Background information about the job or company (e.g., role context, company overview)

Sustainet E.A. is a Non- governmental organization promoting sustainable agricultural practices in East and Horns of Africa. Our network includes 209 NGOs/CBOs from the region with a reach out of 1.5 million small-holder farmers. Sustainet E.A. Focuses on promotion of sustainable agricultural practices aimed at eradicating hunger and poverty through increas...

Qualifications or requirements (e.g., education, skills)

Education/training: university degree in computer science, data science, software engineering, information systems, or related technical discipline. Language: C1-level language proficiency in English

Experience needed

General professional experience: 3 years in data engineering, or data science for development applications.

Specific professional experience: 3 years in building data platforms; experience with interoperability standards and APIs.

Regional experience: 3 years in Latin America or Africa or Asia Development Cooperation (DC) experience: 3 years in participating in DC projects or partnerships delivering digital public goods, open-source tools, or capacity strengthening in development contexts.

Other: 3 years of experience with smallholders or agricultural MSMEs X K

• Specify technical requirements and data models aligned with governance and value-chain needs; assess interoperability needs, offline/low-connectivity constraints and traceability technical specs; advise on consent capture flow implications for technical design and security.
• Design system architecture and technical specifications for the data wallet; build prototype mobile/web application (offline-first, low-bandwidth); implement identity/authentication, consent management, encryption and key management; develop APIs, interoperability layers and ETL/data quality pipelines; implement traceability features (geo-tags, timestamps, photo evidence) and tamper-evidence; implement privacy-preserving analytics and anonymization; lead testing and deploy prototype; manage DevOps and open-source repo/documentation.
• Deploy and configure applications in pilot sites; manage offline sync and local integrations; provide technical troubleshooting, security hardening and data quality monitoring; build dashboards and analytics to support MEL and pilot monitoring.
• Provide technical handover (developer documentation, runbooks, maintenance plans); train SAFE staff and local IT teams on deployment, integration, and repository management.

• university degree in computer science, data science, software engineering, information systems, or related technical discipline.
• C1-level language proficiency in English