Ezra is a financial technology company that partners with banks, MNOs, utility companies and e-commerce platforms to deliver easy and rapid credit solutions in emerging and financially underserved markets. Thanks to our expertise and unique credit scoring capabilities, we can offer a wide range of credit solutions including airtime credit, embedded finance, nano loans and device financing.
Senior Data Engineer
About the Role
The Senior Data Engineer will be reporting to the Data Engineering Team Lead.
Key Role Responsibilities
- Developing data processing pipelines
- Participate in the design, implementation, and release of data science initiatives
- Deliver high quality, testable, secure, readable, and documented software
- Collaborate effectively in English, with local and remote peers
- Assist in the evaluation of new technologies and initiatives
Requirements | What we are looking for
Essential Experience
- Working proficiency with Python or any other programming or scripting language (in addition to SQL or R)
- Advanced working proficiency with any RDBMS, including deployment and performance optimizations.
- Experience with GIT, automated testing and CI/CD
- Being familiar with the Linux environment as a user and developer (Debian is a plus).
- Minimum 5+ years working experience
Desired experience
- Deep understanding of PostgreSQL database
- Experience with software development best practices – include handling and logging errors, monitoring the system, building fault-tolerant pipelines, understanding how to scale up, addressing continuous integration
- Knowledge of database administration
- Working proficiency in Java/C++ is a plus
- Willingness to learn new technologies
- Modeling and data science is a plus
- People management skills are a plus
Senior Engineer-Platform Engineering
Context of the role
In this role you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and deployment and maintainance of Ezra Platforms which encompasses the IAAS, containerized platforms and micro-services. You will play a crucial role in managing the infrastructure and driving the DevOps practices.
Key Responsibilities
Architecture and Design
- Design and implement scalable, resilient, and secure platform solutions
- Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code using tools like Terraform, Cloud-Formation and Ansible
- Create and optimize CI/CD pipelines for efficient software delivery
- Architect cloud-native solutions leveraging containerization and microservices
- Implement disaster recovery and business continuity strategies
Infrastructure Management
- Manage and optimize our Public cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- Manage and optimize private cloud infrastructure in partner premises.
- Implement best practices for cloud security, compliance, and cost optimization
- Design and implement multi-region and multi-cloud strategies
- Design and maintain containerized application environments using Docker
- Architect, deploy, and manage Kubernetes clusters for container orchestration
Automation and DevOps
- Develop automation scripts and tools to streamline operations and reduce manual tasks
- Integrate monitoring, alerting, and logging systems
- Ensure Standardized QA and Production environments through implementation of proper branching strategies
- Configure and manage load balancers (e.g., NGINX, HAProxy, cloud-native solutions)
- Implement and manage service mesh technologies (e.g., Istio, Linkerd) for microservices architectures
Performance Optimization
- Analyse and optimize system performance, identifying and resolving bottlenecks
- Conduct capacity planning and implement auto-scaling solutions
- Optimize container resource allocation and performance
Team Leadership and Collaboration
- Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance to the team
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align platform capabilities with business needs
- Contribute to technical decision-making and architectural reviews
Documentation and Knowledge Sharing
- Maintain comprehensive technical documentation for platform components and processes
- Contribute to internal knowledge bases and conduct knowledge-sharing sessions
L2 Support and Escalation Management
- Provide expert-level troubleshooting and resolution for critical platform and infrastructure problems
- Analyze recurring issues and implement long-term solutions to prevent future occurrences
- Collaborate with the operations team to improve support processes and knowledge transfer
- Conduct post-incident reviews and implement lessons learned to enhance system reliability
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- 5+ years of experience in platform engineering, DevOps, or similar roles
- Strong proficiency in at least one cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- Expert-level knowledge of containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Extensive experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation, pulumi)
- Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g.Bash, )
- Strong understanding of networking concepts, load balancing, and CDNs
- Experience with monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack)
- Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot complex systems
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with multi-cloud architectures
- Knowledge of service mesh technologies (e.g., Istio, Linkerd)
- Familiarity with serverless computing platforms
- Relevant certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, CKAD, CKA)
How to Apply
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Senior Engineer-Platform Engineering
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