Distinguished Principal Engineer at Jumia

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 the 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