Senior Data Engineer at Komaza Kenya

Komaza works to unlock the potential of small-scale farmers to solve Africa’s wood supply crisis. Collectively, small farmers possess limitless land and labor resources to plant billions of trees. Komaza provides farmers with support across the forestry value chain, from seedlings to sawmills. With a dramatically lower-cost and more-scalable forestry model, our vision is to become Africa’s largest forestry company, growing an environmentally-sustainable wood supply and generating truly life-changing income for millions of farmers.

About the team

As Komaza’s Data Science team we leverage data to enable Komaza to meet its business, operational and strategic goals, and create disruption through analytics. Our work spans Komaza’s entire value chain from Nursery to Sales and we participate in projects at every stage of the data lifecycle, from devising data capture and structuring methods, through to forecasting and predictive modeling. We work closely with many teams – particularly the Technology team – to complement their efforts with our knowledge and insights of data methods. This year we have been working on projects ranging from carbon financing accreditation to paper form reconciliation automation.

About this role

As a Data Engineer, you will play a critical role in helping shape Komaza’s analytics infrastructure as we look to scale our operations across Africa. You will also be trusted with productionalizing models, automating and maintaining the current systems, and helping prepare and extract data for further analysis and reporting used to drive key company decisions. Additionally, as a member of the small (but growing) Data Science team you will help put in place the standards and best practices to help create a world-class analytics team.

What You Will Do

Data Engineering (35%)

• Lead efforts in the standardization and implementation of the data architecture across Komaza’s value chain


• Lead construction of the infrastructure, pipelines, and data tools to facilitate analytics, reporting and data science activities


• Help propose and implement data curation and programming best practices to ensure the creation of a robust and scalable data framework

Data Integration (35%)

• Collaborate with various stakeholders including the Executive, Corporate Finance and Operations teams to assist with data-related technical issues and support their data infrastructure needs


• Work closely with leads of the DS and Technology teams to strive for greater functionality in our data systems

Data Analysis (20%)

• Assist with BI & DS’s various key initiatives from Carbon Pricing Certification to director dashboard deployment and be willing to wear multiple hats


• Assist with the creation and extraction of large, complex data sets that meet functional / non-functional business requirements.

Team Leadership (10%)

• Travel to Kenya on a quarterly/semi-annual basis to work directly with the technology and operations teams


• Provide perspective on the latest technologies and industry trends to push the team towards world-class practices

What You Should Have

Education

• 3+ years experience and knowledge with Data Engineering and/or related technical experience


• Experience with creating and deploying solutions that are hosted in cloud platforms like AWS, Azure or Google Cloud Platform


• Strong knowledge of SQL, python, and API creation


• Experience with Git/Github or similar version control systems


• Experience in data integration and/or ETL frameworks


• Strong alignment to our mission and values


• Strong experience in systems mapping and iterative experimentation


• Experience in software development using object-oriented programming languages

Bonus if you have the following:

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, MIS, Data Science or any other related field


• Experience with data-visualization tools (e.g. Tableau, QlikView, Looker) is a plus


• Experience working with data collection and management in remote/rural, challenging environments, or developing countries


• 1+ years of team management experience, ideally in a Data Science environment

What we expect

This is more than a technical role. It will challenge you to apply your quantitative and qualitative tech skills at a dynamic work environment!  You’ll get a chance to travel to our headquarters in Kilifi or Nairobi, Kenya. We offer a great opportunity to further your career.

Role Location

Presently remote (as of March 2021), however candidates must reside in Seattle or the Bay Area for the longer term.

What’s in it for you?

Great vision without great people is irrelevant, Jim Collins wisely stated. If you share Komaza’s vision and want to help make it a reality, apply today! You’ll get a chance to work at our headquarters in Kilifi, Kenya. We offer a competitive remuneration package and an opportunity to further your career.

Please note, applicants must have valid work authorization for the US (US Citizen, Green Card Holders, or other applicable work visas) as Komaza is unable to sponsor US work-visas at this time. 

Komaza is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.

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