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Director of Engineering
One Acre Fund
Posted 3 months agoNairobi, Kenya
Location
Nairobi, Kenya
Job Type
Full-time
Experience
Senior
Category
Engineering
Job Description
About
One
Acre
Fund
Founded in 2006,
One
Acre
Fund equips 5.5 million smallholder farmers to make their farms more productive.
Across nine countries that together are home to two-thirds of
Africa's farmers, we provide high-quality farm supplies, tree seedlings, accessible credit, modern agronomic training, and a wide range of other agricultural services.
On average, this model enables any farmer to increase their income and assets on supported land by more than 35 percent, while permanently improving their resilience.
This is all made possible by our team of 9,000+ full-time staff, drawn from diverse backgrounds and professions.
Why
Work
Here blog post.
About the
Role
We believe that new technology is critical to building the most effective rural distribution network on the
African continent.
Today, we reach over 1.6 million farm families and we aspire to serve more than 10 million households in the coming decade.
Reporting to the
Chief
Technology
Officer, you will lead the development of our technology, focusing on a mobile tech transformation: providing our field staff with the mobile-based tools to reach more farmers; developing scalable, direct communication channels with farmers to improve customer service; and digitizing and decentralizing data collection tools to speed up data flows and improve efficiency.
We are looking for someone with the technical experience to bring this vision to life; the
Director of
Engineering will transform our technology into a core organizational strength, working through several development teams that cross our tech stack
Responsibilities Own the tech stack and overall architecture and strategic direction: You will guide our team to work toward a common vision of our tech stack, ensuring a robust solution across all of our technical needs whether back-office, client-facing, or business intelligence needs.
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Requirements
- Qualifications Across all roles, these are the general qualifications we look for.
- Experience working with mobile technology solutions.
- Passion for providing hands-on execution guidance for large teams.
- Experience managing Agile software engineering teams successfully deploying solutions to support complex processes.
- Experience translating complex customer needs into high-quality tech solutions that deliver impact.
- Experience with our tech (C#.
- Net Core, CouchBase, React Native, and Kubernetes) and our tooling landscape (GitHub, JIRA, and Azure DevOps)
- Humility.
- Language: English is required in all locations.
- Official One Acre Fund emails will always arrive from an @oneacrefund.org address.
- Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI), and anti-racism are deeply connected to our organization’s mission and purpose.
Responsibilities
- Use new technologies to support the velocity and quality of deployments.
- Provide technical mentorship to the team.
- Lead recruitment efforts to ensure we are building our team with top talent.
- Set clear performance expectations and support the team to build itself as a center of excellence.
- Learn more, please see our
- Lead efficient delivery of impactful software products: Provide detailed, hands-on guidance for tech projects based on an intimate understanding of our clients and internal users.
- Maintain a robust and well-documented architecture, balancing elegant design with practical requirements across our functional needs.
- Leverage Talent into an Agile Center of Excellence: Support a talented team to work at their best - support Agile processes that go beyond scrum ceremonies to drive efficiency and excellence in all areas.
- Develop Leaders and Build Team: Manage a leadership team of ~5 senior-level d
Benefits
- Career Growth and Development We have a strong culture of constant learning and we invest in developing our people.
- We hold career reviews every six months, and set aside time to discuss your aspirations and career goals.
- You’ll have the opportunity to shape a growing organization and build a rewarding long-term career.
- Benefits Health insurance, housing, and comprehensive benefits.
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