Systems Engineer at Ubulu Africa

About the Role

• This is a role for an engineer who gives as much attention to how a system is designed as to how it is built. 
• You will work on the architecture of Ubulu Africa's digital platforms - defining how services are structured, how integrations are managed, and how technical decisions made today carry the weight of what comes next.
• You will collaborate across the Engineering & AI team, bringing systems thinking to product development and ensuring that what gets built is coherent, scalable, and well-documented from the architecture level down.

Who You Will Do

• Design and document system architectures for Ubulu Africa's digital platforms and services - covering structure, integration patterns, data flows, and scalability considerations
• Translate product and programme requirements into clear technical specifications that the engineering team can build from with confidence
• Identify and address architectural risks - evaluating trade-offs and making recommendations that balance ambition with engineering pragmatism
• Define and maintain technical standards and integration patterns across the platform portfolio
• Collaborate with cloud and platform, data and AI, and product teams to ensure architectural coherence across all layers of the stack
• Review technical implementations and provide guidance to keep the team aligned with architectural decisions
• Maintain technical documentation that keeps the team oriented and makes onboarding straightforward.

What You Bring

• 5 or more years in systems engineering, software architecture, or a closely related technical discipline
• A strong track record designing complex systems - thinking clearly about structure, integration, scalability, and how things fail
• Experience translating business and product requirements into sound, defensible technical architecture
• The ability to communicate architectural decisions clearly to both technical teammates and non-technical stakeholders
• A collaborative working style - you understand that good architecture is developed with teams, not handed down to them
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development workflows is an advantage
• Experience in African or emerging market technology contexts is welcome.