Kabon.Africa
Careers at Kabon.Africa

Build the carbon market
Africa actually needs.

We're a small team building infrastructure for the next generation of African climate finance — the registry, the marketplace, the field operations. Join us.

How we work

Africa-first

Our platform serves African landowners, African communities, African economies. Decisions get filtered through that lens.

Trust over speed

Carbon is a trust market. We'd rather ship slower and be right than ship fast and need to retract.

Builders, not theorists

Whether engineering, ops, or growth — we hire people who ship and follow through. Bias for action.

Optimism with rigour

We're genuinely excited about what carbon markets can do for Africa, and refuse to pretend the problems away.

Open roles

3 positions

Senior Full-Stack Engineer

Engineering·Nairobi · Hybrid·Full-time
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Help us scale the platform that powers African carbon credits. You'll work across the Next.js web app, Node microservices, and the Polygon smart-contract layer.

You should bring
  • 5+ years building production web apps (Next.js / Node ideal)
  • Comfortable with Postgres + Prisma
  • Track record of shipping features end-to-end
  • Excellent written communication — most of our team is distributed
Nice to have
  • Experience with Solidity / ethers.js
  • Prior fintech or marketplace experience
  • Familiarity with BullMQ / Redis-backed queues

Carbon Project Lead — East Africa

Operations·Nairobi or Kampala·Full-time
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Run the on-ground operations for our growing portfolio of restoration and clean-energy projects. You'll partner with local mobilizers, verify field claims, and own the relationship with our biggest project owners.

You should bring
  • 3+ years in carbon project development, agroforestry, or community conservation
  • Strong field experience in East Africa
  • Comfortable reading remote-sensing and biomass-inventory data
  • Excellent Swahili + English; additional regional languages a plus
Nice to have
  • Familiarity with Verra / Gold Standard methodologies (VM0007, VM0033, VM0042)
  • Drone / GIS field experience

Community Partnerships Manager

Growth·Remote (East / Southern Africa)·Full-time
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Grow our Community Partner network — the NGOs, cooperatives and extension officers who bring landowners to Kabon.Africa. You'll own partner onboarding, training, and retention.

You should bring
  • 4+ years in NGO partnerships, agribusiness extension, or rural marketing
  • Existing relationships with East-African conservation orgs / cooperatives
  • Comfortable presenting financial models to non-financial audiences

Don't see your role?

If you'd build well at Kabon, we want to hear from you regardless of what's listed. Tell us what you'd own and why.

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Kabon.Africa is an equal-opportunity employer. We hire and pay based on demonstrated impact, not credentials. We particularly welcome applications from African candidates, women in tech and climate, and people with non-traditional backgrounds.