Engineering Manager
Maisha Meds · Engineering · Lead · 1mo ago
$90k – $160k
per year
Anyone, anywhere in the world can apply.
Applies on the original listing · via Himalayas
Who can apply
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Anyone, anywhere in the world can apply.
“This role is remote (worldwide) with expected travel to our countries of operation.”
Engineers are distributed across North America, Europe, and Africa.
- Async-first
- The listing doesn't promise async-first working.
- Contractor / B2B
- No mention of hiring international contractors or invoicing.
- Global stipend
- No home office or equipment budget mentioned.
- Annual retreat
- Expected to join onsite in countries of operation a couple of times a year.
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About the role
In this role, you will lead and mentor a remote team of 3–6 engineers distributed across North America, Europe, and Africa, initially guiding the patient programs projects team before building out new project teams. You will spend roughly 20% of your time independently contributing technically to deeply understand the end-to-end infrastructure, alongside managing architecture, code reviews, incident response, and occasional product direction. The role requires willingness to travel to Maisha Meds' countries of operation a couple of times a year.
What you'll do
- Manage, coach, and mentor a remote team of 3–6 engineers spanning multiple projects.
- Provide hands-on technical leadership, including architecture, design, code reviews, and incident management.
- Independently contribute to engineering projects 20% of your time to maintain a deep technical understanding of infrastructure.
- Engage directly with stakeholders and handle product/project management duties to translate requirements into action plans.
- Lead hiring and recruiting efforts to scale your engineering team as needed.
What you bring
- Demonstrated engineering management and people leadership experience.
- Hands-on background with software architecture, code reviews, and incident handling.
- Technical familiarity with Ruby on Rails and DevOps on AWS infrastructure.
- Ability to work directly with stakeholders and translate ambiguous needs into technical execution plans.
- Willingness to travel to countries of operation (such as Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, and Tanzania) a couple of times a year.
About Maisha Meds
Founded in 2017, Maisha Meds operates the largest digital network of private pharmacies and clinics across Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Nigeria, and Zambia. Supported by partners like the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and USAID, their software helps providers track inventory, run sales, and deliver subsidized care to low-income patients.
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