We are looking for a hands-on CTO to join our team. As a core member of a small team, you will lead our technical efforts as well as be an important contributor to the strategy of the company going forward. Your role will be to set the technology vision and direction of the company and build and manage the team and platform to deliver it. You will work directly with the CEO/Co-founder.
We have a first version of the product in-market, paying customers, and partnerships in place. We now want to take our product to the next level. You will need to possess a deep technical understanding and feel comfortable as a developer in all areas of the business including, but not limited to the frontend, backend, DevOps, and eCommerce. Experience in marketplaces and big data is a plus. You should be able to create a product pipeline supported by KPIs meaningful for the business and work through it in a data-driven manner. You should be able to combine data from various sources (database, Google Analytics, CSV, etc.) to design reports that would help to make product decisions.
Your responsibilities:
- Build out the technology roadmap for 2+ years for all regional platforms within the portfolio
- Work with management to develop new features
- Select software platform architecture for scalable growth
- Write high-quality front-end and backend production code
- Develop great user experiences
- Think strategically about product opportunities leveraging data and insights
- Hire and manage a technology team (local and distributed)
- Communicate product progress to the stakeholders
Requirements:
- 5+ years of experience in developing web products using Ruby on Rails.
- Experience with Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, Redis, ideally Nginx.
- Experience with DNS management and Cloudflare
- Experience using Amazon Web Services, Git and Heroku
- Experience with JavaScript (ideally some Vue.js or React)
- Strong front-end skills, good knowledge of CSS, SCSS, JS, webpack, etc.
- Competence with Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager
- Experienced in writing and conducting QA tests
- Able to use Sketch/Photoshop or others to review designs
- Curious at heart and interested in making an impact across Africa
- Fluent in English
Preferred Criteria:
- Degree in Computer Engineering
-Team management experience
- Experience with payments and AI
- Mobile-first view on all aspects of the product
- Experience with online marketplaces
- Fluency in French a bonus
- Previous CTO experience
What We Offer?
- Autonomy: Location can be remote. However, regular travel to Nairobi and other cities across Africa will be necessary
- Impact: Our product is used by tens of thousands of learners across Africa and beyond.
- Purpose: a new and ever-growing market, full of opportunities and challenges.
- Culture: work in a multicultural, open-minded, supportive and friendly environment.
- Career opportunities: a chance to join a small team for a big project and quickly become one of the core members.
- Equity compensation
- Job Type: Full-time
Monthly Salary: $4,000.00 to $5,000.00
For interested candidates please attach your CV to the application form
About the recuiterMember since May 20, 2018 Abhishek
from New York, United States