21pocketedu

< 10 employees
< 10 engineers
$0 - $250k funding
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Pocket Education is a PaaS App that helps educators and administrators create flipped classrooms for vocational student success in Uganda.


Why join us?

  • Ugandan based company for Ugandans

  • With Silicon Valley Roots with a co-founder that created a app that 92% of users would use

  • Co-Founder Tony Elumelu Entrepreneur cohort 2021


Engineering at 21pocketedu

Engineering team and processes

Engineering team works with UX/UI designers wireframe designs, after the designs are approved then frontend build starts. Team works for COO on the backend datasets for development of the structure to move into deep learning recommendation engine. Engineering team continues ongoing server maintenance.

Technical Challenges

ICT governmental issues that restrict usage of certain technologies.

Projects you might work on
  • Flutter Frontend app for Android devices.

  • Python database for structure for optimization for deep learning algorithms.

  • API stack management for communication and collaborative environments—. API stack Zoom and Telegram more to determine as needs arise.

Tech stack
Flutter
Python
Firebase
TensorFlow

Working at 21pocketedu

Our company culture consists of work hard—play hard. We are an education company were failures are considered wins. Our goal is about making education better for Africa.

Diversity and Inclusion

We are an African company were both co-founders are women, by nature of the our company we are diverse.

We are a multi-racial startup that is specifically looking for African talent.

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Connect with our team during your hiring process

As part of our commitment to an inclusive workplace, we are happy to offer prospective engineers the chance to connect with our engineering employees who come from underrepresented backgrounds. It’s a way to get a better sense of our team and what it might be like to work with us.

If you’re interested in connecting with our team, be sure to bring this up during one of our introductory calls!

Perks & benefits
  • Women-led company

    CEO and COO are both women

  • Flexible Hours

    The company is located in Kampala Uganda, but one of our Co-Founder's is located in Silicon Valley.

  • Social impact driven

    We are an educational company with the goal to make educational opportunities for Africans possible.

  • Minority-led company

    Our teams CEO is a black women.

  • Work from Home

    Because we are global, we all work at home at this time.

Our Team by the Numbers
Engineering team
Women
50%
BIPOC
25%
Company-wide
Women
50%
BIPOC
50%
Leadership
Women
100%
BIPOC
50%
Board
Women
50%
BIPOC
50%

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