Senior Software Engineer
Nairobi 🇰🇪 or London 🇬🇧
The role
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Software Engineer to join our dynamic team and help us boost our Briter Intelligence platform and develop new products. We are looking for a candidate with a strong background in Golang development, AWS infrastructure, and database management, coupled with a passion for building end-to-end B2B software and dashboards. You will be responsible for architecting and developing scalable backend applications, integrating machine learning models, and ensuring the seamless performance of our Intelligence platform.
Key Responsibilities
Design, develop, and maintain high-performance backend applications using Golang.
Architect and manage AWS infrastructure to ensure high availability, scalability, and security.
Administer PostgreSQL databases, Elasticsearch, and Redis to ensure efficient data storage and retrieval.
Implement and manage GraphQL servers to facilitate efficient data querying and manipulation.
Develop user interfaces with React, GraphQL, CSS-in-JS frameworks, Tailwind, and reusable components.
Integrate and work with machine learning models, including OpenAI, NLP, and text extraction techniques.
Collaborate with the Data, Product, and Management teams to define, design, and ship new features.
Mentor junior engineers, manage contractors, and provide technical guidance and support.
Qualifications
5+ years of proven experience with Golang development.
5+ years of proven experience working with AWS.
5+ years of proven experience managing PostgreSQL databases, Elasticsearch, and Redis.
2+ years of proven experience with GraphQL server implementation.
Proven experience building user interfaces with React, GraphQL, CSS-in-JS frameworks, Tailwind, and reusable components.
Proven experience working with ML models, OpenAI integration, NLP, and text extraction techniques.
Proven experience architecting, designing, and building large-scale backend applications with Golang.
Strong problem-solving skills and ability to think algorithmically.
Excellent communication skills and ability to work in a collaborative environment.
Good-to-haves
Experience building business intelligence platforms.
Familiarity with data visualisation tools and techniques.
Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
Experience building mobile apps.
Benefits
Competitive salary and benefits package.
Flexible working hours and remote work options.
Professional development opportunities and career growth to Director roles within the firm.
Perks and fun
🦸🏻 A cute avatar and personalised mug :)
🏄🏻 Flexibility in hours, and the opportunity for hybrid work;
💻 A company Macbook;
📍 Co-working in the heart of Nairobi 🇰🇪 or London 🇬🇧;
✍🏽 Name added to any reports published you’ll work on;
🥂 A friendly and fun international team;
🛫 Opportunities to travel and attend events globally;
🤓 Opportunity and support to build personal brand and network;
Location
The Senior Software Engineer role can be based in Nairobi or London.
Note that applicants for this role must have a legal right to work and live in the country.
Deadline for applications
To apply, please send your CV, cover letter and portfolio/samples of previous work to jobs[at]briterbridges.com by September 31st, 2024.
About Briter
Briter is on a mission to build the go-to point of reference for emerging markets’ data and our team believes in the ability of better information to drive a proactive, business and opportunity-centred narrative. More and clearer data have the potential to boost business, creative, and investment activity, and Briter has been relentlessly working alongside several public and private stakeholders to create an accessible portal to knowledge about underserved markets.
In May 2020, Briter unveiled ‘Intelligence’, its unrivalled proprietary database and analytics platform which comprises data on private and public sector organisations including SMEs, listed companies, hubs, investors, and ecosystem supporters spanning across Africa and other emerging markets, such as South Asia and the Middle East. Since launching, Intelligence counts over a thousand users and represents a point of reference for several leading institutions globally. Briter are also publishing state of the art research based on the underlying data, and have built leading industry reports with organisations such as the World Bank, FCDO, and the World Food Programme.
Briter saw the light as a digital publication in late 2018 and quickly converted into a data-driven research firm focused on analysing business environments across underserved markets - i.e. those lacking the adequate supply of information able to showcase the number of opportunities they offer. Briter has released the largest collection of visualisations focused on technology ecosystems across Africa, South Asia and MENA and its research has grown to become a point of reference for major corporates, international organisations, governmental institutions, and investors.
Its work has now been featured in major media outlets such as CNN, Financial Times, TechCrunch, Forbes, African Business, Quartz, The Africa Report, and several major regional magazines. Briter’s ultimate goal consists of building a constructive narrative about business, creative, and investment opportunities across underserved economies by means of making more data available and digestible.