Worldreader believes in a world where everyone can be a reader.

With low-cost technology, culturally-relevant digital books, and a network of corporate and nonprofit partners, Worldreader helps millions of children and families in the developing world read throughout their lives. Browse our library on your mobile phone: http://read.worldreader.org

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Worldreader is seeking a dynamic, detail-oriented intern with an interest in international development to support the Marketing &amp; Communications (MarCom) team. Because the MarCom team supports the entire global organization, the position provides an opportunity to learn about Worldreader’s impact and play a vital role in its global visibility. The Worldreader marketing and communications intern will support the team with a variety of tasks related to building out internal systems, supporting visibility efforts, and producing marketing materials. The role reports to the senior marketing manager and senior brand content manager, both based in Barcelona with oversight from the senior director of global marketing &amp; communications.&nbsp;

Intern, Marketing & Communications, E. Africa

You are an experienced, hands-on senior Node.js engineer eager to participate in engineering and maintaining the next generation of Worldreader’s software, visited by millions of users a month. You’ll have your hands in our backend systems, be responsible for code health and ongoing evolution, and will take care of the entire lifecycle of the different systems. Most importantly, the products you develop are used globally to help children and adults learn and improve their reading skills.&nbsp; This role is located in Accra with the option to work remotely from another location in Ghana; applicants&nbsp;must&nbsp;have the authorization to work in Ghana.&nbsp;

The ideal candidate has proven experience in implementing web applications across the full stack, including deployment to the cloud.

The software team is charged with developing Worldreader products used by more than 500,000 readers every month. These include a web application, multiple Android apps, in-house book management tools, and supporting backends. We use a wide range of technologies and work at scale, handling over 4M web visitors a month and our redshift database has grown to over 350M rows.&nbsp;Our teams are distributed across continents and we offer remote work preferences.&nbsp;

This position will report to the Backend Lead. You will preferably be based in Accra, Ghana.

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