Senior Software Engineer
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Job Summary
AMI is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to build extend and evolve the technical infrastructure powering AMIs digital learning platform and coach bot services across Africa. This is a senior role with team leadership responsibilities working on an established production codebase serving hundreds of thousands of learners.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Learning Platform & Content Delivery
Build extend and evolve AMIs core learning platform currently an Elixir/Phoenix umbrella application (LiveView Ecto PostgreSQL) serving entrepreneurs company employees and young people across AMIs program portfolio.
Work across the platforms web moderator/admin and API surfaces extending existing services and adding new ones as program requirements evolve.
Work closely with the Learning and Content teams to translate program requirements into robust scalable technical solutions.
Create internal tools that let product and program teams design and run experiments across digital services (testing content type delivery schedule and participant nudges) and surface clear insights.
Data Infrastructure & Engineering
Design and maintain data pipelines integrating diverse sources (application forms surveys platform events and third-party tools) into a unified reliable data layer.
Instrument the platform to support rigorous measurement of program effectiveness enabling data-driven improvement across services.
Propose design and run experiments with clear hypotheses and measurable outcomes translating results into actionable product recommendations.
Coach Bot & AI Features
Link pre-programme data (application forms participant surveys) with platform data to give the coach bot a complete contextual view of each participant reducing repetitive data collection and enabling personalized coaching from day one.
Contribute to coach bot features (prompt engineering conversation design and AI-powered personalization of nudges content and scheduling) in collaboration with the coach bot service team.
Integrate LLM capabilities (RAG fine-tuning or AI-powered features) into the learning platform to improve coaching quality and participant outcomes.
Bachelors degree in Computer Science Software Engineering or a related field or equivalent practical experience.
10 years of professional software engineering experience at a tech or product-driven company with most of that time in a senior or lead capacity on production systems.
Technical leadership: has led or mentored other engineers owned delivery of significant features or systems end-to-end and set technical direction within a team.
Elixir and Phoenix: strong hands-on experience including Phoenix LiveView. This role works on an existing production Elixir/Phoenix codebase from day one; a solid full-stack background is expected.
Solid working experience with PostgreSQL (schema design query performance migrations) and comfort with an ORM/query layer (Ecto is the layer used in this codebase).
Proficient in TypeScript / React for frontend work and comfortable in Python for data pipelines and coach-bot services.
AI/LLM familiarity: Hands-on with RAG prompt engineering or shipping AI-powered product features. Formal machine-learning-engineering expertise is not required; practical experience integrating AI into a product is.
Strong data engineering skills: integrating diverse sources and building reliable pipelines.
Experience with cloud platforms (AWS GCP or Azure).
Career track record: longer-term engagements at product- or tech-driven companies showing ownership across full product life cycles.
Clear communicator who works comfortably with non-technical colleagues across program content and leadership teams.
Proactive and ownership-driven: identifies problems takes initiative and follows through without waiting to be directed.
Deeper hands-on experience with Elixir/Phoenix LiveView and Ecto.
Background designing and running rigorous experiments using SQL Python or R and translating results into clear product recommendations.
Experience with background job processing frameworks (e.g. Oban) Phoenix Channels or building multi-tenant SaaS platforms.
Experience in ed-tech learning technology the social sector or emerging markets
A high-impact diverse and ambitious team with common values:
- Be the best: We work really hard are proud of what we do and love delighting our clients with quality.
- Own it: We step up to the task never pass the buck and hold ourselves accountable for delivering results.
- Push the limits: We ask why embrace failure and try new things. We never settle.
- Do whats right: We act with integrity confront dishonesty treat people fairly and strive to contribute to the greater good
- Always care: We dont have ego its always team before me. We are kind we celebrate each others success and we care enough to give honest feedback.
A dynamic office & team life
- Regular learning and coaching opportunities
- A hybrid working model
Required Skills:
Bachelors degree in Business Marketing or a related field Minimum of 4 years experience in business development strategic partnerships or B2B/enterprise sales Proven experience operating in fast-paced high-growth or entrepreneurial environments Demonstrated experience in B2B business development with a strong track record of driving revenue growth Proven ability to engage influence and sell to senior stakeholders including CEOs and executive leadership teams Track record of successfully closing mid- to high-value deals (USD 7800) Strong client relationship management experience with the ability to build and sustain long-term partnerships High level of commercial acumen including pipeline management opportunity prioritization and deal structuring Excellent communication presentation and negotiation skills Strong ownership mindset with the ability to operate independently and drive results Strategic thinker with a passion for driving business growth and impact across Africa
