Experienced Engineer for Cloud SaaS Platform (Python) Consulting Opportunity based in Nairobi, Kenya
About Echo Mobile Echo Mobile licenses access to the Echo Platform a best in class realtime monitoring, and mobile communications cloud service designed especially for organizations working in hard to reach places. Echo supports all communications channels needed to reach the mass market: including tollfree SMS, interactive voice response (IVR), USSD, and Android applications. A diverse set of organizations use the Echo platform, including development organizations like UNICEF and the World Bank, to government agencies such as the Kenyan Ministry of Education, as well as a variety of forprofits, social enterprises, and NGOs. Based in Nairobi, Kenya, Echo Mobile is in the middle of a booming technology startup scene. Thanks to shared working spaces & innovation centers such as iHub & the Nairobi Startup Garage, and accelerator programs such as Village Capital, Nairobi is taking advantage of its position as one of the fastest growing economies in the world to become home to many new companies that are looking for creative ways to solve the world’s problems while also competing in the private sector. Echo Mobile benefits from this community both in terms of capturing clients in this growing economy, but also learning from fellow designers, entrepreneurs, and engineers in a collaborative and growing community. Role As Echo Mobile rapidly grows, we are constantly expanding the core Echo platform. We are also perfectly placed as a dynamic mobile startup to be first movers in deployment of the newest tools and technologies as they reach maturity and readiness for the global market. Echo has recently added a sensor platform to incorporate lowcost machinebased data streams, as many organizations are already looking for new ways to augment their existing monitoring and M&E efforts. We constantly accept new users, new partners and new deployments in markets within and beyond our homebase of East Africa. This role is a key new team member of our core engineering team as we expand the capabilities and usability of the platform as well as new product launches. Reports To Lead Product Engineer Terms of Employment This is a minimum 6 month contract position based in Lavington, Nairobi but could convert to a fulltime position (either in Nairobi or remotely based), upon successful completion of the initial contract. Location Position is based out of our green offices in Lavington, Nairobi, Kenya. Key Areas of Responsibility ● Join engineering team tasked with continuous development of the Echo Mobile platform & products ● Contribute to design, development, and maintenance of features on the Echo Mobile platform, including code review, new feature development, bug fixes, tests, and integration of new gateways and services. ● Work directly with organizational users to understand usability, address issues, and design platform improvements ● Work directly with vendors (e.g. Premium Rate Service Providers) when necessary to resolve issues and expedite service setup ● Review pull requests, attend daily scrums & track all development activities using Echo's internal project tools (git, Asana, etc). ● Report regularly to Lead Product Engineer and CTO on milestones, progress towards tasks, barriers needing attention, etc ● Guide and influence the direction of the product. Creative ideas are always welcome. Qualifications ● Highly skilled developer with a proven track record of driving projects to completion ● Selfmanaged, proactive, and good at working with a small team in a multicultural environment ● Passionate about technology, technical products and the creative process ● Either living in Nairobi or willing to relocate ● Extremely proficient at managing time to meet milestones ● Thrives in an environment where juggling multiple tasks involving different technical systems, clients, and sectors is a regular occurrence. ● Experience developing scalable, efficient, and userfriendly webbased applications ● Skilled at both backend development and basic interactive frontend design (AJAX, React.js, HTML/CSS) ● Please highlight if you have experience in: ● USSD or SMSbased systems ● Writing TCP servers & clients ● Working with hardware & connected devices ● Working with organizations serving rural areas ● Please include a link to any Python or webapp/djangobased project that you were the primary developer or architect of, if available. How to Apply Please send a cover letter and CV to j...@echomobile.org with [ENGINEER] in the subject line.
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