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via Wellfound
schedule_type: Full-timework_from_home: 1
Seeking Highly motivated Deal Maker
Chance to join an amazing inter-continental startup with an amazing team members all over the globe.
Looking for an individual who has experience and involvement in Venture Capital (VC) fund raising, someone who has an active VC network.
Experience
-Pitch decks
-Commercial Models
-Business Cases
-Startup ecosystem
-Venture Capital fund raising
-Global and Local Partnerships
-Funding rounds
Successful
Seeking Highly motivated Deal Maker
Chance to join an amazing inter-continental startup with an amazing team members all over the globe.
Looking for an individual who has experience and involvement in Venture Capital (VC) fund raising, someone who has an active VC network.
Experience
-Pitch decks
-Commercial Models
-Business Cases
-Startup ecosystem
-Venture Capital fund raising
-Global and Local Partnerships
-Funding rounds
Successful Startup exit would be preferred.
Sense of humor is must and possibly a deal-breaker
Candidate shall assume the Chief Business Officer role...
Fudos Company focuses on Food and Beverages, Big Data, Ecommerce, and Foodtech. Their company has offices in Atlanta and Johannesburg. They have a small team that's between 1-10 employees.
You can view their website at http://www.fudosapp.com or find them on Twitter. Show more details...
Chance to join an amazing inter-continental startup with an amazing team members all over the globe.
Looking for an individual who has experience and involvement in Venture Capital (VC) fund raising, someone who has an active VC network.
Experience
-Pitch decks
-Commercial Models
-Business Cases
-Startup ecosystem
-Venture Capital fund raising
-Global and Local Partnerships
-Funding rounds
Successful Startup exit would be preferred.
Sense of humor is must and possibly a deal-breaker
Candidate shall assume the Chief Business Officer role...
Fudos Company focuses on Food and Beverages, Big Data, Ecommerce, and Foodtech. Their company has offices in Atlanta and Johannesburg. They have a small team that's between 1-10 employees.
You can view their website at http://www.fudosapp.com or find them on Twitter. Show more details...
via Salary.com
posted_at: 16 days agoschedule_type: Full-time
About Madica:
Madica is a 12-18 month structured investment program for pre-seed stage African startups - especially those that receive a disproportionately small share of venture funding, such as those led by women or by local founders or those that operate outside well-established tech hubs. Madica was born out of the need to empower mission-driven founders by democratizing access to... world-class company building support, which is available today
About Madica:
Madica is a 12-18 month structured investment program for pre-seed stage African startups - especially those that receive a disproportionately small share of venture funding, such as those led by women or by local founders or those that operate outside well-established tech hubs. Madica was born out of the need to empower mission-driven founders by democratizing access to... world-class company building support, which is available today only to a few well-networked entrepreneurs.
We invest up to $200,000 in participating companies at the beginning of their journey so they can hire the right team and focus on building the business. We complement this with programmatic support including access to hands-on mentorship by exceptional founders and operators, training and coaching on company building by industry specialists, and targeted interactions with prospective investors to ensure that later-stage capital is available as companies grow.
Madica was launched by Flourish Ventures, a global venture firm that backs disruptive technology companies whose entrepreneurs seek to redefine the financial services sector and whose innovations help people achieve financial health and prosperit. We are uniquely positioned to support these early-stage entrepreneurs: we have access to capital, networks, and an extensive knowledge base from our experience serving entrepreneurs across the globe – and the credibility in Africa to pull this off.
Position Summary:
We are seeking a Head of Communications and Community based in Africa.
As Head of Communications and Community, you will be a hands-on strategic communicator and storyteller who will help spread the word about Madica’s work and mission. You will be responsible for telling the Madica story, including the founders we support, and ensuring Madica’s venture building resources are extended to as many African founders as possible. You will create and share high quality content, and connect with our key audiences through media outreach, announcements, editorial placements, events and speaking opportunities.
Our ideal candidate has exceptional oral and written communication skills and is able to develop engaging content both for internal and external audiences. You already have significant experience creating and curating content for web and social media e.g. as a podcast host or writer. You are also a ‘people person’ with great customer service skills and the ability to moderate online and offline conversations with our community.
To be truly successful in this role, you would need to care deeply about helping underrepresented founders succeed, already have a track-record of working within the industry and have a strong ability to identify content opportunities, be passionate about telling founder stories, and hold the deep belief that anything is possible with our powers combined.
Responsibilities:
• Develop and execute an on-going strategic communications plan, partnering with internal stakeholders and external agencies as required, to drive brand and business metrics;
• Use communications strategies to connect with key audiences, build Madica’s image, drive interest in our investment program and our portfolio companies;
• Partner with colleagues, freelancers and agencies to create content and thought leadership pieces in a variety of formats (articles, videos, podcasts, infographics);
• Partner with colleagues to research and understand the needs of Madica founders and the broader African early stage startup ecosystem, and design new content to meet them through various channels;
• Develop publications such as newsletters, releases, email announcements, planned publications, video and special projects;
• Manage Social Media campaigns for various social media platforms to align with marketing strategies;
• Monitor media coverage and ensure appropriate responses;
• Ensure websites, social media, and other digital channels are aligned to PR efforts and are up to date with news releases, articles, etc.;
• Develop and maintain contacts with media members, influencers and community leaders;
• Evaluate and identify events that we should be attending/sponsoring to reach our target audiences. Determine our presence and manage logistics;
• Ensure all leads are captured, uploaded to our CRM system and followed-up on in a timely manner; evaluate the quality of the event and determine if we should invest again.
Education, Experience and Requirements:
• Passion for African startups and extensive experience working in the African startup ecosystem as a product marketer, content or digital marketer, producer, media executive or PR/communcations manager;
• Evidence of consistent track record of content creation;
• Strong execution and program management skills;
• Evidence of strong community-building skills;
• Hands on experience with social media platforms and social media marketing for brands;
• Passion for creating and executing on strategy with ability to think analytically, understand metrics and adjust strategy accordingly;
• Highly structured yet flexible in a dynamic environment;
• Exceptional research, writing, editing, verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
• Strong communicator, able to talk/share internally and externally about what Madica is building, especially in writing and presenting before groups of all sizes;
• Preference for candidates with established networks and credibility with African founders and investors;
• High-energy and independent self-starter, entrepreneurial spirit, and great teammate;
• Fluency in French preferred but not required;
• Comfort with working in a highly collaborative, global team.
Madica firmly believes that diversity and inclusion make us more successful in our work, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, gender identity or expression, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal law.
Location: Africa (Remote with occasional travel required). Preference for candidates in major African tech hubs Show more details...
Madica is a 12-18 month structured investment program for pre-seed stage African startups - especially those that receive a disproportionately small share of venture funding, such as those led by women or by local founders or those that operate outside well-established tech hubs. Madica was born out of the need to empower mission-driven founders by democratizing access to... world-class company building support, which is available today only to a few well-networked entrepreneurs.
We invest up to $200,000 in participating companies at the beginning of their journey so they can hire the right team and focus on building the business. We complement this with programmatic support including access to hands-on mentorship by exceptional founders and operators, training and coaching on company building by industry specialists, and targeted interactions with prospective investors to ensure that later-stage capital is available as companies grow.
Madica was launched by Flourish Ventures, a global venture firm that backs disruptive technology companies whose entrepreneurs seek to redefine the financial services sector and whose innovations help people achieve financial health and prosperit. We are uniquely positioned to support these early-stage entrepreneurs: we have access to capital, networks, and an extensive knowledge base from our experience serving entrepreneurs across the globe – and the credibility in Africa to pull this off.
Position Summary:
We are seeking a Head of Communications and Community based in Africa.
As Head of Communications and Community, you will be a hands-on strategic communicator and storyteller who will help spread the word about Madica’s work and mission. You will be responsible for telling the Madica story, including the founders we support, and ensuring Madica’s venture building resources are extended to as many African founders as possible. You will create and share high quality content, and connect with our key audiences through media outreach, announcements, editorial placements, events and speaking opportunities.
Our ideal candidate has exceptional oral and written communication skills and is able to develop engaging content both for internal and external audiences. You already have significant experience creating and curating content for web and social media e.g. as a podcast host or writer. You are also a ‘people person’ with great customer service skills and the ability to moderate online and offline conversations with our community.
To be truly successful in this role, you would need to care deeply about helping underrepresented founders succeed, already have a track-record of working within the industry and have a strong ability to identify content opportunities, be passionate about telling founder stories, and hold the deep belief that anything is possible with our powers combined.
Responsibilities:
• Develop and execute an on-going strategic communications plan, partnering with internal stakeholders and external agencies as required, to drive brand and business metrics;
• Use communications strategies to connect with key audiences, build Madica’s image, drive interest in our investment program and our portfolio companies;
• Partner with colleagues, freelancers and agencies to create content and thought leadership pieces in a variety of formats (articles, videos, podcasts, infographics);
• Partner with colleagues to research and understand the needs of Madica founders and the broader African early stage startup ecosystem, and design new content to meet them through various channels;
• Develop publications such as newsletters, releases, email announcements, planned publications, video and special projects;
• Manage Social Media campaigns for various social media platforms to align with marketing strategies;
• Monitor media coverage and ensure appropriate responses;
• Ensure websites, social media, and other digital channels are aligned to PR efforts and are up to date with news releases, articles, etc.;
• Develop and maintain contacts with media members, influencers and community leaders;
• Evaluate and identify events that we should be attending/sponsoring to reach our target audiences. Determine our presence and manage logistics;
• Ensure all leads are captured, uploaded to our CRM system and followed-up on in a timely manner; evaluate the quality of the event and determine if we should invest again.
Education, Experience and Requirements:
• Passion for African startups and extensive experience working in the African startup ecosystem as a product marketer, content or digital marketer, producer, media executive or PR/communcations manager;
• Evidence of consistent track record of content creation;
• Strong execution and program management skills;
• Evidence of strong community-building skills;
• Hands on experience with social media platforms and social media marketing for brands;
• Passion for creating and executing on strategy with ability to think analytically, understand metrics and adjust strategy accordingly;
• Highly structured yet flexible in a dynamic environment;
• Exceptional research, writing, editing, verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
• Strong communicator, able to talk/share internally and externally about what Madica is building, especially in writing and presenting before groups of all sizes;
• Preference for candidates with established networks and credibility with African founders and investors;
• High-energy and independent self-starter, entrepreneurial spirit, and great teammate;
• Fluency in French preferred but not required;
• Comfort with working in a highly collaborative, global team.
Madica firmly believes that diversity and inclusion make us more successful in our work, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, gender identity or expression, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal law.
Location: Africa (Remote with occasional travel required). Preference for candidates in major African tech hubs Show more details...
via Wellfound
schedule_type: Full-timework_from_home: 1
Xecced Ventures "Africa's first AI fund" is including Africa in the global AI arms race. AI is the new electricity.
Xecced Ventures is searching for a co-founder for a VC-backed stealth-mode African start-up, operating at the intersection of artificial Intelligence, sustainability (ESG) and FinTech...
Responsibilities:
Develop and scale stealth-mode VC-backed African start-up, operating at the intersection of artificial Intelligence, sustainability
Xecced Ventures "Africa's first AI fund" is including Africa in the global AI arms race. AI is the new electricity.
Xecced Ventures is searching for a co-founder for a VC-backed stealth-mode African start-up, operating at the intersection of artificial Intelligence, sustainability (ESG) and FinTech...
Responsibilities:
Develop and scale stealth-mode VC-backed African start-up, operating at the intersection of artificial Intelligence, sustainability (ESG) and FinTech, based on product-market fit.
Requirements
Possess these qualities:
Grit
Autodidactic
Altruism
Resilience
Leadership
Creative
Adaptability
Innovative.
Desirable
Preferred, but not necessary skill-sets:
Experience of lean start-up, artificial intelligence, sustainability (ESG), FinTech, venture capital, sustainable development, and product innovation and management.
Xecced Ventures & Xecced LLP is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.
Xecced focuses on Impact Investing. Their company has offices in California, London, and Côte d'Ivoire. They have a small team that's between 11-50 employees.
You can view their website at http://xecced.org or find them on Twitter and Facebook Show more details...
Xecced Ventures is searching for a co-founder for a VC-backed stealth-mode African start-up, operating at the intersection of artificial Intelligence, sustainability (ESG) and FinTech...
Responsibilities:
Develop and scale stealth-mode VC-backed African start-up, operating at the intersection of artificial Intelligence, sustainability (ESG) and FinTech, based on product-market fit.
Requirements
Possess these qualities:
Grit
Autodidactic
Altruism
Resilience
Leadership
Creative
Adaptability
Innovative.
Desirable
Preferred, but not necessary skill-sets:
Experience of lean start-up, artificial intelligence, sustainability (ESG), FinTech, venture capital, sustainable development, and product innovation and management.
Xecced Ventures & Xecced LLP is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.
Xecced focuses on Impact Investing. Their company has offices in California, London, and Côte d'Ivoire. They have a small team that's between 11-50 employees.
You can view their website at http://xecced.org or find them on Twitter and Facebook Show more details...
via Wellfound
schedule_type: Full-time
Xecced Ventures understands that its most valuable resource is its employees. We place great value on the unique skills, talents and qualities that each of our employees brings to our company. We are building a world class team with a focus on innovation, teamwork and the desire and motivation to create a better world.
Xecced Ventures created Africa's first artificial intelligence venture... capital fund, 4thIRiA I fund.
Job Description:
The VP
Xecced Ventures understands that its most valuable resource is its employees. We place great value on the unique skills, talents and qualities that each of our employees brings to our company. We are building a world class team with a focus on innovation, teamwork and the desire and motivation to create a better world.
Xecced Ventures created Africa's first artificial intelligence venture... capital fund, 4thIRiA I fund.
Job Description:
The VP Investor Relations position plays a pivotal role in our growth strategies. The VP works closely with the firm’s partners on fundraising strategies, screening limited partners and managing investor relations. Ideally, the VP will lead the firm’s investment relations function across multiple global regions.
Minimum Qualification:
• 2+ years hands-on experience engaging impact investing venture capital LPs
• Knowledge of the LP ecosystem
• Excellent communication skills
• Good grasp of the VC asset class
• Insight into the requirements of the various types of LPs
• Knowledge and experience of impact investing LP engagement cycle and closing process
• Ability to articulate Xecced Ventures’ value proposition to LPs
• Tertiary level education from an institution with close ties to Silicon Valley, but not necessary
• Passionate about impact investing.
Preferred Qualification:
• Existing network of LPs would be advantageous
• Exposure to deep tech start-up investing is preferred.
Xecced Ventures is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, child birth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.
Xecced Ventures is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process.
Xecced focuses on Impact Investing. Their company has offices in California, London, and Côte d'Ivoire. They have a small team that's between 11-50 employees.
You can view their website at http://xecced.org or find them on Twitter and Facebook Show more details...
Xecced Ventures created Africa's first artificial intelligence venture... capital fund, 4thIRiA I fund.
Job Description:
The VP Investor Relations position plays a pivotal role in our growth strategies. The VP works closely with the firm’s partners on fundraising strategies, screening limited partners and managing investor relations. Ideally, the VP will lead the firm’s investment relations function across multiple global regions.
Minimum Qualification:
• 2+ years hands-on experience engaging impact investing venture capital LPs
• Knowledge of the LP ecosystem
• Excellent communication skills
• Good grasp of the VC asset class
• Insight into the requirements of the various types of LPs
• Knowledge and experience of impact investing LP engagement cycle and closing process
• Ability to articulate Xecced Ventures’ value proposition to LPs
• Tertiary level education from an institution with close ties to Silicon Valley, but not necessary
• Passionate about impact investing.
Preferred Qualification:
• Existing network of LPs would be advantageous
• Exposure to deep tech start-up investing is preferred.
Xecced Ventures is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, child birth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.
Xecced Ventures is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process.
Xecced focuses on Impact Investing. Their company has offices in California, London, and Côte d'Ivoire. They have a small team that's between 11-50 employees.
You can view their website at http://xecced.org or find them on Twitter and Facebook Show more details...
via Wellfound
schedule_type: Full-time
Seeking U.S., European, Asian or African based Investment Manager with a proven track record ready to embark on a new mission to support the vegan future in Africa.
Investment manager will manage our equity deal-flow and the accounting team helping different portfolio ventures in the Vegan Africa Fund. The ideal investment manager will be leading investment strategy, fund operations activity... and compliance.
C-Level position with extensive growth
Seeking U.S., European, Asian or African based Investment Manager with a proven track record ready to embark on a new mission to support the vegan future in Africa.
Investment manager will manage our equity deal-flow and the accounting team helping different portfolio ventures in the Vegan Africa Fund. The ideal investment manager will be leading investment strategy, fund operations activity... and compliance.
C-Level position with extensive growth opportunity and equity.
https://veganafricafund.com
VAF focuses on Consumer Goods, Venture Capital, East Africa, Impact Investing, and Vertical Farming. Their company has offices in Mombasa. They have a small team that's between 1-10 employees.
You can view their website at https://veganafricafund.com or find them on Twitter and LinkedIn Show more details...
Investment manager will manage our equity deal-flow and the accounting team helping different portfolio ventures in the Vegan Africa Fund. The ideal investment manager will be leading investment strategy, fund operations activity... and compliance.
C-Level position with extensive growth opportunity and equity.
https://veganafricafund.com
VAF focuses on Consumer Goods, Venture Capital, East Africa, Impact Investing, and Vertical Farming. Their company has offices in Mombasa. They have a small team that's between 1-10 employees.
You can view their website at https://veganafricafund.com or find them on Twitter and LinkedIn Show more details...
via Employbl
schedule_type: Full-timework_from_home: 1
Smile Identity builds trust.
Smile Identity is Africa's leading identity verification, and digital Know Your Customer (KYC) provider. We help companies scale rapidly across Africa by confirming the true identity of their users in real time, using any smartphone or computer. Our technology is powered by proprietary Machine Learning algorithms designed specifically for African faces, devices and... network connections.
Our team is a diverse group
Smile Identity builds trust.
Smile Identity is Africa's leading identity verification, and digital Know Your Customer (KYC) provider. We help companies scale rapidly across Africa by confirming the true identity of their users in real time, using any smartphone or computer. Our technology is powered by proprietary Machine Learning algorithms designed specifically for African faces, devices and... network connections.
Our team is a diverse group of hardworking, truth-seeking, and fun-loving Smilers spanning 5 offices, 10 countries and 8 time zones. Our products are already making waves across many industries, from Banking to Fintech and Telecoms. We recently announced a $20M Series B raise and are backed by leading global investors, including Norsken22, Costanoa, CRE, Future Africa, Susa Ventures, Commerce Ventures, Courtside Ventures, Two Culture Capital, Latitude, Valuestream Ventures, Intercept Ventures and Vinod Khosla who are supporting us every step of the way.
Do you like working alongside a team of intelligent individuals? Do you want to have fun while making a real difference? Here at Smile Identity, you'll get the freedom and autonomy you need to do your best work, the flexibility to be creative, and the opportunity to grow and put your unique stamp on our mission.
What are you waiting for? Come with us on this amazing journey!
The Role
We are looking for a data engineer who loves bringing order to chaos. The individual in this role will maintain our data warehouse and associated data infrastructure and provide the entire organization with the data they need to be successful. This role is open to candidates across the globe. You will be working with colleagues ranging from the US West Coast to Eastern Africa, with that in mind candidates working in timezones between US Eastern and GMT are preferred.
What You Will Do
• Work with our entire organization based in the US, London, Berlin, Lagos, Nairobi, and Cape Town to centralize our data and maintain our data warehouses/lakes.
• You will select the right tools and services to bring our data together and provide a solid foundation for all our product and business analytics. Your north star? Empowering the entire organization with data to make the best possible decisions.
• Design, build and launch extremely efficient and reliable data pipelines to move data.
• Architect, build and launch new data models that provide intuitive analytics.
• Manage the delivery of high impact dashboards, tools and data visualizations
• Build data expertise and own data quality, including defining and managing SLAs for data sets.
• Partner with leadership, engineers, commercial, and data scientists to understand data needs.
• Influence short- and long-term strategy with cross-functional teams to drive impact.
• Educate your partners: Use your data and analytics experience to discover opportunities, identifying and addressing gaps in existing logging and processes.
Requirements
• 4+ years experience with data infrastructure, ETL design, data warehousing, schema design and dimensional data modeling
• 2+ years of experience in SQL, Python, or similar languages
• Experience with designing and implementing real-time pipelines
• Experience with code management tooling such as Git, Github
• Experience with data migrations in production settings
• You have a deep understanding of modern data tooling and infrastructure
• You are comfortable working independently with periodic guidance from engineering & business teams
• You are a strong believer in scale and automation
• You are entrepreneurial — you take initiative, solve problems and love to troubleshoot.
• You are a great collaborator and can communicate effectively. You enjoy teaching and learning from your colleagues
• You are not ideological about programming languages or tools. You have opinions but are open to discussion and tradeoffs
• You are a pragmatist
• You are a seeker of truth
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience querying big data using Spark, Presto, Hive, Impala, etc.
• Experience with data quality and validation
• Experience with SQL performance tuning and E2E process optimization
• Experience creating reports and dashboards with modern business intelligence tools (Tableau, Metabase preferred)
• Experience working with Postgres, Hevo, and cloud or on-prem Big Data/MPP analytics platform (i.e. Snowflake, AWS Redshift, Google BigQuery, Azure Data Warehouse, Netezza, Teradata, or similar).
• Interest or experience in working in the African Fintech Ecosystem
• Experience in a high-growth team and/or startup experience
• Ability to communicate and prioritise effectively with a distributed team around the world
Compensation
• Salary commensurate with experience
• Stock options
• Healthcare
• Opportunities for travel (Post-Covid19)
Autonomy and a chance to work at a mission-driven company with purpose
What success looks like
Successes in your first 3 months include
• Take the time and learn the ins and outs of our data warehouse and dashboards. Investigate how data is being logged in our systems and what existing data pipelines exist across our two data warehouses (Postgres and Redshift).
• Evaluate existing dashboards, data quality, and pipelines and identify gaps.
• Get introduced to the Product and Engineering team and their bi-weekly sprint processes. At this point you are mostly observing the dynamics and taking on tasks by the team, while building a partnership and exploring support opportunities.
In your first 6 months
• Based on your initial exposure to our data stack, you have already built several improvements based on the gaps you’ve identified. You are able to manage the flow of data across the stack. You have extended our system capabilities as needed and have improved efficiency and simplicity of shared tools and libraries.
• You are deeply embedded in how we set up data logging and are able to manage and successfully execute on data requirements from teams across the company (e.g. Engineering, Product, CVML, Data Science, Marketing, Commercial).
• You proactively develop technical methodologies or tools which can solve important classes of problems. You can evangelize these methodologies and tools to other data scientists and engineers to scale multiple people.
In your first 12 months
• You are the company expert in our data, infrastructure, and technical architecture, and are actively involved in product and business operations to either improve existing data tools or suggest new methodologies to accelerate team execution, including influencing data best practices.
• You drive scalable solutions across teams.
• You are able to solve challenging technical problems faced by multiple teams and provide significant technical advice to newer or less-technical analysts Show more details...
Smile Identity is Africa's leading identity verification, and digital Know Your Customer (KYC) provider. We help companies scale rapidly across Africa by confirming the true identity of their users in real time, using any smartphone or computer. Our technology is powered by proprietary Machine Learning algorithms designed specifically for African faces, devices and... network connections.
Our team is a diverse group of hardworking, truth-seeking, and fun-loving Smilers spanning 5 offices, 10 countries and 8 time zones. Our products are already making waves across many industries, from Banking to Fintech and Telecoms. We recently announced a $20M Series B raise and are backed by leading global investors, including Norsken22, Costanoa, CRE, Future Africa, Susa Ventures, Commerce Ventures, Courtside Ventures, Two Culture Capital, Latitude, Valuestream Ventures, Intercept Ventures and Vinod Khosla who are supporting us every step of the way.
Do you like working alongside a team of intelligent individuals? Do you want to have fun while making a real difference? Here at Smile Identity, you'll get the freedom and autonomy you need to do your best work, the flexibility to be creative, and the opportunity to grow and put your unique stamp on our mission.
What are you waiting for? Come with us on this amazing journey!
The Role
We are looking for a data engineer who loves bringing order to chaos. The individual in this role will maintain our data warehouse and associated data infrastructure and provide the entire organization with the data they need to be successful. This role is open to candidates across the globe. You will be working with colleagues ranging from the US West Coast to Eastern Africa, with that in mind candidates working in timezones between US Eastern and GMT are preferred.
What You Will Do
• Work with our entire organization based in the US, London, Berlin, Lagos, Nairobi, and Cape Town to centralize our data and maintain our data warehouses/lakes.
• You will select the right tools and services to bring our data together and provide a solid foundation for all our product and business analytics. Your north star? Empowering the entire organization with data to make the best possible decisions.
• Design, build and launch extremely efficient and reliable data pipelines to move data.
• Architect, build and launch new data models that provide intuitive analytics.
• Manage the delivery of high impact dashboards, tools and data visualizations
• Build data expertise and own data quality, including defining and managing SLAs for data sets.
• Partner with leadership, engineers, commercial, and data scientists to understand data needs.
• Influence short- and long-term strategy with cross-functional teams to drive impact.
• Educate your partners: Use your data and analytics experience to discover opportunities, identifying and addressing gaps in existing logging and processes.
Requirements
• 4+ years experience with data infrastructure, ETL design, data warehousing, schema design and dimensional data modeling
• 2+ years of experience in SQL, Python, or similar languages
• Experience with designing and implementing real-time pipelines
• Experience with code management tooling such as Git, Github
• Experience with data migrations in production settings
• You have a deep understanding of modern data tooling and infrastructure
• You are comfortable working independently with periodic guidance from engineering & business teams
• You are a strong believer in scale and automation
• You are entrepreneurial — you take initiative, solve problems and love to troubleshoot.
• You are a great collaborator and can communicate effectively. You enjoy teaching and learning from your colleagues
• You are not ideological about programming languages or tools. You have opinions but are open to discussion and tradeoffs
• You are a pragmatist
• You are a seeker of truth
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience querying big data using Spark, Presto, Hive, Impala, etc.
• Experience with data quality and validation
• Experience with SQL performance tuning and E2E process optimization
• Experience creating reports and dashboards with modern business intelligence tools (Tableau, Metabase preferred)
• Experience working with Postgres, Hevo, and cloud or on-prem Big Data/MPP analytics platform (i.e. Snowflake, AWS Redshift, Google BigQuery, Azure Data Warehouse, Netezza, Teradata, or similar).
• Interest or experience in working in the African Fintech Ecosystem
• Experience in a high-growth team and/or startup experience
• Ability to communicate and prioritise effectively with a distributed team around the world
Compensation
• Salary commensurate with experience
• Stock options
• Healthcare
• Opportunities for travel (Post-Covid19)
Autonomy and a chance to work at a mission-driven company with purpose
What success looks like
Successes in your first 3 months include
• Take the time and learn the ins and outs of our data warehouse and dashboards. Investigate how data is being logged in our systems and what existing data pipelines exist across our two data warehouses (Postgres and Redshift).
• Evaluate existing dashboards, data quality, and pipelines and identify gaps.
• Get introduced to the Product and Engineering team and their bi-weekly sprint processes. At this point you are mostly observing the dynamics and taking on tasks by the team, while building a partnership and exploring support opportunities.
In your first 6 months
• Based on your initial exposure to our data stack, you have already built several improvements based on the gaps you’ve identified. You are able to manage the flow of data across the stack. You have extended our system capabilities as needed and have improved efficiency and simplicity of shared tools and libraries.
• You are deeply embedded in how we set up data logging and are able to manage and successfully execute on data requirements from teams across the company (e.g. Engineering, Product, CVML, Data Science, Marketing, Commercial).
• You proactively develop technical methodologies or tools which can solve important classes of problems. You can evangelize these methodologies and tools to other data scientists and engineers to scale multiple people.
In your first 12 months
• You are the company expert in our data, infrastructure, and technical architecture, and are actively involved in product and business operations to either improve existing data tools or suggest new methodologies to accelerate team execution, including influencing data best practices.
• You drive scalable solutions across teams.
• You are able to solve challenging technical problems faced by multiple teams and provide significant technical advice to newer or less-technical analysts Show more details...
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