Senior Data Engineer

Who we are
Chowdeck is an on-demand delivery service for Africa. We help vendors deliver food, medicine, and groceries seamlessly while also providing customers with a platform to order from their favourite vendors.
At Chowdeck, we deeply value growth, excellence, speed, and empathy. Our team is a tight-knit team of creative problem solvers who are smart, kind and committed to helping each other grow.
Where you come in
We're looking for an experienced Data Engineer to help build and scale the data infrastructure that powers decision-making across Chowdeck.
You'll work closely with Product, Operations, Finance, and Engineering teams to design and maintain reliable data pipelines, improve data accessibility, and help build systems that support analytics, reporting, forecasting, and operational insights across the business.
We're looking for articulate people who are curious, empathetic, and kind and are looking to continue to grow their careers at a fast-growing tech startup that cares deeply about personal and professional development.
In this role, you'll be required to:
Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and workflows
Improve the reliability, quality, and accessibility of data across the organization
Build and optimize data warehouse architecture and data models
Collaborate with Product, Operations, and Data teams to support reporting and analytics needs
Improve observability, monitoring, and governance practices across data systems
Optimize large-scale data processing and query performance
Support machine learning and experimentation workflows with reliable datasets and pipelines
Help define data engineering standards, tooling, and best practices
You're perfect for the role if you:
Have 6+ years of experience building and maintaining production-grade data systems
Have advanced SQL skills and strong experience with Python or similar languages
Have experience working with modern data stack technologies and cloud platforms
Can design scalable and reliable ETL/ELT pipelines
Can think through operational and business problems using data-driven approaches
Care deeply about data quality, reliability, and performance
Can communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Thrive in fast-paced environments with evolving priorities and ambiguity
Beyond the paycheck, Chowdeck employees get:
Full medical coverage
Smart, kind colleagues invested in your growth
Housing Assistance
Transport Assistance
Lunch allowance
Chowdeck is an equal-opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. We’re committed to providing employees with a work environment that is progressive and open-minded. Our employment philosophy is to hire the best people and empower them to do the best work of their lives. Employment decisions are based on business needs and individual merit without regard to race, color, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, nationality, marital status, gender, or age.

Employment type
Full-Time

Work arrangement
No