Forward Deployed Engineer

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⛩ Asia – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🟡 Mid-level

👷🏻‍♀️ Engineer

🚫👨‍🎓 No degree required

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The Agency Fund

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1 - 10 employees

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

Non-profit • Social Impact

The Agency Fund is a philanthropic fund and initiative that conducts and supports research, development, and scaling of programs focused on human agency, social mobility, and development. It partners with nonprofits, policy organizations, academics, and industry to discover evidence-based interventions, accelerate organizations building agency-focused tools (including AI-enabled coaching), and mobilize funding and public knowledge for systemic impact. The fund prioritizes cost-effective pathways to reach large populations and influence policy, emphasizing data, evaluation, and scalable program design.

📋 Description

• Architect and adapt data-driven technology solutions at partner NGO sites across multiple countries • Diagnose and organize partners' existing applications and data systems • Deploy and configure Agency Fund technology platforms and programs to scale and improve partner operations and impact • Serve as the primary technical point of contact for field-side implementation challenges • Customize and adapt platform features based on partner-specific workflows and constraints • Train partner staff on platform usage and build internal technical capacity at partner organizations • Identify and escalate product issues, collecting structured feedback from field deployments • Collaborate with TAF's engineering team to translate field learnings into product improvements • Document deployment processes, partner configurations, and lessons learned for reuse • Work directly on-the-ground with Agency Fund's NGO partners in the field • Investigate, architect, implement, and adapt technology platforms and programs in resource-constrained environments

🎯 Requirements

• 2–5 years of software engineering, data science or technical consulting experience • Proficiency in at least one backend language (Python, Javascript, etc.) • Comfortable working with APIs • Ability to navigate ambiguous, low-connectivity environments with resourcefulness and creativity • Strong interpersonal and communication skills • Comfortable training and presenting to technical and non-technical audiences • Strong problem-solving and debugging ability • Ability to work with significant autonomy while staying connected with a distributed team • Prior experience living or working in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is a bonus • Familiarity with mobile data collection tools such as KoboToolbox, CommCare, or ODK is a bonus • Experience with WhatsApp, SMS, or USSD-based systems, or designing for low-bandwidth environments, is a bonus • Knowledge of Hindi, Swahili, Arabic, French, or another major partner-community language is a bonus • Background in global health, international development, or humanitarian technology is a bonus • Based in or willing to relocate to a region where TAF partners operate: Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, or Southeast Asia • Willingness to travel to partner sites

🏖️ Benefits

• Fully remote and flexible working environment • Competitive compensation commensurate with experience • Travel to partner sites

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