We collect the waste every day and safely remove it from the community. We convert the waste into valuable by-products, such as organic fertilizer and renewable energy. Finally, we sell the byproducts to Kenyan farmers.

Role & Responsibilities

• Leading the development of custom enterprise software to power and improve the efficiency of our rigorous processes across the network.
• Review existing systems and processes and recommend and design new solutions including running prototypes and pilot tests to evaluate new ideas.
• Review workflows, user interaction and user interfaces for new software solutions before they are developed and recommend improvements.

• Developing standards and guidelines for software design and coding to be used by the software team.
• Recommend and implement sound database design and optimisation techniques for transactional and analytical databases.
• Documentation of requirements analysis, functional specifications and UI designs using standard software documentation notation.
• Ensuring that our IT systems will scale in line with the overall organisation growth strategy.

• Leading of software development resources (in-house and contracted) on architecture improvement projects; customising internal systems with off the shelf software.
• Own the software release process including planning and coordinating the timing, schedule and deployment of software releases being done by the different teams
• Maintain and improve software configuration management practices and tools including bug tracking, version control, software builds, and deployment.
• Evaluate and recommend improvements to software development processes and policies in the organisation.

• Follow new developments in technology and recommend creative and innovative uses of technology to solve business problems.
• Project management for software projects; ensuring milestones and deliverables are satisfactorily met.
• Supporting in-house users of our custom software and problem solving.
• Provide mentorship and general knowledge transfer in matters IT related to members of the IT team.

• Degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering/ Computing. Masters in IT-related field and software development certifications will be an added advantage.
• 5 years demonstrable experience in C#/.NET, Java and Android software development. In addition Database design and advanced SQL knowledge will be required. Experience in SalesForce and/or Apex development is desirable.
• Experience in QA and testing and Agile software development will be highly desirable.
• Customisation, development and support of systems that are critical to the day to day operations of medium and large organizations (ERP, financial systems, CRM, MRP e.t.c..).
• Knowledge and experience with professional software development practices and tools including source code control, defect tracking, unit testing and code reviews.
• Ability to design creative cost effective solutions given limited resources.
• Experience taking software projects through the entire software lifecycle (requirements analysis, design, implementation, deployment, post deployment support).
• Experience leading teams through brainstorms / innovation sessions / workshops.
• Strong problem solving skills and analytical skills
• Strong training and mentorship ability.
• Experience working in a social enterprise  or NGO setting will be desirable
• Understand what the objectives or needs of the teams are, and find a way to get 80% of the benefit for 20% of the cost.