African Entrepreneur Collective Data Engineer Jobs in Kenya

African Entrepreneur Collective Data Engineer Jobs in Kenya

About the Company

Inkomoko supports entrepreneurs to grow their businesses in order to improve livelihoods and to create thriving communities.

Founded in 2012, Inkomoko has worked with more than 41,000 entrepreneurs across East Africa, including thousands of refugee entrepreneurs, resulting in thousands of new jobs and more than $50M in new revenue in communities.

Inkomoko provides a combination of training, consulting, access to finance, and market-level systems change. We are the largest lender to refugee entrepreneurs in Africa, and seek both social impact and financial sustainability.

Inkomoko has +250 staff in 20 offices across Rwanda, Kenya, and Ethiopia. Through Inkomoko’s 2030 strategic plan, we are expanding to 5 additional countries to serve more than 550,000 entrepreneurs with our services and growing our $30M loan fund.

About the Opportunity

The Data Engineer is a new position for Inkomoko as we double the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning team in 2023. This is a regional position, responsible for deliverables across our countries of operation in Rwanda, Kenya, Ethiopia, and South Sudan. The Data Engineer will work alongside the Data Scientist and Data Analyst, all reporting to the head of Business Intelligence, the Business Analytics Manager.

The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining data pipelines and databases. They will also be responsible for cleaning and QA of data, developing ETL processes, and optimizing data storage solutions.

The Data Engineer will work closely with the organization’s stakeholders to ensure that the data collected is accurate, secure, and accessible. They will also be responsible for developing and implementing strategies to improve the organization’s data quality.

Responsibilities

Specific responsibilities include:

Design, develop, and maintain data pipelines and databases

Own creation of data models and build “source of truth” datasets, define metrics, and build data visualizations and dashboards

Perform adhoc analysis to investigate trends in metrics, better understand root causes, and identify opportunities

Develop and implement ETL processes for both quantitative and qualitative data sets

Optimize data storage solutions, ensuring accessibility and security of data

Ensure that the data collected is

accurate and up-to-date

Develop strategies to improve the organization’s data quality and cleaning protocols

Monitor the performance of databases and troubleshoot any issues that arise, in partnership with the IT Department database staff

Manage UIDs for clients and ensure quality tracking of data across internal systems

Work with team members in MEL to ensure that the data collection tools, processes, and methodologies result in reliable data to answer important questions

Minimum Qualifications

The candidate should be at an advanced level within the M&E domain and bring years of relevant experience to the role. The ideal candidate will fulfill the following requirements:

Previous experience in data management in a complex and fast-scaling environment in East Africa

At least 3 years work experience in data management

Experience in SQL to model data and optimise queries

Ability to work with APIs

Experience with ETLs and basic python scripting

Bachelors’ degree in Statistics, Math, Engineering, Computer science or other relevant field

What You'll Get

This role is a tremendous opportunity to work in a high-growth, mission-driven organization. Our compensation includes both a great culture and a competitive market-based package, including:

Incredible company culture, including deep investment in your learning and growth, and a commitment to inclusion and diversity

Opportunity to work with a talented, passionate, and committed team of professionals across the region

Ability to make a significant social impact and contribute to economic growth

Competitive salary, and potential KPI-based bonus

Favorable policies like health insurance, staff savings program, parental leave, sabbatical program, and more.

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; African Entrepreneur Collective Data Engineer Jobs in Kenya

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