Senior Software Engineer — Platform

📍 Nairobi, Kenya 💼 On-site ⏰ Full Time 📋 Permanent Contract 🏷️ IT and Telecommunications

Work mode: On-site · Location: Nairobi, Kenya · Schedule: Full Time.

Minimum Experience

1 year

Application Deadline

📅 31 Dec 2026

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Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

Core platform services managing the instrument lifecycle end-to-end; sourcing and structuring through verification, allocation, and retirement.
Architecture that makes data integrity, traceability, and auditability structural properties of the system across multi-party workflows spanning external suppliers, verifiers, and customers.
Design of APIs and data models that synchronize information across internal systems and external sources.

Qualifications:

15–20 years of professional software engineering experience, with significant time architecting and delivering large-scale, production-grade systems.
Deep expertise in backend system design: distributed systems, data modeling, and API design.
Experience building systems where integrity, auditability, and traceability are first-class requirements.
Ability to lead technical initiatives independently with minimal oversight while keeping stakeholders aligned.
Ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences.

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