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Build the systems businesses run on. From the API to the firewall.

A small team in Nairobi, five competencies, and clients whose constraints are real. If you would rather own a problem end to end than pass it along, read on.

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What it is like to work here. Four things that do not change.

Own the whole problem

You will touch the API and the firewall, the data model and the deployment. Nobody here hands work over a wall.

Ship, then stay

We run what we build. The systems you deliver are the systems you improve next quarter, with real users on the other end.

Real constraints

Modest hardware, patchy bandwidth, regulators and auditors. Designing for the conditions that exist is the craft.

Small team, direct lines

You talk to the client, the operations team and the founder. Decisions are made in the room, not in a ticket.

How we hire. Four steps, usually inside two weeks.

  1. 01

    Intro call

    Thirty minutes about what you have built and what you want to build next. No trick questions.

  2. 02

    Practical exercise

    A short, paid piece of real work — a scoped integration, a network design, a data pipeline — done on your own time.

  3. 03

    Team conversation

    Walk the team through your exercise. We are looking at how you think and how you explain, not at a perfect answer.

  4. 04

    Offer

    A written offer within a week of the conversation, with the role, the pay and the start date spelled out.

Open roles. 3 at the moment.

Nothing that fits? Write to us anyway

  • Software Engineer (Full-stack)

    EngineeringFull-timeNairobi · Hybrid

    Build and integrate business systems, APIs and mobile back-ends on a modern DevOps pipeline, and support them in production.

    Apply

  • Network Engineer

    InfrastructureFull-timeNairobi · On site

    Design, migrate and harden client networks — structured cabling, wireless, firewalls — with near-zero downtime.

    Apply

  • Data Analyst

    Data & researchContractNairobi · Hybrid

    Build pipelines and dashboards from the data clients already have, and support field data collection and analysis.

    Apply
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