Open Vacancies at Triggerise

The Job

• As the Marketing and Communication manager at Tiko, you’ll work together with the Marketing team to ensure that our message is delivered in a relevant, meaningful, and effective way.

You’ll do this, by: 

• Carrying out our platform marketing strategy; bringing insights about our users, their needs and motivations, and their on and offline behaviour.
• Translating our strategy and marketing plans into an action plan will drive demand for our membership and services - this will include developing and executing content, brand materials, social media engagement, and continuous flow messages. 
• Bringing in field operations insights from the markets to continuously improve how we drive demand and engage our users. 
• Keeping abreast of the latest marketing trends and movements in the market, and finding ways to boost the platform's visibility. 
• Identifying strategic branding opportunities or partnerships which will put Tiko at the forefront of our target audience’s mind. 

About You

Requirements

• Relevant university qualification in Marketing, Business Management, or similar
• Proven experience in brand marketing with a track record of managing and growing a brand, including at least 3 years as an Assistant Brand Manager or 1-2 years as a Brand Manager
• Demonstrated ability in setting strategic marketing directions and executing plans independently
• Strong experience in leading agency relationships, with the capability to articulate campaign results and insights
• You are currently based in Johannesburg, South Africa (mandatory).

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Responsibilities:

• Coordinate the work of the data team and actively participate in cross-team projects.
• Ensure data is readily available from multiple sources.
• Analyze data and identify trends using developed and maintained tools.
• Contribute to donor reporting efforts.

About you

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience working with complex data sets and expertise in data and tools.
• At least 1 year of experience in leading a data engineering team is required.
• Extensive software development experience, including expertise in programming languages such as Python, Java, or Scala.
• Demonstrated proficiency in handling large volumes of data efficiently.
• Experience with technologies such as Apache Spark, Hadoop, or Apache Kafka.
• Familiarity with data modeling, ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes, and data warehousing concepts.
• Advanced working knowledge of SQL and experience with relational databases. 
• Machine learning knowledge or experience would be a bonus.

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The Job

• Our Java Engineering Team Lead is responsible for leading and developing a team of talented software engineers and creating and maintaining the software that allows our platform to function.

Other responsibilities include:

• Lead and develop the individuals in your team.
• The maintenance and development of new features on our software platform.
• Our team works in an agile way and you will be part of the rituals and practices.
• Coordination of the work that the software engineering team need to do.
• Applying software engineering principles to the design, development, maintenance, testing, and evaluation of our software.
• Ensuring that the software you develop is secure and safe when it comes to data protection.
• You document your work and make sure that your documentation is clear and understandable for future use by others.

About You

Requirements:  

• Minimum of 8 years of experience in software development 
• 3 years of experience managing a team of backend developers
• Experience within Microservices and AWS  
• Experience or knowledge of Salesforce CRM would be a plus
• You have worked extensively with several Java backend tools and frameworks.
• You don’t want to just write code, you want to build scalable systems with quality
• You are willing to learn. We use SpringBoot, JUnit, Testcontainers, Flyway, PostgreSQL among others (You don't need to have experience with the tools we are currently using, we can help you).  
• You are based in Portugal/South Africa/Kenya.
• You have excellent English skills.