Software Engineer, Data Platform

About The Role
In this opportunity as the Software Engineer, you will:

• Develop data processing applications and frameworks on cloud-based infrastructure in partnership with Data Analysts and Architects with guidance from Lead Software Engineer.
• Innovate with new approaches to meet data management requirements. Make recommendations about platform adoption, including technology integrations, application servers, libraries, and AWS frameworks, documentation, and usability by stakeholders.
• Contribute to improving the customer experience.
• Participate in code reviews to maintain a high-quality codebase
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features
• Work closely with product owners, designers, and other developers to understand requirements and deliver solutions.
• Effectively communicate and liaise across the data platform & management teams
• Stay updated on emerging trends and technologies in cloud computing

About You

You're a fit for the role of Software Engineer, if you meet all or most of these criteria:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field 3+ years of relevant experience in Implementation of data lake and data management of data technologies for large scale organizations.
• Experience in building & maintaining data pipelines with excellent run-time characteristics such as low-latency, fault-tolerance and high availability.
• Proficient in Python programming language.
• Experience in AWS services and management, including Serverless, Container, Queueing and Monitoring services like Lambda, ECS, API Gateway, RDS, Dynamo DB, Glue, S3, IAM, Step Functions, CloudWatch, SQS, SNS.
• Good knowledge in Consuming and building APIs
• Solid understanding in Software development practices such as version control via Git, CI/CD and Release management
• Agile development cadence
• Fluency in querying languages such as SQL

Nice-to-have skills:

• Snowflake cloud data platform
• Business Intelligence tools like PowerBI

Personal skills:

• Good critical thinking, communication, documentation, troubleshooting and collaborative skills.

About The Role

As a Project Manager at Thomson Reuters Foundation, you will:

• Plan and manage the SAMRI project, ensuring it adheres to scope, timeline, and budget, within the organization's project management framework.
• Provide monthly and quarterly project updates including financial, narrative, and impact reports to key stakeholders.
• Work closely with the organisation’s Monitoring and Evaluation team to implement the projects impact monitoring plan and capture project impact systematically.
• Collaborate with team members to drive project success, resolve conflicts, and secure stakeholder commitment.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate risks that may impact project success.
• Oversee the project's finances, coordinating with Project Coordinators, partners, and the finance team.
• Estimate project costs, resource requirements, and timescales to ensure successful completion within scope and constraints.
• Prepare and maintain project plans, tracking activities and progress against the plan.
• Ensure project finances are in line with the foundation’s policies and audit requirements.
• Work closely with the Global Development Team and the Regional Programme Manager for Africa to identify strategic networking and business development opportunities.
• Represent SAMRI in relevant networks, forums, and project consortia to enhance the project's external profile.
• Develop and implement an effective communication plan, including regular reporting and accurate updates.
• Support the Business Development team in identifying funding opportunities through proposal development, activity design, and budget planning.

About You:

To be our Project Manager, you will likely have:

• Experience working with international donors and familiarity with donor reporting requirements.
• Proven track record in successfully managing multi-country, multi-partner projects in the international development context (5+ years).
• Exceptional project and program management skills, including monitoring and evaluation.
• Proficiency in budget and financial management.
• Experience in remote program management, program start-up, mobilization, and closure.
• Resilience and ability to thrive in high-pressure environments with the capacity to find solutions when challenges arise.
• Strong ability to convey complex information to non-experts.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to build positive working relationships with diverse stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; fluency in English. Knowledge of other languages, such as French and Swahili, is advantageous.