*about the company*:
max is a team of passionate people building digital infrastructure to deliver the future of mobility in africa and emerging markets.
At max, you’ll have a unique opportunity to align your passion with a meaningful mission. You will get a real opportunity to grow and make a real lasting impact on the lives of millions of people, and help deliver access to safe, reliable, affordable and sustainable transportation.
*we are powering africa’s forward movement*, and this is being actualized through our
transformative mission*:making mobility safe, affordable, accessible and sustainable*
*through the deployment of high-performance technology and operators.*
we are building the largest vehicle subscription and financial services platform for commercial drivers and transport operators across africa. Our proprietary technology is enabling drivers with no banking history* to access low to zero emission vehicles, insurance, digital wallets and ehailing services on a subscription basis*.
From 2019 to 2020, we scaled from 200 to more than 10,000 drivers and have raised more than $40m to achieve our mission. Our goal is to serve 14 million gig drivers across africa's $250b mobility industry. In the short term, we are scaling our impact to 100,000 drivers across 10 cities in 3 countries.
*our proposal*:
we are looking for someone who will oversee all technical aspects and technological resources of max to drive organizational growth.
*what you'll be doing*:
- *oversee* all software development plans from ideation to execution.
- collaborate with the teams and departments to* produce software design and architecture.*:
- *d*rive key performance indicators* across all areas of the engineering function to ensure that all projects are delivered on cost and on time to the highest quality standards.
- *design strategies* for future development projects based on the company's overall objectives and resources.
- *provide clear leadership and vision*, inspire and motivate staff to achieve excellence, and mentor them as they develop new skills (code reviews).
- *maintain, update, refactor and debug* new and existing codes.
- *develop ideas for new programs, products, or features *by monitoring the industry developments & trends.
- *coordinate with external stakeholders* for new integrations and tools.
- *record and report data* to the appropriate parties, such as clients, leadership or
management.
- *ensure quality control* for all code rollout from the engineering department.
- *work with hr *to assess, hire and mentor new developers.
*it can be a perfect match if you meet*:
- degree in computer science, engineering, or other related fields.
- *10+ years of hands-on experience* in backend & frontend *software development* using php and mysql or any other *backend languages*.
- *4+ years* of experience working with* laravel and/or lumen or express or django and/or django rest framework.*:
- *at least 5 years* in *tech leadership.*:
- good knowledge of* ci/cd* deployment pipeline.
*it would also be a plus if you...*
- experience in nodejs, reactjs and mongodb would be an added advantage
*what do we offer?*
- diverse and international team
- the max work environment offers drive, empathy, humility, initiative, candor, and collaboration
- competitive salary in usd, eu or local coin
- full medical coverage
- 100% remote - work from anywhere
- be part of a social impact company
- join an eco-friendly project ️