Megan Nkosi

Data Engineer at Twiga Foods · Python, Kafka

Twiga Foods

Johannesburg, South Africa · SAST (UTC+2)

3+ years experience

University of Ghana

English, Afrikaans

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Overview

Currently at Twiga Foods, where I work on data pipelines. Moved 68% of data platform traffic off a legacy monolith without a customer-facing incident.

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Roles in demand forecasting
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Skills

PythonSQLSnowflakeAirflowSparkIcebergKafka

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closes in 3 months

Next role: Data Engineer in proptech, Johannesburg or hybrid

Target roles: Data Engineer
Level: Mid
Industries: B2B SaaS, Developer tools
Work mode: On-site
Available: 30 days notice
Work authorization: Authorized to work in South Africa
What I'm looking for: Scope to lead demand forecasting work, with a manager who gives direct feedback.
Not interested in: Pure people management

3 years in data pipelines. Strongest at SQL and Iceberg. Can start in about six weeks.

Johannesburg, South Africasparkkafkasql

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Experience

Data Engineer
Mar 2026 - Present
Twiga Foods · 7 mo · Full-time · Johannesburg, South Africa
- Cut forecast error from 32% to 12% across 2504 SKUs.
- Reduced stock-outs by 24% in the first season.
Data Engineer
Oct 2023 - Mar 2026
GTBank · 2 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Johannesburg, South Africa
- Cut forecast error from 32% to 7% across 488 SKUs.
- Taught SQL to 116 non-analysts.

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Education

University of Ghana
BSc, Electronics and Communication
2019 - 2023

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