Co-Creation Design Lab is recruiting for a Back-end Engineer for our Design Lab located at Kigali Rwanda.

Design and innovation for Africa by Africa.

We are a research and development lab innovating for social impact. We collaborate with global stakeholders to explore the application of technology to solve Africa’s systemic problems in Public Health, Education, Governance and the Private Sector.

People are at the centre of everything we do. We don’t just design for our users, we design with them. From generating ideas, to testing and prototyping solutions, people are our teammates. We use a human-centred design approach to problem-solving to create value for individuals and communities.

We define design excellence as innovation + social impact. We choose projects based on their potential to create transformational change, especially in the areas of Education, Public Health and Good Governance. At the Design Lab, we apply design-thinking and build innovative products, services and experiences for social good and economic prosperity.

We are looking to hire a Back-end engineer intern, who is eager to solve problems and has the skills and attention to detail to back up their ideas. We move quickly and have a passion for building elegant, scalable solutions. In this role, you will have the opportunity to work alongside and support our other engineering team members to share and learn best practices, as well as actively contribute to helping us build technology solutions. 

Duties & Responsibilities

• Help build simple, fast, resilient, and scalable solutions using back-end (and/or front-end) technologies
• Work with other members of our Engineering staff to help design, develop, test, and/or launch our product line
• Develop features and functions that ultimately improve the experience of users.
• Maintain and expand reporting/analytics capabilities
• Vet and test new backend code, as well as fixes
• Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability
• Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders daily, in real time.
• Open and able to give + receive positive + constructive feedback
• Learn from different team members about the various systems and projects they work on.

Required Education & Experience

• Current student or just recently graduated in Computer Science or related
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Solid knowledge of database structures and algorithms
• Experience or aptitude for implementing scalable software
• Passionate about programming
• Optimistic about facing challenges and converting to success/milestones
• Accepting of shifting priorities 
• Willing to learn
• Basic knowledge of databases
• Basic understanding of programming languages should include JavaScript, Node.js

What's On Offer?

• Work alongside world-class talent 
• A culture of learning and innovation
• Opportunities for career growth and training. 
• Interaction with industry leaders and forward-thinking people
• A chance to make a social difference
• Weekly workouts
• Overall fun company