Senior Software Engineer

Overview

Location: Remote (timezone: UTC -1 to UTC +3).

Working Day: Flexible working hours throughout the week. Daily overlapping hours are 10:00-16:00 UTC Monday to Friday. Our Full Time work week is approximately 40 hours.

Division: Product

Team: DevOps; Meet the Peek Team.

Travel (optional): up to 8% travel per annum

Salary Range: Peek benchmarks annual salary based on market ranges per jurisdiction. A selection of our salary ranges for this role are as follows:

• 7,500,000 - 8,500,000 KES per annum, based on Kenya jurisdiction.
• 225,000,000 - 260,000,000 UGX per annum, based on Uganda jurisdiction.
• 1,200,000 - 1,350,000 ZAR per annum, based on South Africa jurisdiction.
• 65,000 - 75,000 EUR per annum, based on Spain jurisdiction.
• 70,000 - 90,000 GBP per annum, based on UK jurisdiction.

Benefits: Find out more information about the many benefits of working at Peek. Peek team members often say that working here is more than just a job - it's a chance to make a real impact alongside supportive, mission-driven colleagues.

To Apply: Submit your full application through our recruitment centre.

The Role

Millions of people worldwide are losing their sight unnecessarily. Join a mission driven award winning team who are intent on changing this. As a Senior Devops Engineer, you'll join an award-winning team working on life-changing technology to improve access to eye care for underserved communities. Your work will directly influence the scalability and optimization of critical health services.

As part of a small, senior DevOps team, you will:

• Deliver impactful, full-stack solutions from mobile apps to cloud-hosted RESTful services.
• Leverage automation, infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring tools to streamline the entire software delivery process
• Contribute to software design, development, and infrastructure in collaboration with product and technical teams.
• Support global deployments, driving innovation and scale in diverse settings.

5 Key Responsibilities

• Translate requirements into robust, scalable software designs.
• Build, test, and deploy high-quality solutions.
• Support advanced troubleshooting (2nd/3rd-line support).
• Guide infrastructure provisioning and monitoring.
• Partner with product teams to shape solutions.

Your Skillset

• Deep expertise in TypeScript (front and backend)
• Experience with Linux, containerization (Docker), and CI/CD pipelines.
• Proven track record of the full software development life cycle in Agile environments.
• A strong advocate of automated testing.

Bonus Skillset

• Proficiency in tools like Angular, NestJS, MongoDB, and Docker
• Experience with mobile frameworks (e.g., Cordova, Android).
• Hands-on knowledge of AWS, Ansible, Rundeck, or similar technologies.
• Experience managing infrastructure-as-code with one of the leading cloud providers.

What You'll Experience at Peek

• Purpose-driven work: Shape systems impacting millions annually.
• Ownership & autonomy: Operate in a culture that values self-management and accountability.
• Global collaboration: Work with a multidisciplinary team across the globe.
• Flexibility: Remote-first ethos with a supportive, mission-driven environment.
• Growth: Opportunities to shape your role in a rapidly scaling organization.

Notable Recent Projects We've Worked On

• Acuity Testing Tools: Implemented tools like the presbyopia calculator and near vision acuity testing, enabling patients' near vision testing by anyone, anywhere using our mobile app.
• WhatsApp Messaging: Decreased costs and improved accessibility for reminder services in our partners' programmes.
• Data Analytics Tool: Integrated reporting and data analytics using AWS Athena and Preset.io.
• Automatic Updates for Mobile Apps: Developed automatic updates for our Angular hybrid mobile application, making it a progressive application.
• A/B Testing Implementation: Delivered tools for programme implementers which help drive better decision-making through data-driven insights.

Your work at Peek will continue to shape systems and products that directly impact millions of lives annually.

Apply Now

Ready to make a global impact? Submit your full application via our recruitment site.

About Peek

Peek Vision is a social enterprise that works with NGOs and governments to bring vision and eye health to everyone. Our software and data intelligence platform strengthens health systems and optimises school, community and workplace eye health services. We aim to prevent 1.25 billion people from needlessly losing their eyesight by 2050. We are dynamic, impact-driven and award-winning. Our products have been developed in collaboration with eye health providers, professional bodies and researchers.

We are committed to fair and transparent compensation, using independent global benchmarks to ensure roles are paid consistently and competitively in the local context. To learn more about our approach to compensation and benefits, please visit the Why work at Peek? page on our website.

Submitting your application

To apply, please submit your full application through our recruitment site by the closing date noted above. We sometimes use AI tools in our recruitment process; these tools do not make hiring decisions. We operate in a secure, closed system, and no personal data is used to train AI systems.

Peek is an equal opportunity employer. We will not discriminate and will take measures to ensure against discrimination in employment and recruitment on the bases of age, disability, gender, marital status, parenthood, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, or any other factor which may be deemed discriminatory. We value diversity and strive to build a team with affinities or links to the communities where we operate.

Please note: Peek is not able to hire or engage individuals under the age of 18 for any form of employment or contracting work. This policy applies in all countries where we operate to ensure compliance with international child protection standards and local labor laws.

At Peek Vision, we take data protection seriously and are committed to ensuring the security and privacy of personal data. We comply with applicable data protection laws. By submitting your application, you consent to the collection, processing, and storage of your personal data for recruitment purposes. Your information will be securely stored and used only for assessing suitability for employment opportunities within our organization. We may retain data for a reasonable period or until the recruitment process completes. We will not share your information with third parties without explicit consent, except when required for recruitment or by law. If you have concerns about data handling, please view our privacy policy or contact .