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Sun King

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Energy • eCommerce • Social Impact

Sun King is a company that designs, distributes, installs, and finances solar energy solutions aimed at the 1. 8 billion people without reliable access to electricity. Their offerings include budget-friendly solar lanterns, home systems, and more powerful multi-kilowatt-scale solar systems, catering to diverse power and lighting needs across Africa and Asia. With a commitment to powering access to brighter lives, Sun King provides innovative solar products that meet the energy needs of communities, including pay-as-you-go financing options.

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2009

⚡ Energy

🛍️ eCommerce

🌍 Social Impact

📋 Description

• Design and implement modern ETL/ELT architectures using cloud-based technologies. • Develop and maintain data pipelines to pre-process and load data into databases for BI and application needs. • Administer and manage databases to ensure high performance and availability. • Work with the BI team to optimize the user experience in BI tools by aligning data preprocessing, database schema design, and data modeling. • Monitor and optimize data storage, processing, and serving costs, and proactively suggest cost-effective improvements. • Build data pipelines by integrating with REST APIs. • Design and implement real-time data pipeline architectures for critical workflows. • Develop a robust alerting system to detect and resolve data discrepancies efficiently.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related quantitative field; relevant professional experience may be considered in lieu of formal education. • Minimum 2 years of experience working as a Data Engineer. • Strong proficiency in Python, SQL, Spark, and EC2, with hands-on experience in the AWS ecosystem. • Practical experience with PySpark Glue jobs, Lambda functions, NoSQL databases, job orchestration using Airflow, and/or managing Redshift databases is a strong plus. • Detail-oriented with a keen interest in examining data transformations and their impact on business outcomes. • Excellent problem-solving and time management skills. • Flexible and able to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. • Prior experience in project or team management is preferred; aptitude for mentoring and assisting others is a plus.

🏖️ Benefits

• Professional growth in a dynamic, rapidly expanding, high-social-impact industry • An open-minded, collaborative culture made up of enthusiastic colleagues who are driven by the challenge of innovation towards profound impact on people and the planet. • A truly multicultural experience: you will have the chance to work with and learn from people from different geographies, nationalities, and backgrounds. • Structured, tailored learning and development programs that help you become a better leader, manager, and professional through the Sun King Center for Leadership.