Kibo is an online university that offers STEM degrees to African students, starting with computer science. We’re on a mission to educate the next billion by using technology to deliver affordable and high-quality learning at scale.
About the Role
We’re hiring an Engineer to help build our custom learning platform. As part of the team, you will be a key owner of a project that will have a huge impact on our company, faculty, and learners. You’ll work with a small team of 2 engineers, a Product Designer, as well as our CPO and CEO.
We are looking to move very fast, and are looking for an experienced Software Engineer. In the past 6 months, we shipped an MVP with:
- Backend: Flask
- Database: Postgres
- Frontend: React/Next
In addition to building features within the app, you will also work on integration with third-party APIs, especially Airlock, our accreditation management platform.
Required skills
- 4+ years of professional experience building web applications
- Strong Python and JavaScript development skills
- Experience with React and Next
- Experience writing unit, integration, and end-to-end tests
- Practice with disciplined software engineering (e.g. CI, automated testing, code reviews, etc.)
- Excellent communication skills, especially in written format (Slack, Asana, Google Docs)
- A solid product sense: we want to make robust technical decisions with the needs of our users and the business at the forefront
- Self-driven; able to work independently and collaboratively in a remote environment
- Flexibility in skill-learning and a motivation to learn new things
Nice-to-have skills
- A love of education and/or edtech
- Basic knowledge of Google Cloud Platform
- A passion for automated testing
- Experience building, deploying, and testing Progressive Web Apps
- Experience with Unified.js, SWR, or workbox
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