Worldreader IT Jobs in Accra
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Looking to be part of an amazing team that is solving challenges, growing, and attracting attention? Plus, do you want to work with data that has the potential to change people’s lives for the better?
Worldreader is seeking a mid-senior level data engineer with a passion for creating elegant yet simple data systems. The data engineer is a key member of the technology team at Worldreader, helping the organization understand our reader behavior around the world. The team currently handles more than 900M rows and uses Redshift, Tableau, Metabase and other tools.
You’ll have opportunities to grow and be responsible for building and maintaining data pipelines, making sure data is available and accessible, and helping drive new innovation and insights via data management. The ideal candidate for this role is fluent in data manipulation & statistics, comfortable with providing technical and product recommendations & working cross-functionally to support ideas from inception to launch.
Responsibilities
- Architect data pipelines to transform and validate data.
- Maintain data quality and integrity across our systems.
- Assist in data governance processes, planning, security and execution.
- Implement the appropriate infrastructure, tools and resources, from data collection to insights visualization.
- Implement self-service and automation tools catered towards differing skill levels in the organization.
Qualifications
- Demonstrated strength in data modeling, ETL development, and data warehousing.
- Extensive experience writing complex, highly-optimized queries across large data sets using SQL, Postgres, MySQL, or something similar.
- Strong experience in Python or similar languages.
- Experience with various AWS services including RDS, S3, EMR and RDS.
- Experience consuming and cleansing data from third-party APIs and other sources.
- Experience with Big Data technologies such as Hive, Hadoop, or Spark.
- Experience with end-to-end Mobile and Web data analysis environments like Google Analytics.
- English proficiency; written and spoken.
- Deep alignment with Worldreader’s mission.
- Evidence of Worldreader’s core values: Boldness, Collaboration, Respect, and Talent
- High energy, initiative, and a sense of humor.
- You must be legally authorized to work in Ghana (without sponsorship) to be eligible for this .
Nice to Have
- Experience working in a startup environment.
- Familiarity with our technologies: Redshift, Tableau, Metabase, Qlikview
- Prior experience building educational apps.
Compensation and Benefits
In addition to competitive salaries, we offer our staff:
- professional development and training,
- opportunities to travel internationally,
- flexible schedules to accommodate for our international presence, and
- the opportunity to work with talented and passionate people committed to a world where everyone is a reader.
1. Patiently scroll down and read the job description below.
2. Scroll down and find how to apply or mode of application for this job after the job description.
3. Carefully follow the instructions on how to apply.
4. Always apply for a job by attaching CV with a Cover Letter / Application Letter.
Looking to be part of an amazing team that is solving challenges, growing, and attracting attention? Plus, do you want to work with data that has the potential to change people’s lives for the better?
Worldreader is seeking a mid-senior level data engineer with a passion for creating elegant yet simple data systems. The data engineer is a key member of the technology team at Worldreader, helping the organization understand our reader behavior around the world. The team currently handles more than 900M rows and uses Redshift, Tableau, Metabase and other tools.
You’ll have opportunities to grow and be responsible for building and maintaining data pipelines, making sure data is available and accessible, and helping drive new innovation and insights via data management. The ideal candidate for this role is fluent in data manipulation & statistics, comfortable with providing technical and product recommendations & working cross-functionally to support ideas from inception to launch.
Responsibilities
- Architect data pipelines to transform and validate data.
- Maintain data quality and integrity across our systems.
- Assist in data governance processes, planning, security and execution.
- Implement the appropriate infrastructure, tools and resources, from data collection to insights visualization.
- Implement self-service and automation tools catered towards differing skill levels in the organization.
Qualifications
- Demonstrated strength in data modeling, ETL development, and data warehousing.
- Extensive experience writing complex, highly-optimized queries across large data sets using SQL, Postgres, MySQL, or something similar.
- Strong experience in Python or similar languages.
- Experience with various AWS services including RDS, S3, EMR and RDS.
- Experience consuming and cleansing data from third-party APIs and other sources.
- Experience with Big Data technologies such as Hive, Hadoop, or Spark.
- Experience with end-to-end Mobile and Web data analysis environments like Google Analytics.
- English proficiency; written and spoken.
- Deep alignment with Worldreader’s mission.
- Evidence of Worldreader’s core values: Boldness, Collaboration, Respect, and Talent
- High energy, initiative, and a sense of humor.
- You must be legally authorized to work in Ghana (without sponsorship) to be eligible for this .
Nice to Have
- Experience working in a startup environment.
- Familiarity with our technologies: Redshift, Tableau, Metabase, Qlikview
- Prior experience building educational apps.
Compensation and Benefits
In addition to competitive salaries, we offer our staff:
- professional development and training,
- opportunities to travel internationally,
- flexible schedules to accommodate for our international presence, and
- the opportunity to work with talented and passionate people committed to a world where everyone is a reader.
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