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Senior Software Engineer, Founding Team

BrighterMonday Uganda Uganda Type not specified Posted 2026-08-31
DistrictNot specifiedCityNot specifiedContractType not specifiedPosted2026-08-31Close dateNot specifiedExperience5 yearsSourceBrighterMonday Uganda
senior software engineerfounding teamfull stackdeveloper experienceproduct developmentugandastartupengineering toolsinternshiptechnologysoftware engineerfull-stack developer
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BrighterMonday Uganda is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to join the founding team and help build the initial product alongside the founders. The role involves full-stack product development, user research, prototyping, and shaping the product vision. Candidates need 5+ years of experience, strong communication skills, and a passion for improving developer experience.

  • Founding-team role with direct impact from day one
  • Work closely with founders and users to shape the product
  • Full-stack ownership from prototypes to final products
  • Health, dental and vision cover provided
  • Unlimited vacation policy and high company transparency
  • 5+ years of professional software engineering experience required

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Can you qualify for this role?

  • Required5+ years of relevant experienceThe job post includes a minimum experience signal.
  • PreferredPractical evidence in internship, technology, software engineerThe tags and summary point to skills connected with this role.
  • RequiredAvailability to work in Not specifiedThe vacancy is associated with this location.

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  • Role specificCover letter or short employer message
  • OptionalProfessional references
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  • Add concrete examples related to internship, technology, software engineer, ideally with measurable outcomes or clear responsibilities.
  • Follow the instructions from BrighterMonday Uganda; avoid sending documents to unofficial contacts or copied links.
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  • Prepare a polite question about pay, benefits and contract terms for later interview stages.

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  • How have you handled responsibilities similar to those in this job post?
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Original source description

We are looking for early engineers to join our nimble team to build the initial product alongside the founders. This person will be an extension to us, the founders, and have the same voice on the table. We think of early engineers as having the ethos of being a founder themselves.

An ideal candidate has a unique mix of software expertise, domain knowledge, and execution driven mindset.

What you will do

Work closely with the users to understand their development needs and use cases to guide our roadmap. Ensure customer needs are supported by broader engineering team through effective prioritization.

Build prototypes all the way to final products. Solve complex issues for our users.

Collaborate with our founders to gather

Requirements

  • through detailed technical discussions and brainstorming sessions.
  • Explore new product development areas driven by strategic understanding of users landscape.
  • Take ownership and drive initiatives for segments within the product.
  • We’re Looking For Someone Who Has
  • Shipped full-stack products before - whether it was in your day job or projects outside of work.

Experience

working in low-structure environment, comfortable working with unknowns.

Passion for building engineering tools, excited about solving problems for engineers.

Strong communication skills.

Previous

building internal engineering tools a plus.

5+ years of professional

Why you should join us

Have an impact from day 1. You will be working very closely with the founders everyday.

Solve your own problems, as a software engineer, you get to solve problems that you face everyday

Own the product - drive the product vision, participate in building the early team and work closely with the users.

for everyone. These engineers are self-motivated and opinionated about developer experience. We believe in the ethos of "Strong opinions loosely held".

Our interview process is designed to find these kinds of engineers. Moreover, we try to ask questions that are relevant to the types of products we build. Below is what to expect in our interview process.

Intro call with founder

Get to know the product, vision and see if this will be a good fit

Technical interviews

We love to do all technical interviews in a similar fashion. Depending on your timeline and our teams availability, these may be scheduled back to back or spaced out. You should expect a total of 3-4 technical interviews with a mix of programming + system design questions. Each interview is 1 hour long, with 45mins for technical question and 15 mins for Q&A.

All interviews involve you doing a screenshare of your IDE. We would recommend using your

Benefits

  • Health/Dental/Vision
  • Unlimited vacation policy
  • Transparency - we overshare all investor and company updates with everyone
  • We are specifically looking for engineers who can see inefficiencies in today’s developer workflows and want to improve developer

Preferred Qualifications

  • IDE and your
  • programming language. You may also use Google search if you want to look for a specific reference. The goal here is to see how would you solve such problems in a typical workday.
  • References
  • We strongly weigh on references and would ask for 2 references during or after the interviews. Please provide references of the folks you have directly worked with before - your former teammates, manager, etc.
  • Timeline
  • We typically work with your timeline, we have even extended offers to the right candidates in a couple of days.
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