Careers
Solve the world's most important problem!
Careers
Solve the world's most important problem!
These roles are only for VERY dedicated & uniquely capably applicants. We expect you to have experience, curiosity, be kind & honest, work VERY hard, be comfortable with extreme ambiguity & variability, wear all of the hats. This is a startup among startups.
In exchange, we will be building VERY quickly some VERY exciting products that you are sure to be proud of. The type of stuff that will become your life's mission. We will be helping A LOT of people. Perhaps more than any other current human effort.
Availability to work both remotely & in person - ideally in Accra, Ghana (dynamics will shift over time)
Ability to work both as part time contract & full time (dynamics will shift over time)
Strong mission alignment
Highly collaborative, cooperative, constructive, amiable, & excited
Extremely honest, hardworking, responsible, & punctual
Fluent in English (& ideally several native Ghanaian languages)
All postions are in the Accra, Ghana region. Expectations are to begin remotely & transition to fully in-person. The office is currently located in East Legon. Work will begin as contract with milestone-based deliverables with the intention of transitioning to full-time if the mutual fit is good. As a startup, this is a dynamic environment, & expect things to change quickly.
As a founding member of the design team, you will be expected to be able to do / figure out EVERYTHING. We need not just a jack of all trades, but an ace of all trades. You will flex into many different roles - including user research, UI design, UX design, industrial design, marketing design, communications, graphics, ergonomics, copy, art, fashion, service design, typography, sound design, brand, advertising, public relations, strategy ... you name it. This role will soon split into 2 roles - physical design & digital design - so it's okay if 1 is stronger than the other - we will fill in our gaps as we grow!
Qualifications
Design-related degree
Multidisciplinary design experience across physical, digital, & marketing design (can be hobby or side work)
Familiarity with Ghanaian users, culture, customs, design language
Ability & experience doing field research both in urban & rural Subsaharan Africa locations
As a founding member of the software team, you will be expected to be able to do / figure out EVERYTHING. We are not talking full-stack, we are talking OVERFLOWING STACK. More like a PILE or perhaps small mountain. Front-end, back-end, firmware, AI, robotics, auth, security, sensors, comms, actuators, UIs, mobile, finance, computer vision, web, architecture... you name it. This role will soon split into several roles - front end, back end, embedded, etc. - so it's okay if 1 is stronger than the others - we will fill in our gaps as we grow!
Qualifications
Programming-related degree
Multidisciplinary programming experience