Data Engineer

Role Overview:  

 Have you ever thought of joining a hyper growth startup that’s redefining its industry? Look no further!  We are one of the fastest growing companies in our sector, using innovative technology and solving the hardest problems to bring African sports fans unrivalled digital sports and gaming entertainment experiences, online, offline, 24/7.  

 As a Data Engineer, you will be part of our growing team helping us to rapidly evolve our Data Platform to supply the increasingly data-led needs of the business as we expand into new products and new markets.  

 Embracing technologies like real-time processing and universal event logging, you will bring a rich blend of technical strength, engineering excellence, business acumen and the ability to operate in a very fast-moving environment to deliver value quickly and in an agile fashion. You’ll be working with a strong international team based across Europe and Africa, so the ability to collaborate across physical and cultural boundaries will be very important.  

For the right person, this role represents a huge opportunity to shape the data capabilities of a fast-growing, digital-native business, and catapult your career to the next level.  

What You Need for This Role:    

• 2-3 years proven experience in a data engineering or similar role  
• Proficiency working with PySpark, Python, SQL  
• Proficiency with active management of data quality (including monitoring and alerting) 
• Proficiency in designing and implementing efficient data pipelines utilising CI/CD, optimizing query performance, and tuning data systems to ensure scalability in large-scale data environments. 

 It would be great if you had experience with: 

• Working with cloud data architectures (preferably Azure), including data lake and Databricks technology and event-driven architecture. 
• Experience working with other cloud-based data management environments such as Kafka 
• Experience working with Customer Data Platforms an advantage  

What You Will Be Doing:  

• Design it: building and managing a highly robust and scalable Data Lake/ETL infrastructure and a scalable data pipeline that is capable of streaming and batch processing modes  
• Run it: ensure we build fault-tolerant systems and processes, where data integrity is king and underpinned by automated data quality monitoring and alerting 
• Evolve it: constantly look for things to improve, whether fixing recurring problems, delivering small but helpful features or optimizing for performance and scalability 
• Secure it: make sure privacy and data security are first class citizens   
• Document Everything: make sure we have top class and up to date documentation for our entire Data Platform stack 
• Partnering effectively with both business stakeholders and product engineering to deliver high-value data products 
• Collaborate: work with key stakeholders and partners to understand and shape requirements and to drive the roadmap for our Data Platform   

How you do it – Expectations for fulfilling your role:  

As a general rule at KingMakers we want people to be: 

• Customer Focus: We keep the customer at the center of everything we do.  
• Passion & Dedication: We are passionate about what we do, employing only smart, honest, dedicated, and results oriented team players.  
• Openness, Honesty & Directness: We embrace a culture of candor and work together towards the right solution whilst being open, honest, and willing to give and receive feedback, judgment-free. We play the ball, not the person.  
• Innovation & Big Thinking: We always look for ways to innovate whilst not losing sight of what's important. The bigger we think, the more we inspire, the better the outcome.   
• Ownership & Accountability: We think like owners. If we see a problem, we find a solution. We are pragmatic and always strive to do more with less. 
• Speed & Focus: We plan, we strategize, but mostly, we DO. Without doing, there is no progress, we can always change direction but only if we start moving. Fast beats slow.  
• Low Ego: The best solutions are achieved when we leave our egos at the door. We always seek opportunities to learn in every situation. No job too small.  
• Fun: On balance, we believe in having fun whilst working. We maintain perspective as best as we can, and together, we celebrate our successes.