Vacancies at M-KOPA Solar

About Role

• Our mission is to improve the ability of Product, Operations and Data Science teams in M-KOPA to make data driven decisions and automate them using machine learning.
• You will be designing and implementing architectures to streamline exploration, training, deployment and monitoring of machine learning models. Building and maintain CI/CD pipelines to deploy machine learning models into production, ensuring scalability, reliability, and continuous performance monitoring with automated retraining workflows.
• You will also implement version control for models and feature sets to ensure reproducibility, traceability, and compliance with best practices. Using Azure and infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Azure Bicep, Terraform) you will automate and manage infrastructure for data pipelines, machine learning model training, and serving.
• Additionally, you will establish infrastructure and engineering patterns to feature engineering and reuse across suite of models. Developing workflows for model validation, testing, and deployment, fully integrated with CI/CD systems, while enhancing resource utilization, to enable distributed processing, and optimize workflows for scalability, including GPU/TPU acceleration.
• This is a fully remote role, you would be working within the following time zone (UTC -1 / UTC+3) with a diverse group of other employees working remotely from locations such as UK, Europe and Africa. You will be reporting to the Head of Analytics at M-KOPA.

Expertise

• Our expectation is that you have experience managing machine learning infrastructure in production, working with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Azure Bicep, Terraform, ARM, CloudFormation or similar, and good practical experience in data engineering, for machine learning or general analytics use case.
• Additionally, having experience with Kubernetes or other platforms for containerized applications as well as working with orchestration systems such as Apache Airflow would be essential to succeed in this role.
• The ideal candidate for this role would need to have proficiency in programming languages (Python, C#, Java, etc.) as well as a certification in Azure Solutions Architect Expert or similar.

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Key Responsibilities

• Lead and develop our second-life device strategy across multiple markets, overseeing the end-to-end processes from sourcing, through to refurbishment, to sales of second life devices
• Lead the design of new pilot programs, driving ongoing experimentation and learning, and oversee their implementation and scale-up of successful initiatives
• Oversee and coordinate second life device operational activities across M-KOPA's 5 operating markets, ensuring consistency and efficiency in operations
• Provide strategic guidance to country teams on execution and alignment with company objectives
• Develop and maintain strategic supply chain partnerships

Required Expertise

• Strong commercial acumen and strategic thinking capabilities
• Track record of implementing and scaling operational pilots across multiple markets
• Excellent communication and leadership skills
• Ability to travel as required
• Proven experience in mobile device sustainability or circular economy initiatives would be a plus