Vacancy title:
AWS Data Engineer

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Professional Services, Category: Computer & IT]

Jobs at:
Jumia Kenya

Deadline of this Job:
Monday, November 10 2025

Duty Station:
Nairobi | Nairobi | Kenya

Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, October 9 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

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’

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: bachelor degree

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