Position Title: Software Engineer
Location: Nairobi
Number of Positions: 1
About Bridge International Academies
Bridge International Academies is a for-profit startup company revolutionizing education across Africa with a unique business model. The company runs a large-scale network of low-cost primary schools in Kenya that significantly outperforms other primary schools in the same areas because of our “school in a box” systems.
Our schools profitably deliver this high-quality education for less than $4 per
child per month, which enable the schools to cover all their costs and create a
profitable central organization at scale. We have launched 37 schools in Kenya,
we will double in size in the next 6 months, and plan to rapidly scale the
company to serve more than 1 million students across the continent.Location: Nairobi
Number of Positions: 1
About Bridge International Academies
Bridge International Academies is a for-profit startup company revolutionizing education across Africa with a unique business model. The company runs a large-scale network of low-cost primary schools in Kenya that significantly outperforms other primary schools in the same areas because of our “school in a box” systems.
About the Position
We have and are continuing to develop one of the most sophisticated approaches to providing affordable education to MILLIONS of children in one of the most challenging environments in the world.
We have a need to recruit for the position of Software Engineerto build software tools that will support the operations for the network of schools.
Responsibilities
- Writing
code for new software systems and maintenance of existing software systems
- Designing
databases and writing queries in SQL
- Testing
and debugging software
- Providing
second line technical support to in-house users of software developed by
our team
About You
Successful candidates must possess:
Successful candidates must possess:
- Good
problem solving skills
- Be
detail oriented
- Good
time management skills
- Good
analytical skills
- Ability
to work with a team
- Ability
to be adaptable and flexible
- Good
communication skills
Specialist knowledge required
- Knowledge
of multiple programming languages and frameworks
- Ability
to independently develop software
- Experience
with C#, MS SQL Server, PHP, Java, Android, MySQL or SugarCRM
- Knowledge
and experience of professional software practices including source code
control, defect tracking, unit testing and code reviews
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