Overview
Code for Africa (CfA) has an immediate vacancy for a Software Engineer – Python to join our main civic technology lab in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
About the Role
As a Python Software Engineer, you will be working on projects and build features used by people across the continent and beyond everyday. The work is challenging, fast-paced and always changing. You have strong analytical skills, an unwavering commitment to quality, a collaborative work ethic and cutting edge coding skills. You should live and breathe the fundamentals of agile software development particularly in Python as well as be very comfortable in managing and deploying servers on Amazon Web Services using Docker / Dokku.
The successful candidate will report to Code for Africa’s technology production manager and will work with the tech team to build robust tools to support substantial growth over the next three years. S/he will specifically be responsible for development pertaining the openAFRICA, connectedAFRICA, HuruMap, sourceAFRICA and other platforms and their composite parts. Code for Africa is an advocate for open source software, and the successful candidate would be required to use guidelines and best practices as part of the development work.
Code for Africa is an advocate for open source software, and the successful candidate would be required to use guidelines and best practices as part of the development work. Also in keeping with Code for Africa’s values, the engineer will also interact with grantees, partners, and the community.
What You’ll Do
- Work closely with project managers and back-end engineers to implement versatile back-end solutions to software projects within tight deadlines.
- Embrace emerging standards while promoting best practices in order to deploy stable and scalable environments.
- Scrape, clean and analyse datasets
- Actively draft technical documentation for the projects with which you work, doing so with online collaborative tools
- Embrace emerging standards while promoting best practices in order to complete assigned software development tasks
- Manage your own time, and work well both independently and as part of a team
- Collaborate with a geographically distributed team of developers
What You’ve Got
- A Bachelors degree or equivalent degree in the I.T field would be preferred, but not required. Your code portfolio/track-record is as important, if not more, as academic qualifications
- At least three years of overall professional experience using Python; ideally with a minimum of 1+ years of using PostgreSQL
- Ability to translate software requirements to working products and to effectively collaborate with colleagues who do not necessarily have technical backgrounds
- A track record in using git source code management tool; particularly with Github
- Excellent communication and relationship building skills with an ability to prioritise, negotiate, and work with a variety of internal and external stakeholders
- A multi-tasker with the ability to wear many hats in a fast-paced environment. Personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and dedication to the Code for Africa mission.
