Job Description
Who we are
Chowdeck is an on-demand delivery service for Africa. We help vendors deliver food, medicine, and groceries seamlessly while also providing customers with a platform to order from their favourite vendors.
At Chowdeck, we deeply value growth, excellence, speed, and empathy. Our team is a tight-knit team of creative problem solvers who are smart, kind and committed to helping each other grow.
Responsibilities
Where you come in
We're looking for Machine Learning Engineers at Chowdeck who'll help build intelligent systems and data-driven products across our platform and operations.
You'll work on problems across forecasting, logistics optimization, ETA prediction, recommendations, fraud detection, and operational automation while collaborating closely with Product, Engineering, Operations, and Data teams.
We're looking for articulate people who are curious, empathetic, and kind and are looking to continue to grow their careers at a fast-growing tech startup that cares deeply about personal and professional development.
In this role, you'll be required to:
Build, deploy, and maintain production-ready machine learning models and services
Develop ML pipelines, feature engineering workflows, and model-serving infrastructure
Collaborate with Data Engineers and Product teams to operationalize machine learning systems
Improve systems related to ETA prediction, demand forecasting, personalization, and operational optimization
Monitor model performance and reliability in production environments
Help improve experimentation and data-driven product development practices
Contribute to tooling and infrastructure improvements for ML workflows
Requirements
You're perfect for the role if you:
Have 3+ years of experience building and deploying machine learning systems
Have strong Python and software engineering fundamentals
Have experience with modern ML frameworks and tooling
Can write clean, maintainable, production-quality code
Can think through product and operational problems using data-driven approaches
Care deeply about scalability, reliability, and performance
Can communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Thrive in fast-paced startup environments with evolving priorities
Benefits
Beyond the paycheck, Chowdeck employees get:
Full medical coverage
Smart, kind colleagues invested in your growth
Housing Assistance
Transport Assistance
Lunch allowance
