Senior Devops Engineer

About One Acre Fund

Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund equips 5.5 million smallholder farmers to make their farms more productive. Across nine countries that together are home to two-thirds of Africa's farmers, we provide high-quality farm supplies, tree seedlings, accessible credit, modern agronomic training, and a wide range of other agricultural services. On average, this model enables any farmer to increase their income and assets on supported land by more than 35 percent, while permanently improving their resilience. This is all made possible by our team of 9,000+ full-time staff, drawn from diverse backgrounds and professions.

To learn more, please see our Why Work Here blog post.

About the Role

Our passionate development team manages a range of web and mobile solutions to support our field operations, from registering millions of farmers and their orders, optimizing delivery truck loads and routes, tracking deliveries, collecting mobile payments, analyzing loan repayments.

Our technologies include C#, NodeJS, CouchBase, Python, Docker/Kubernetes, and our tooling landscape includes GitHub, JIRA, Slack, Azure DevOps.

You will report to the DevOps manager.

Responsibilities

• You will work with a team of about 5 engineers
• Operate a dozen applications our farmers depend on, making up ~200 containers
• Manage and automate our cloud infrastructure based on Kubernetes / Azure / Elasticsearch
• Manage a set of tools to support a smooth development cycle from commit to deployment
• Help shape our architecture decisions

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:

• 5+ years in software development and 3 years of DevOps and or system administration
• High proficiency with Docker and Kubernetes
• Knowledge of CI / build and release tools (Github Actions or ArgoCD)
• Experience working with public Cloud platforms (Azure or AWS)
• Scripting Skills (BASH preferred, powershell/CMD fine)
• Basic knowledge of common application development frameworks (Experience with javascript, C#, Python, SQL or similar languages required)
• Alerting and log aggregation via ELK Stack
• Demonstrated knowledge in performance visibility tools

Preferred Start Date

As soon as possible

Job Location

Nairobi-Kenya, Kigali-Rwanda

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

8 October 2025. Please note that we hire on a rolling basis which means that applications are reviewed and processed on a continuous basis until a hire is made.

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  address. Please report any suspicious communication here ), 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.

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