Senior Data Engineer

March 19

NALA

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Description

• Your mission is pivotal in transforming NALA into a data-empowered organisation. You are the architect of our data landscape, ensuring every query and decision at NALA is backed by accurate, accessible data. By building and maintaining robust data platforms and pipelines, you play a crucial role in enhancing our operational efficiency and driving our mission forward. • Building and maintaining custom data pipelines. • Enhancing our data platform. • Developing and owning core tools, frameworks, and methodologies. • Developing with an emphasis on scale, reusability, and simplicity. • Complementing our data analysts by providing a reliable, secure, and maintainable modelling framework.

Requirements

• You are experienced in building complex data pipelines using Python. • Solid SQL expertise. Not only interacting with databases but also redesigning them to meet business needs. • Experience of the AWS stack. You have some previous experience of working with the AWS toolset. • Well-principled. Especially in the craft of Data Engineering – you will understand deeply: modularity, testability, extensibility, and scalability. • Bias for action. You see a problem, you fix a problem. You get buy in for your solutions and keep tickets moving. We’re always looking for ways to ship at pace. • Growth mindset. A willingness to use your skills and experience to up-skill and empower NALA colleagues. A desire to learn from others and make yourself better every day. • Agile and flexible. You need to be excited about working in a fast-changing environment. Products, tools, frameworks and processes change, we EVOLVE and take the best bits with us. Hold strong opinions loosely and roll with the punches.

Benefits

• 35 Days Off: Enjoy an amazing 35 days of holidays to unwind and explore. • Birthday Leave: Celebrate your special day with a bonus day off to take off in that month • Learning Budget: Fuel your growth with $1000 annually for learning and development. • Enhanced Sick Pay: it’s important to take time to recover • Enhanced Parental Leave: It’s the start of an amazing journey, take time to cherish priceless moments • Hybrid Working: We work 3 days a week in the office (Mon, Wed, Fri) • Friday Breakky: Start Fridays right with delicious breakfasts to boost your energy. • Global Workspace: Get access to WeWork locations worldwide. • Monthly Socials: Join fun social events every month for great times • Free Coffee: Enjoy barista-style coffee at your fingertips. • Office Fun: Play pool and table tennis when you need a break • Company Offsites: Join us in our Nairobi office to meet the whole team