Software Engineer

Summary of Position

We are looking for a software engineer with strong backend capabilities who fully identifies with our mission, wants to develop excellent products for low-resource languages, and who has the potential to be a long-term core member of the team. This is a full-time position with a 3-month probation, and will report directly to the CEO. 

Benefits

• Compensation will be set at your fair market wage benchmarked using glassdoor.com, and will be paid in a combination of cash and equity: (i) cash component of $2,000/month, (ii) equity component valued at the remainder of your fair market wage, following an employee stock option model called Slicing the Pie.
• Flexible leave policy and work-hours.
• Eligible to receive performance bonuses at the end of the year.
• You may work remotely or in our offices in Cape Town when they are re-opened.

Duties and Responsibilities

• You will be an early employee of the company, and your character will shape Uliza.
• Develop and maintain Uliza’s crowd-work app.
• Integrate R&D projects in NLP and ASR software for low-resource languages with our app.
• Develop automated communication services, including IVR & SMS using Telerivet’s API.
• Develop scripts that make our work more scalable, such as automating quality checks.
• You will work closely with the CEO to manage other operational requirements, including designing new projects and hiring additional personnel as the company grows.

Ideal Qualifications

• You are a strong backend developer who has experience making decisions about system architecture and has some experience with frontend design.
• Experience programming in and utilizing one or more of these languages and frameworks: Python, JavaScript, PHP, Node, Django, Laravel, PostgreSQL, React, Vue.
• Experience working with cloud systems; builds, deployments, configurations, monitoring, etc. Prior work with AWS is a plus.
• Good at understanding the needs of our clients and will independently find solutions.
• Experience analysing, cleaning, and presenting data. Prior work with Python Pandas a plus.
• You want to work in a startup environment where your decision-making and grit matter.