Senior Analytics Engineer - Financial Inclustion at Scale
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Senior Analytics Engineer - Financial Inclustion at Scale
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We are looking for a Senior Analytics Engineer to join our team at M-KOPA. Build the analytics infrastructure that powers data-driven decisions across our FinTech platform serving millions in Africa.
The Impact - Your data pipelines and models will directly enable product teams to understand and expand financial inclusion for millions across Africa. We've already helped over 5 million customers access over $1.5 billion in credit. It's your chance to shape how data drives decisions that literally transform lives across an entire continent
The Opportunity
Mission-driven analytics: Every dataset you model helps teams measure and expand financial inclusion for under-banked populations
Global recognition: Join a company named by TIME 100 as one of the world's most influential and by the Financial Times as Africa's fastest-growing for 4 consecutive years (2022-2025)
Scale challenges: Build analytics infrastructure processing data for millions across multiple African markets
Environmental impact: We're carbon-negative, having displaced over 2 million tonnes of emissions
What You'll Do - You'll own analytics datasets and pipelines for specific product domains with real-world impact. Our analytics engineers have full autonomy to drive the analytics direction for their areas – from defining success metrics to building self-serve capabilities. Join us in combining cutting-edge data engineering with purpose-driven analytics.
Technical Environment
* Modern Analytics Stack: SQL and Python in dbt on Airflow infrastructure
* Data Warehouse Architecture: Dimensional data modelling for big data infrastructures - Modern distributed data warehouse solutions (Databricks experience a plus)
* BI & Semantic Layer: Looker for semantic models and self-serve analytics
* Orchestration: Airflow for pipeline automation and scheduling
Our Analytics Approach
As a Senior Analytics Engineer, you will work as a collaborative partner. Working in a matrix organisation with 12 Analytics Engineers and 3 Platform Engineers, you'll build:
* Easy to understand and consistently modelled datasets
* Well-tested and documented data assets
* Self-serve capabilities and user coaching
* Best practices in data transformation pipelines
* Close collaboration with software engineers on data capture
What You Need
We expect you to be comfortable owning analytics infrastructure end-to-end, from defining key metrics with cross-functional partners to building production pipelines. You'll value clean dimensional modelling, embrace testing and documentation as first-order concerns, and enjoy coaching others on self-serve analytics.
Required Experience:
* Dimensional data modelling for analytics / data warehouses / big data infrastructures
* High proficiency in SQL (any dialect)
* Programming in Python, Java or other language
* Deep understanding of data warehouse technologies
* Hands-on with BI tools such as Looker or Tableau
* Track record using transformation tools such as dbt
* Practical experience with orchestration systems such as Airflow
* Strong communication skills with proven ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences
Bonus Experience:
* Databricks implementation or migration experience
* Consumer-facing product analytics background
Location & Benefits
* Fully remote role within UTC -1 to UTC +3 time zones
* Work with diverse teams across UK, Europe, and Africa
* Professional development programs and coaching partnerships
* Family-friendly policies and flexible working arrangements
* Well-being support and career growth opportunities
Our Mission We create financial inclusion for the traditionally excluded through a fair, flexible, customer-centric financing model. We strive to drive greater inclusion of women, youth, and low-income communities.
Our Impact Our technology has created measurable change:
* Connected : 1.7 million first-time mobile internet users connected
* Prosperous : 62% of customers use M-KOPA smartphones for income generation, with 30,000+ livelihoods created for agents
* Green : 2.1 million tonnes of CO2 avoided through clean energy products, with over 100,000 circular economy products provided
Ready to build analytics infrastructure that measures and enables real-world financial inclusion while advancing your career in modern data engineering?
At M-KOPA, we empower our people to own their careers through diverse development programs, coaching partnerships, and on-the-job training. We support individual journeys with family-friendly policies, prioritise well-being, and embrace flexibility.
Apply now to join our mission of transforming lives across Africa through technology.
Why M-KOPA?
At M-KOPA, we empower our people to own their careers through diverse development programs, coaching partnerships, and on-the-job training. We support individual journeys with family-friendly policies, prioritize well-being, and embrace flexibility.
Join us in shaping the future of M-KOPA as we grow together. Explore more at m-kopa.com.
Recognized four times by the Financial Times as one Africa's fastest growing companies (2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025) and by TIME100 Most influential companies in the world 2023 and 2024, we've served over 5 million customers, unlocking $1.5 billion in cumulative credit for the unbanked across Africa.
Important Notice
M-KOPA is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to assembling a diverse, broadly trained staff. Women, minorities, and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.
M-KOPA explicitly prohibits the use of Forced or Child Labour and respects the rights of its employees to agree to terms and conditions of employment voluntarily, without coercion, and freely terminate their employment on appropriate notice. M-KOPA shall ensure that its Employees are of legal working age and shall comply with local laws for youth employment or student work, such as internships or apprenticeships.
M-KOPA does not collect/charge any money as a pre-employment or post-employment requirement. This means that we never ask for ‘recruitment fees’, ‘processing fees’, ‘interview fees’, or any other kind of money in exchange for offer letters or interviews at any time during the hiring process.
Applications for this position will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Shortlisting and interviews will take place at any stage during the recruitment process. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a suitable candidate is selected before the advertised closing date.
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