Full-Stack Engineer - Nova Pioneer

About Nova Pioneer

Nova Pioneer is a pan-African network of schools reimagining education to develop innovators and leaders who will shape the future. With campuses across Kenya and South Africa, we deliver rigorous, values-driven learning that equips students with the skills, mindsets, and confidence to thrive in a rapidly changing world. We are extending this impact through blended digital and in-person programmes that help young people thrive after school.

About the Role

We’re looking for a full-stack engineer to help build an internal AI-powered curriculum design tool. The product will support educators in generating, editing, and publishing lesson plans based on Nova Pioneer’s curriculum structures, standards, and existing learning materials.

Key Responsibilities for the Role Include:

• Build and maintain a simple web-based application for teachers and admins.
• Develop the front end for lesson planning workflows and admin user management.
• Build backend services that retrieve curriculum content and generate structured lesson-plan outputs.
• Integrate AI services and semantic search over existing curriculum resources.
• Implement authentication, user roles, access control, and publishing workflows.
• Store, version, and retrieve lesson plans for reuse.
• Collaborate closely with product and education stakeholders to refine the user experience.
• Support testing, iteration, debugging, and deployment.

Required Skills:

• Strong experience as a full-stack engineer.
• Solid backend development skills; backend-heavy profile preferred.
• Experience building web applications from end to end.
• Familiarity with APIs, databases, authentication, and role-based access control.
• Experience working with AI tools or LLM integrations is a plus.
• Ability to work quickly, iterate with feedback, and build fit-for-purpose tools.

Core Skills:

• Experience with education, edtech, or workflow tools.
• Experience with semantic search or retrieval-augmented generation.
• Product mindset and comfort working directly with non-technical stakeholders.