About One Acre Fund

Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund supplies 1 million smallholder farmers with the agricultural services they need to make their farms vastly more productive. Our 8,000+ team is drawn from diverse backgrounds and professions. With operations across six core countries in Africa, we make farmers more prosperous by providing quality farm supplies on credit, delivered within walking distance of farmers’ homes, and agricultural training to improve harvests. On average, the farmers we serve harvest 50 percent more food after working with One Acre Fund.

To learn more about our work, take a look at our Why Work Here blog for more information.

About the Role

Our ~70-strong Tech team is in charge of delivering and operating a broad range of IT solutions to support our activity, including both internal developments and off-the-shelf enterprise solutions used by farmers and field or HQ staff. This includes e.g. mobile apps for field staff to manage farmer’s orders and loans or track deliveries, BI solutions to analyze farmer yields, farmer-facing services through e.g. Whatsapp or USSD to manage their accounts, or back-office solutions to manage employee information and requests.

Our data engineering and analytics teams are 6+ strong and leverage a technical stack made of Airbyte, Dataiku, Snowflake, Apache Superset

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of 1-2 Data Scientists, and report to the Head of Data and Analytics
• Data Analytics:
  • Select and implement data analytics tools that fit our needs
  • Develop reference dashboards and reports to support our decision-making
  • Conduct ad-hoc analysis projects on behalf of business partners
  • Perform evangelism to promote the value of a data-driven culture
  • Provide support and training to business teams to empower them to use self-service analytics tools
• AI & Machine Learning:
  • Develop our AI tooling stack and infrastructure
  • Design models to power our AI/ML-based application features
  • e.g. LLMs for chatbots, CV models for disease identification or ID verification, classification for customer credit risk, forecasting models for yield and fertilizer prices, …
  • Collaborate with application teams to identify areas of AI potential and integrate models
• Continuous Improvement:
  • Stay updated with industry trends and emerging AI/ML/BI technologies, running experiments and prototypes whenever required
  • Anticipate data-related business and technical needs

Career Growth and Development

We have a strong culture of constant learning and we invest in developing our people. You’ll have weekly check-ins with your manager, access to mentorship and training programs, and regular feedback on your performance. We hold career reviews every six months, and set aside time to discuss your aspirations and career goals. You’ll have the opportunity to shape a growing organization and build a rewarding long-term career.

Qualifications

Across all roles, these are the general qualifications we look for. For this role specifically, you will have:

• 6+ years of experience in the software industry, including 3+ years in a data / BI role
• Significant experience in BI tools such as Tableau, Power BI, Looker, Superset, and data processing and querying languages (numpy, pandas, R, SQL…)
• Experience in machine learning algorithms and frameworks (TensorFlow, pytorch, scikit-learn, LangChain…)
• Excellent analytical skills
• A background in agriculture or African development is appreciated

Preferred Start Date

As soon as possible

Job Location

Kigali, Rwanda (but remote option possible from any of our 8 countries of operation in Africa)

Benefits

Health insurance, housing, and comprehensive benefits

Eligibility

One Acre Fund can support a work permit for this role. However, nationals of (or those with an extensive professional background and work history in) our countries of operation are preferred.

Application Deadline

12 November 2024

One Acre Fund never asks candidates to pay any money or pay for tests at any stage of the interview process. Official One Acre Fund emails will always arrive from an @oneacrefund.org address. Please report any suspicious communication here (globalhotline@oneacrefund.org), but do not send applications or application materials to this email address.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI), and anti-racism are deeply connected to our organization’s mission and purpose. One Acre Fund aspires to build a culture where all staff feel consistently valued, represented, and connected – so that our team can thrive as professionals, and achieve exceptional impact for the farmers we serve.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.