
Data Engineer I/II
IDinsight
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Nairobi • Kenya
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Job Level
About the role
- Work closely with data scientists, domain experts, and partners to translate our partners’ real-world challenges into impactful software
- Understand clients' current processes and pain points, and identify which can be addressed through automating and streamlining data flows
- Design, build, and maintain optimal data pipeline architecture
- Design, build, and maintain data warehouses and data lakes
- Synthesize, visualize, and communicate results: dashboards, plots, interactive viz, presentations, and reports to provide actionable data insights to decision-makers
- Make thoughtful decisions about application architecture, data flows, integrations, and user-facing behavior to support scalable, production-grade solutions
- Review code, plan releases, and deliver features end-to-end
- Write blog posts or present lessons learned
- Support teammates through formal and informal coaching and collaboration that enables continuous learning and improvement for the team
Requirements
- Experience of at least 1+ year in data engineering
- Proficiency in Python and SQL for building production systems
- Proficiency building ELT pipelines in a production setting
- Proficiency with data modelling techniques
- Proficiency working with OLTP and OLAP data stores
- Proficiency in Flask/FastAPI or similar backend frameworks
- Experience working with a cloud hosting platform like AWS or GCP
- Sound foundations in statistics and probability
- Clear written and verbal communication skills for collaborating with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Strong oral and written communication skills in English
- Fluency in languages spoken in countries where IDinsight works is a plus.
Benefits
- Professional development
- Flexible work arrangements
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
PythonSQLELT pipelinesdata modelling techniquesOLTP data storesOLAP data storesFlaskFastAPIstatisticsprobability
Soft skills
clear communicationcollaborationcoachingcontinuous learningpresentation skills