Data Engineer
Job Description
Chowdeck is an on-demand delivery service for Africa. We deliver food, medicine, groceries and other packages seamlessly while providing customers with a platform to order from their favourite vendors. We’re looking for an experienced Data Engineer to help build and scale the data infrastructure that powers decision-making across Chowdeck.
Location: Lagos (Hybrid)
Key Responsibilities
- 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
Key Requirements
- 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
