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Senior Data Engineer – Core Platform & Shared Services
2026-01-28T10:14:27+00:00
4G Capital
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FULL_TIME
Nairobi
Nairobi
00100
Kenya
Nonprofit, and NGO
Computer & IT, Science & Engineering
KES
MONTH
2026-02-05T17:00:00+00:00
8

What you’ll be doing

Advanced Python & API Engineering

  • Design, build, and maintain scalable APIs using Python (FastAPI / Flask)
  • Develop and deploy containerised applications
  • Integrate data and ML services across core fintech and microservices platforms

Data Architecture & SQL Engineering

  • Optimise complex SQL queries for high-performance analytics
  • Design robust data models supporting reporting and predictive use cases
  • Build and maintain feature stores and custom ETL pipelines
  • Enrich internal datasets with external data sources for ML workloads

Cloud, DevOps & Governance

  • Manage GCP infrastructure using Terraform (IaC)
  • Own CI/CD pipelines, automated deployments, and testing frameworks
  • Uphold strong data governance, privacy, and ethical standards

Who we’re looking for

You’re a seasoned data engineer who enjoys building reliable systems that scale — and you care deeply about quality, impact, and collaboration.

You’ll bring:

  • A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, Economics, or related field
  • 5+ years’ experience in data engineering (with senior-level responsibility)
  • Expert-level Python skills for APIs, automation, and backend services
  • Advanced SQL and data modelling expertise (BigQuery / MySQL)
  • Strong experience with Google Cloud Platform (BigQuery, Pub/Sub, Dataflow, Vertex AI)
  • Hands-on CI/CD and Git-based workflows
  • Experience in fintech or financial services (strong advantage)
  • GCP Professional Data Engineer or ML Engineer certification (added advantage)
  • Design, build, and maintain scalable APIs using Python (FastAPI / Flask)
  • Develop and deploy containerised applications
  • Integrate data and ML services across core fintech and microservices platforms
  • Optimise complex SQL queries for high-performance analytics
  • Design robust data models supporting reporting and predictive use cases
  • Build and maintain feature stores and custom ETL pipelines
  • Enrich internal datasets with external data sources for ML workloads
  • Manage GCP infrastructure using Terraform (IaC)
  • Own CI/CD pipelines, automated deployments, and testing frameworks
  • Uphold strong data governance, privacy, and ethical standards
  • Python (FastAPI / Flask)
  • Containerised applications
  • SQL
  • Data modelling
  • ETL pipelines
  • GCP (BigQuery, Pub/Sub, Dataflow, Vertex AI)
  • Terraform (IaC)
  • CI/CD
  • Git
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, Economics, or related field
  • 5+ years’ experience in data engineering (with senior-level responsibility)
  • Expert-level Python skills for APIs, automation, and backend services
  • Advanced SQL and data modelling expertise (BigQuery / MySQL)
  • Strong experience with Google Cloud Platform (BigQuery, Pub/Sub, Dataflow, Vertex AI)
  • Hands-on CI/CD and Git-based workflows
  • Experience in fintech or financial services (strong advantage)
  • GCP Professional Data Engineer or ML Engineer certification (added advantage)
bachelor degree
60
JOB-6979e183c0b94

Vacancy title:
Senior Data Engineer – Core Platform & Shared Services

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO, Category: Computer & IT, Science & Engineering]

Jobs at:
4G Capital

Deadline of this Job:
Thursday, February 5 2026

Duty Station:
Nairobi | Nairobi

Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, January 28 2026, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

What you’ll be doing

Advanced Python & API Engineering

  • Design, build, and maintain scalable APIs using Python (FastAPI / Flask)
  • Develop and deploy containerised applications
  • Integrate data and ML services across core fintech and microservices platforms

Data Architecture & SQL Engineering

  • Optimise complex SQL queries for high-performance analytics
  • Design robust data models supporting reporting and predictive use cases
  • Build and maintain feature stores and custom ETL pipelines
  • Enrich internal datasets with external data sources for ML workloads

Cloud, DevOps & Governance

  • Manage GCP infrastructure using Terraform (IaC)
  • Own CI/CD pipelines, automated deployments, and testing frameworks
  • Uphold strong data governance, privacy, and ethical standards

Who we’re looking for

You’re a seasoned data engineer who enjoys building reliable systems that scale — and you care deeply about quality, impact, and collaboration.

You’ll bring:

  • A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, Economics, or related field
  • 5+ years’ experience in data engineering (with senior-level responsibility)
  • Expert-level Python skills for APIs, automation, and backend services
  • Advanced SQL and data modelling expertise (BigQuery / MySQL)
  • Strong experience with Google Cloud Platform (BigQuery, Pub/Sub, Dataflow, Vertex AI)
  • Hands-on CI/CD and Git-based workflows
  • Experience in fintech or financial services (strong advantage)
  • GCP Professional Data Engineer or ML Engineer certification (added advantage)

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: bachelor degree

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Job Info
Job Category: Engineering jobs in Kenya
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: Thursday, February 5 2026
Duty Station: Nairobi | Nairobi
Posted: 28-01-2026
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 28-01-2026
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 10-10-2076
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