Staff Software Engineer (Back-End)

Remote, South Africa

Type: Full-time contractor Location: Remote (Europe/Africa time zones) Language: Fluent, professional-level English Travel: None expected

OpenFn is a Digital Public Good for public service automation and AI orchestration. Our platform automates data exchange and workflows, helping governments and NGOs connect fragmented systems and deliver essential services across health, humanitarian response, and government programmes.

Open Function Group, the platform’s primary steward, is a small, fully remote team of engineers, integration specialists, solution architects, and implementation consultants working across 15+ countries.

We build infrastructure that helps governments function, clinics operate, and people access the services they depend on.

The role

Connecting two government systems should get easier every time. Today, it often means starting again: negotiating access, configuring environments, and deciding who can trust whom. Each new connection becomes another project.

We’re hiring a Staff Back-End Engineer to help change that. You’ll join our Connections squad, with a clear mission: make it dramatically cheaper for government departments to collaborate.

Your work will...