EFT’s Regional Offices (South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya Preferred)
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Why EFT Corporation
At EFT Corporation, we don’t just enable payments, we empower possibilities. With over 26 years of experience, we’re Africa’s leading payment solutions provider, working with over 100 financial institutions to deliver cutting-edge technology that drives financial inclusion and transforms lives. Operating in dynamic markets across Africa and beyond, our team of 300+ experts spans Mauritius, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and India. We’re on a mission to shape the future of payments across the continent through innovation, collaboration, and a shared vision of progress.
Why You'll Love Working Here:
- Purpose-Driven Culture: Make an impact in transforming lives through secure and innovative payment solutions.
- Global Collaboration: Work alongside diverse, talented teams from across the globe.
- Continuous Growth: Expand your skills with mentorship, knowledge sharing, and cutting-edge technologies.
- Inclusive Environment: We value and celebrate diversity, fostering a workplace where everyone thrives.
Your Role
This is a high-impact leadership role, as a Lead Data & AI Engineer you’ll architect the future of data at EFT Corp — guiding our data engineering and generative AI strategy and enabling smarter decisions, faster innovation, and transformative client experiences.
What You’ll Do
Lead and Inspire
- Drive the vision, execution, and continuous improvement of our data and AI team.
- Mentor a high-performing team, instilling best practices and innovative thinking.
- Align projects with business strategy and deliver outcomes that matter.
Engineer & Innovate
- Design robust, scalable data pipelines and integrate diverse data sources.
- Champion best-in-class data governance, quality, and architecture standards.
- Partner with product and engineering to create data-driven solutions for real-world challenges.
Drive Generative AI Strategy
- Shape the company’s roadmap for generative AI.
- Build and prototype cutting-edge AI tools that support both clients and internal teams.
- Advocate for ethical, impactful AI across the organization.
Communicate with Impact
- Deliver insights through interactive dashboards and automated reports.
- Present strategic data narratives to executives and stakeholders.
- Foster data literacy company-wide through training and knowledge sharing.
What We’re Looking For
- A degree in a STEM field (BSc, BEng, or higher).
- Hands-on experience in Python, SQL, and modern AI/ML frameworks.
- Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS).
- Expertise in building and scaling data architectures and pipelines using Airflow.
- Proficiency in PowerBI for creating and managing data visualizations and dashboards.
- Solid understanding and experience with MySQL database management and querying.
- Leadership skills that inspire collaboration, innovation, and ownership.
- A natural mentor and team builder.
- Clear, confident communicator with execs and engineers alike.
- Highly organized but adaptable — you thrive in a fast-moving, purpose-driven environment.
Our Benefits
- Celebrate Your Special Day: Enjoy a dedicated day off to celebrate your birthday.
- Wellbeing Matters: Maintain a healthy work-life balance with up to 3 days of wellbeing leave annually.
- Family Comes First: Support your loved ones when it matters most with up to 20 days of family responsibility leave.
Our Values
- Purposeful Impact: Every action drives meaningful change.
- Client-Centric Excellence: We succeed when our clients do.
- Integrity: Doing the right thing, always.
- Teamwork: Together, we achieve the extraordinary.
Join EFT Corporation, where we’re driving innovation in digital payments across Africa. Be part of impactful projects that transform payments and improve lives.
Ready to make your mark?
Apply now and let’s shape the future of payments together!
EFT Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Diversity drives our success, and we welcome passionate individuals from all walks of life to join our team.
EFT Corporation does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms/recruiters. EFT Corporation will not pay any fees to search firms/recruiters if a search firm/recruiter submits a candidate unless an agreement has been entered into concerning the specific open position(s). Search firms/recruiters offering resumes to EFT Corporation on an unsolicited basis shall be deemed to accept this condition, regardless of any other provision to the contrary.
