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Dimagi is a recognized B Corp and Benefit Corporation as well as an award-winning social company. The most commonly used open-source digital platform for frontline workers is CommCare, our flagship product. Governments and businesses from different industries have created specialized mobile, web, and SMS applications on CommCare since 2002 to provide services to underserved communities. Dimagi is not just a tech firm. We are an impact-driven group of caring individuals from all backgrounds who are committed to leveraging business to advance global health and development.

Regarding the Position

The technological direction of Dimagi is handled by the Global Technology Division (GTD). Dimagi is looking for an ambitious applicant with a technical and project management background to help our efforts. This position can be filled remotely from South Africa or from our headquarters in Cape Town, South Africa. It will be necessary for you to plan your working hours so that they either coincide with EST or with those of your immediate team.

Due to the nature of what we offer, the work will be tough, but in a good manner; you’ll get the chance to get right in and learn about a variety of project areas while also having a meaningful, beneficial influence. In order to increase a team’s effectiveness, we are seeking for both leaders and teachers who are charting the team’s strategic course and who carve out time for project management advice, instruction, and mentorship.

Responsibilities

as an engineering manager you will:

• Manage a group of engineers and technical personnel to maximize their potential, contribute to the team’s development, and ensure that team deliverables are completed on time.
• Utilize project management techniques to take responsibility for the execution of technical workstreams. This includes proactively ensuring that technical requirements and deadlines are understood, managing technical efforts, and communicating status updates and information gaps.
• Help determine the importance of technical requests and guide the engineering roadmap by working with our team leads, engineering managers, tech leads, applications engineers, and engineers.
• Conduct retrospectives on product and sprint development to learn how engineering and team processes may be enhanced and refined.
• In order to promote awareness of technical capabilities and constraints, time frames, and expectations to set externally, communicate with our project delivery team.
• To manage and take responsibility for technical project deliverables, work with engineers and requirements owners.
• Organize requests for project resources and streamline communications with delivery teams
• leadership of our external development partners

relevant expertise

• We are primarily searching for people that are intelligent, competent, and impact-driven for this position.
• five or more years of experience managing software teams
• Direct experience managing people as well as proven abilities managing technical projects involving multiple people
• Excellent communication skills, both in writing and speaking.
• experience in project management
• The ability to plan ahead and be organized will lead to successful implementation and follow-through

Extra Skills

• experience in product management or software development
• a working knowledge of some of the technologies we use (Python, Django, SQL, Javascript/jQuery, HTML5/CSS, Knockout, CouchDB, Postgres)
• working in foreign development and/or using technology for social benefit with enthusiasm

Benefits and Reimbursement

• Not only as a business, but also as an employer, we want to change the world. We have a consistent, worldwide pay structure for all positions that is non-negotiable and we are open about salary at all levels of the business. The annual compensation for this position, which is associated with the Cape Town office of Dimagi, is 1,148,057 ZAR.
• The perks we provide are designed to have a significant influence on the wellbeing of our personnel. We’ve listed a handful of our main advantages below:
• 100% of medical coverage provided by the employer
• Employees’ Retirement Fund receives a 5% match.
• Plan for employee stock options
• 30 days of paid vacation time, including holidays
• Excellent parental leave policies and unlimited sick time
• having access to a flexible work schedule policy that enables employees to work

Benefit of Professional Development

Employee Assistance Program (EAP) accessibility through Magellan Healthcare

EEO Employer, Disabled, Veteran

As an equal opportunity employer,

Dimagi. We are dedicated to fostering an inclusive workplace free from harassment and discrimination and we celebrate and encourage diversity. All competent candidates shall be given equal consideration for employment without regard to disability, protected veteran status, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or country origin.

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