Overview of this role:

CHAI is looking for a hands-on builder to design, develop, and ship internal platforms that transform how the organization works across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. We have found most off-the-shelf tools lacking, and we have committed to building first-class tools for our team, that use cutting-edge technology, that will benefit the entire sector. Recent examples include building a data foundation (Data warehouse, MCP, Superset) and creating a finance and operations dashboard (think modern ERP) customized to our teams. These tools will allow our teams to more effectively save lives and reduce the burden of disease across the 35 countries in which we work.

This role reports to the Head of Finance Systems and AI Transformation. The right candidate is an exceptional builder with strong organizational instincts. They know how to write code and use AI to scope and ship quickly. They care about solving real problems and want to work somewhere their tools contribute to the larger mission of saving lives.

The base location is flexible; candidates can be based in any of the geographies that CHAI operates in, subject to work authorization and necessary approvals.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate scalable platform services used by 2,000 people in 35 countries

• Build-out and productionize our current data products (workflows, data warehouses, reporting)

• Create AI-enabled systems that are reliable, maintainable, secure, cost-efficient, and easy for internal teams to adopt as we look to significantly scale-up in the next two years

• Collaborate with IT, Operations, and Program teams to ensure tools fit how people actually work, integrate with existing systems, and meet modern security standards

Qualifications

• Bachelor27s degree or equivalent with 3+ years of building and shipping code

• Proven backend and systems engineering skills

• Strong organizational instincts. The ability to understand what teams need, identify what is worth building, and partner effectively with non-technical stakeholders.

• Ownership. The ability to take uncertainty and drive towards success.

• Genuine commitment to CHAI27s mission and the operating realities of a global health organization working in resource-constrained, cross-cultural contexts.

• Familiarity with technical tools used at CHAI: DBT, Superset, Javascript, React, Supabase, Python, Typescript, PostgreSQL.

• Experience applying agentic tooling to engineering workflows.

• Experience building tools for enterprise workflows (HR, Finance, Legal, Operations, or similar) and dealing with compliance requirements preferred.