Title:

Senior software engineer, Nivi

Business Location(s):

Nairobi, Kenya

Nivi is a marketplace for family planning services that enables customers to seek out family planning advice through a digital voice and text based system, and connect with registered providers of those services. Launched initially in Western Kenya, we are looking for an entrepreneurial go getter who can design, build, and maintain Nivi’s product offerings to enable the service regionally, nationally and internationally in the next two years.

Description: This is a unique opportunity to take on a senior engineering role at an early stage startup. We’re looking for a creative and passionate engineer who has the proven ability to architect and build consumer facing products that are able to scale to support millions of users. The position will be a full-time position with Nivi in Nairobi, with equity.

Responsibilities: Key to this role are the following responsibilities: • • •

Building Nivi’s core platform in a manner that supports the addition of new features and services in rapid fashion The creation of data driven dashboards and backend systems to enable other teams to build out data driven user acquisition and retention strategies, as well as enable partners and customers to access aggregate data in a consumable way Scaling the architecture stack to enable the system to function nationally and internationally with 99.99% uptime

Requirements: • • • • • • • • •

Demonstrated ability with 10+ years’ experience in creating products that have significant user bases and are highly reliable A demonstrated ability to design, develop, test, and deploy applications built upon the principles of microservices architecture Strong proficiency in building out services in the cloud, specifically using AWS Lambda, API Gateway, messaging technologies such as SNS and SQS, caching services such as Memcached and Redis, and data stores such as MongoDB, RDS, and Cassandra The ability to create automated test suites to enable unit and functional testing locally, and the ability to integrate code into a CI pipeline The ability to design and develop user testing frameworks that allow for rapid feedback and incorporation of feature changes into a product The ability to communicate technical and product concepts to non-technical audiences Demonstrated ability to work in a collaborative environment to develop shipping products An ability to think creatively and adjust according to shifting requirements Proficiency in Node.js is strongly preferred though not an absolute requirement if proficiency is shown in other languages that are similar th

Interested candidates who meet the above required qualifications and experience should submit on or before June 15 , 2017 a cover letter, detailed Curriculum Vitae (CV) listing three professional references to [email protected]. Applicants must clearly indicate on the email subject: “Senior software engineer”. Applications without the right subject heading will automatically be disqualified. Please do not attach any certificates. Only qualified short-listed candidates will be contacted.