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Esoko seeks to empower individuals and organizations with innovative (mobile) communication tools and information that improves how markets work. We are in 15 African countries and expanding rapidly. With a special focus on rural and informal markets, we hope to use technology in such a way to improve livelihoods for the poorest. We\u2019re a highly motivated group of 41 based in Accra, and supported by Acumen, AHL Partners among others.<\/p>\n
Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n Job Title:\u00a0Senior Technical Product Manager<\/strong><\/p>\n Esoko Products<\/strong><\/p>\n The product consists of a range of mobile services managed through the cloud. We offer a powerful but simple generic data digitization services that supports organizations to convert from paper records into digital platform. Our product also includes a Digital Farmer Service that allow farmers to access a variety of critical services including credit, insurance and agricultural content.<\/p>\n Overall objectives in the technology group\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The technology group at Esoko has a primary objective to build and deploy Africa\u2019s most powerful generic data digitization system integrated with channels for critical service delivery through a well-designed, robust, feature-rich, easy-to-use and scalable application. It is also the group\u2019s objective to build a company and work environment that demonstrates African leadership in software innovation and contributes to a positive image of the emerging knowledge economy in certain key countries.<\/p>\n Roles available<\/strong><\/p>\n The team has mastered the tools employed in the development process and would benefit only from individuals who possess in-depth knowledge in product development process as well as mobile and web software development and are able to impart such knowledge and assist in building capacity. The role requires a person with interests in the following:<\/p>\n Profile of the Teams & Skills<\/strong><\/p>\n The team is made up of 41 of the best software engineers and business development folks from Ghana, France and the broader West Africa. We are growing rapidly. These are young, energetic, knowledgeable and highly motivated individuals, equipped with diverse skill sets, covering the following areas; PHP, Java, SQL, SMPP, HTML, AJAX, JavaScript (Nodejs and Reactjs) distributed web & mobile applications, PostgreSQL, Elastic Search, Redis, Asterisk J2ME, Android, Apache among others. The team structure:<\/p>\n Typical engagement and your role\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Overview of the product and engineering process<\/strong><\/p>\n The product development process goes though documentation product features as user stories into a a product backlog. The product team with consultation with relevant stake holders prioritizes the stories into a road map which drives product development\/engineering. The development process is an agile\/scrum process involving bi-weekly sprints. The product manager and engineering team plan for every two weeks in a sprint planning session, this is then followed by daily stand ups and a sprint retrospective at the end of cycle. All features the have been developed in the sprint is deployed to customers<\/p>\n About you<\/strong><\/p>\n Esoko seeks to empower individuals and organizations with innovative (mobile) communication tools and information that improves how markets work. We are in 15 African countries and expanding rapidly. 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