Data Infrastructure Engineer at M-KOPA

M-KOPA is a rapidly expanding FinTech startup that provides millions of underbanked clients in Africa with access to life-enhancing goods and services. From our beginnings as the pioneer in pay-as-you-go “PayGo'” solar energy for off-grid houses, we have evolved into one of the world’s most advanced connected asset finance systems, enabling a diverse variety of clients to make progress in their lives.

Title: Data Infrastructure Engineer

Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Job type: Full time

Department: Technology Analytics

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• You’ll be instrumental in building data ingestion strategies that scale and stay rock-solid. Imagine working with a mix of traditional batch ETL, CDC, and event-based methods – it’s going to be thrilling!
• Your expertise in infrastructure-as-code, continuous integration, and automated deployment will be a game-changer. We’re super thrilled about your ability to ensure top-notch observability.
• Guess what? We’re all about that DevOps mindset, and we know you’ll bring some serious value to our team with your expertise in that area.
• Performance is the name of the game, and your database and data warehouse know-how will help us optimize those queries for amazing results.
• We’re on the lookout for someone who loves tackling challenges head-on, solving those tricky problems, and constantly elevating our analytics platform.
• Calling all those with Microsoft Azure skills! If you’ve got over 3 years of experience with Azure data and analytics services like Synapse Analytics, SQL Managed Instance, Databricks, Event Hub, Data Factory, and Log Analytics – you’re exactly who we need!
• But that’s not all – we’re also interested in your experience with container and orchestration tools like Kubernetes, Docker, and Podman. Plus, if you’ve worked with orchestration systems like Apache Airflow, that’s a major plus in our book!
• And hey, we’re all about embracing the infrastructure-as-code approach. So if you’re well-versed in tools like Terraform, ARM, Cloudformation, or similar, you’re someone who should apply.
• If this sounds like the perfect fit for you, let’s connect! We can’t wait to hear more about your impressive experience and see how you’ll make a big impact on our team!

Benefits
What’s in for you:

• Private health insurance (inpatient outpatient, parental time off, eye care, and dental)
• Life insurance (2 x gross salary)
• Company pension
• Remote working /#LI-Remote
• 25 days leave per annum (excludes additional 8 public bank holidays)
• Annual Learning and Development Fund – You have an annual $ 1,200 allowance to spend on learning and development (that is, between 1 January and 31 December). For your first year at M-KOPA, this allowance is pro-rated depending on the month that you start.
• Home Office Set Up – Having the best IT equipment tools in the world doesn’t make sense if you do not have a proper setup to work with. For this reason, M-KOPA will pre-approve the following items for a total budget of $1000 that you can use at any time after signing the offer letter with M-KOPA
• On site retreats with wider tech team, plus trips to operational markets

Deadline: Not Specified.

How to Apply: Interested and qualified candidates should Click Here to apply online