Qualifications

• Education/training: university degree in computer science, data science, software engineering, information systems, or related technical discipline. Language: C1-level language proficiency in English
  
• General professional experience: 3 years in data engineering, or data science for development applications.
  
• Specific professional experience: 3 years in building data platforms; experience with interoperability standards and APIs.
  
• Regional experience: 3 years in Latin America or Africa or Asia Development Cooperation (DC) experience: 3 years in participating in DC projects or partnerships delivering digital public goods, open-source tools, or capacity strengthening in development contexts.
  
• Other: 3 years of experience with smallholders or agricultural MSMEs X K
  

Key Roles

• WP1: Specify technical requirements and data models aligned with governance and value-chain needs; assess interoperability needs, offline/low-connectivity constraints and traceability technical specs; advise on consent capture flow implications for technical design and security.
  
• WP2: Design system architecture and technical specifications for the data wallet; build prototype mobile/web application (offline-first, low-bandwidth); implement identity/authentication, consent management, encryption and key management; develop APIs, interoperability layers and ETL/data quality pipelines; implement traceability features (geo-tags, timestamps, photo evidence) and tamper-evidence; implement privacy-preserving analytics and anonymization; lead testing and deploy prototype; manage DevOps and open-source repo/documentation.
  
• WP3: Deploy and configure applications in pilot sites; manage offline sync and local integrations; provide technical troubleshooting, security hardening and data quality monitoring; build dashboards and analytics to support MEL and pilot monitoring.
  
• WP4: Provide technical handover (developer documentation, runbooks, maintenance plans); train SAFE staff and local IT teams on deployment, integration, and repository management.
  

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