Distinguished Principal Engineer at

4 weeks ago

Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya Jumia Full time

JUMIA is an e-commerce startup with an aim to mimic Amazon's success by delivering a wide range of items, from toys to generators across the African continent.

Shortly after the startup of the business in Nigeria, JUMIA launched warehouses in four other growing countries which include:
Egypt, Morocco, Kenya and Cote d'Ivoire.

What you will be doing:
Be part of the Jumia Engineering team and shape the long term technology vision and strategy aligning with the company's objectives
Be a role model for the Jumia Values
Work effectively cross-functionally and with the leadership, leveraging data and metrics to identify new opportunities for existing and new projects and features
Define architectural standards and guidelines across company in collaboration with the Technical Advisory Group, Directors of Engineering and Platform teams
Arbitrate on technical decisions within your scope
Define Operational Excellence KPIs and standards, and partner with Directors of Engineering to ensure highly performant solutions are developed and continuously improved
Drive performance and efficiency improvements across Jumia's platform, leading initiatives in load testing, performance tuning, and capacity planning
Ensure comprehensive documentation of system architecture, design decisions, and operational procedures.
Mentor and develop Principal and Staff Engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning
Ensure system reliability and compliance
Find a group of humble and intelligent people ready to make you grow and to grow with you
Change the Internet landscape in Africa and the World through your team

What we are looking for:
12+ years experience as an individual contributor working with agile methodologies and with experience architecting and running large-scale tier 1 systems
Expertise in designing and implementing complex system architectures, with a focus on scalability, reliability, and maintainability
Strong working experience with Java and web frameworks (preferably Spring), with exposure to multiple programming languages
Experience with event-driven architectures and tools for queueing and streaming (preferably Apache Kafka)
Experienced working with large-scale Databases (SQL and NoSQL), with a good understanding of data modelling and optimization
Experience with containerization (preferably Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes)
Strong black box test Automation experience is a plus
Experience designing and developing platforms built for scale is a plus

A proactive challenger mindset:
if there's room for improvement, you'll say it

A solver mindset:
when there is a will, there is a way
A strong business sense. You understand the impact of your work
The ability to be autonomous and to own your decisions
The ambition to grow the company and within the company
Full professional English proficiency

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