Senior Growth Engineer at Canonical Nigeria

Canonical - We deliver open source to the world faster, more securely, and more cost-effectively than any other company. We develop Ubuntu, the world’s most popular enterprise Linux from cloud to edge, together with a passionate global community of 200,000 contributors. Ubuntu means 'humanity to others. We chose it because it embodies the generosity at the heart of open source, the new normal for platforms and innovation. Together with a community of 200,000, we publish an operating system that runs from the tiny connected devices up to the world's biggest mainframes, the platform that everybody uses on the public cloud, and the workstation experience of the world's most productive developers. Secure and reliable, elegant and intuitive, and open for innovation - Ubuntu is the future of open source, which is why it's the fastest-growing Linux in the world despite already being the most widely deployed.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Growth Engineer

Location: Lagos

What your day will look like

• Design, build, and maintain our core data infrastructure and martech stack to support marketing and sales goals.
• Develop and optimize robust data pipelines, automations, and integrations between our CRM, marketing platforms, and data warehouse.
• Architect and manage APIs for seamless system integration and data flow across the entire stack.
• Collaborate with marketing, sales, and product teams to understand their needs and architect technical solutions.
• Implement and champion software engineering best practices, including clean code, CI/CD, automated testing, and version control.
• Explore and integrate cutting-edge tools to enhance our data capabilities and operational efficiency.
• Support marketing team members with strategic expertise, setting up and monitoring automations
• Build on automation and AI to improve lead management
• Develop Canonical's martech stack to industry leading standard

What we are looking for in you?

• System Design: Strong expertise in system design, particularly in the data world, with a strong understanding of networking, proxies, and data ingress/egress patterns.
• Cloud & Databases: Proficiency with cloud data warehousing (e.g., BigQuery), relational databases (e.g., Postgres), and object stores (e.g., S3). Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, and data stores like Redis is a plus.
• API Architecture: Deep knowledge of API architecture and design, with a primary focus on REST. Experience with GraphQL is beneficial.
• Programming: Senior-level knowledge of Python (OOP, APIs, asyncio, scientific libraries) and SQL (experience with tools like Trino and dbt is highly valued).
• Web Technologies: A solid understanding of web application backend-frontend processes. Working knowledge of JavaScript is required; experience with React is a nice-to-have.
• Engineering Best Practices: A commitment to writing clean, maintainable code, with experience in CI/CD, automated testing, and version control (Git).
• Mindset: A curious and collaborative problem-solver with a growth mindset and a keen interest in the commercial domains of marketing and sales. Plus, exceptional interpersonal skills and aptitude for forging trusting relationships across diverse, cross-functional teams

Application Closing Date
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