Associate Software Engineer

Position Overview

Position Title: Associate Software Engineer

Contract Type: Individual Consultant (Full-Time)

Job Level: Associate

Duration: Fixed Term, One year renewable

Location: Kigali, Rwanda

Context and Background

Smart Africa is an alliance of over 40 African countries, international organizations, and global private sector partners committed to accelerating Africa's digital transformation. Launched in 2013 by seven Heads of State and now representing over one billion people, the Alliance drives sustainable socio-economic development through ICTs and affordable broadband, with a shared vision of creating a single digital market in Africa by 2030.

Under its Technology-Driven Entrepreneurship Program, Smart Africa coordinates the Smart Africa Network of Incubators and Accelerators (SANIA) – a pan-African platform connecting incubators, accelerators, startup support organizations, governments, investors, and development partners to strengthen and scale Africa's entrepreneurship ecosystem.

The SANIA digital platform serves as the operational backbone of this initiative, enabling collaboration and knowledge sharing across the ecosystem. The platform requires continuous technical maintenance, feature development, and user support to ensure reliability, scalability, and an optimal user experience.

Duties and Responsibilities

The Associate Software Engineer will ensure the technical performance, security, and continuous improvement of the SANIA platform across the following areas:

Platform Maintenance & Stability

• Perform day-to-day technical maintenance and monitoring of the platform hosted on AWS EC2 infrastructure
• Monitor system performance, uptime, and security across production environments