Senior Data Engineer Job at DT One - Career Opportunity in Kenya
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Vacancy title:
Senior Data Engineer

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Internet , Category: Science & Engineering ]

 

Jobs at:

DT One

Deadline of this Job:
19 May 2020  

Duty Station:
Within Kenya , Nairobi , East Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, May 12, 2020 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed


JOB DETAILS:
DT One (previously TransferTo) operates a global network for mobile top-up solutions, innovative mobile rewards and airtime credit services. By using smarter mobile technology solutions, we can help over five billion consumers in emerging economies to have greater access to digital communications and stay better connected. Our goal is to keep more people, more connected, more often
The Team
As an extension of the ACS engineering team based in Kenya, the Prague engineering team will mainly focus on the core platform and data-related initiatives. The team will have defined ownership and responsibility with KPIs tied to ACS success. Projects will include:
• CDR Processor - To own ACS’s raw data processing systems.
• Revenue Assurance Tooling - To own our revenue assurance reporting capabilities with a full set of reports in all markets.
• Profiling intelligence - Improve our profiling and credit risk capabilities by exploring ways to exploit various data sets. Emphasis on experimentation, speed, reliability and automation. To help devise new tools and products in this space. Exploring new opportunities in prediction such as churn prediction and capacity planning.
• Reporting - Work with ACS Analytics and BI teams to automate various reports on Tableau and other visualization tools.
• Messaging tool - To build tools to experiment with and run marketing and service messaging effectiveness.
• Platform - Participate in rebuilding core technologies such as lending, recovery and assurance components. .

Key Role Responsibilities
• Participate in the design, implementation and release of core platform and data initiatives.
• Deliver high quality, testable, secure, readable and documented software in accordance with proven best practices and the overall guidelines of the department
• Collaborate effectively with remote peers
• Maintain, support and participate in upgrading/rewriting of legacy systems and platforms
• Understand, digest and participate in enhancing the team’s processes
• Understand, apply and champion the general principles of the agile methodology
• Understand, review and implement product stories
• Maintain and channel positive attitude at all times
• Mentor and assist other team members
• Identify and suggest process and product improvements
• Assist in the evaluation of new technologies and initiatives


Desired Experience
• Deep understanding and a real passion for relational database theory and database fundamentals
• Deep understanding on databases and best engineering practices - include handling and logging errors, monitoring the system, building human-fault-tolerant pipelines, understanding how to scale up, addressing continuous integration, knowledge of database administration, maintaining data cleaning and ensuring a deterministic pipeline
• Experience in one or several of the following programming/scripting languages: Golang, Python
• Curious about new technologies and fintech
• People management skills are a plus


Essential Experience
• Degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• Minimum 5+ years’ working experience
• Working experience in an Agile environment
• Proven track record of delivering results,
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong relationship building skills
• Driven to deliver personal best
• Excellent organization skills, ability to work under pressure and manage priorities
• Good analytical, problem-solving skills and willingness to investigate complex problems


Job Education Requirements: Not Specified


Job Education Experience: Not Specified


Work Hours: 8

 

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Job Info
Job Category: Engineering jobs in Kenya
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 19 May 2020
Duty Station: Nairobi
Posted: 12-05-2020
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 12-05-2020
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 12-05-2065
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