia Logistics] and a digital payment and fintech platform [Jumia Pay] . With over 3,000 employees, Jumia is led by top talented leaders offering a great mix of local and international talents and is backed by very high-profile shareholders. Jumia is committed to creating a sustainable impact in Africa.

In April 2019, Jumia was the first Tech company in Africa to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

About Jumia Cairo Tech Center Want to be part of the biggest tech centre in Africa and work in mixed teams with over 16 different nationalities? Join Jumia Cairo Tech Center where tech meets purpose. At Cairo Tech Center you will be managed by and mentored by top tech leaders in both Portugal and Egypt. You will also be working with state-of-the-art technologies & methodologies, and using agile philosophy, all as a 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

Familiarize with data modeling techniques to support analytics and reporting requirements, as well 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’

The following skills will be valued

Experience in modelling databases for analytical consumption (Star Schema, Snowflake, Data Vault)

Experience in working in a SCRUM / AGILE environment

We Offer

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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