Senior Product Engineer / Front End Engineer

About the role

This role is responsible for building outstanding SaaS products to drive the success of businesses in Africa and beyond. As a Senior Product Engineer, you will build various aspects of Ajua’s product suite to serve and ensure impact on Ajua clients’ businesses.

Key responsibilities

• Lead Ajua’s product suite toward the Integrated Customer Experience Platform through an MVP launch and beyond.
• Lead a cross‑functional team of engineers and designers through an agile development process.
• Maintain and improve platform uptime, stability, usability, and performance.
• Design, guide, mentor and challenge product architecture and design.
• Understand customer pain points through research, prototype solutions, iterate and launch frequently.
• Work with data scientists to develop rich, value‑added features and with operations to automate solutions.

Required profile

• Hands‑on product management experience with both web and mobile products.
• Proven track record of building products that users love.
• Strong understanding and experience in JavaScript and frameworks like React.
• Experience with customer research and product analytics.
• Entrepreneurial attitude with deep empathy for customers.
• Strong written and interpersonal communication skills.

Required skills

• JavaScript
• React
• Algorithms
• Data structures
• Distributed systems

What we offer

• Competitive salary and stock options.
• Dental, optical and medical insurance.
• Great and fun work environment with brilliant minds.
• Growth‑stage startup experience.