Clarity
Decisions beyond the brochure
Glossy prospectuses pitch what every school wants you to see. Praecip surfaces the data, the editor's verdict and the lived parent experience that actually shape a school year.
We're hiring
Build the future of African education with us.
Praecip is a small team in Kampala building the marketplace that we wished existed when we were choosing schools. We hire for character first, then craft, then experience, in that order.
What we believe
Four things that shape every hire.
Schools first.
We work for the schools, parents, teachers and students of Uganda, not for shareholders, advertisers or hype cycles.
Honest verdicts.
We say what we think a school is doing well and where it's falling short, even when that's uncomfortable. Especially then.
Boring infrastructure.
Marketplaces fail when the mechanics break. We invest in payments, data, moderation and customer ops as if our reputation depends on them, because it does.
African excellence.
We're not building a Western platform translated to Uganda. We're building the platform that answers questions only Ugandan families ask.
Values create value
Three editorial outcomes our principles produce
Trust
Trust earned, signal by signal
Source-labels on every figure mean parents can see what's verified, what's public, what's parent-submitted, and what's still being confirmed.
Standing
Reputation built on outcomes
The schools that earn standing on Praecip do it through results in exam halls, alumni in good universities and pastoral care families recommend, never through marketing budget.
Open roles
8 positions across 5 teams.
Editorial
Senior Editor, Schools
Kampala (hybrid)Full-timeLead the team writing Praecip's school verdicts and 12-axis ratings. Drive editorial standards, recruit contributors, and shape Uganda's most-trusted school commentary.
Editorial
Editorial Researcher
KampalaFull-timeVisit schools across Uganda. Interview heads, parents and alumni. Build the evidence base that backs every Praecip rating and verdict.
Engineering
Senior Full-Stack Engineer
Remote (East Africa) or KampalaFull-timeOwn the Next.js / TypeScript / MongoDB stack. Ship the application flow, review submission, school dashboard, and teacher CV builder.
Engineering
Mobile Engineer (React Native)
Remote (East Africa) or KampalaFull-timeBuild the iOS and Android apps from zero. Own offline-first browsing, push-notification infrastructure, and the apply-on-mobile flow.
Design
Product Designer
Kampala (hybrid)Full-timeDesign every surface a parent, school admin, teacher and supplier touches. Refine the brand. Run usability research with Ugandan families.
Business
Head of Business Development, Schools
KampalaFull-timeSell termly subscriptions to schools across Uganda. Build the playbook. Hire the BD team. Turn unclaimed profiles into paying customers.
Business
Marketing Lead
KampalaFull-timeOwn the parent-acquisition funnel, content, social, partnerships, search. Make Praecip the first thing parents open at S1-application season.
Operations
Customer Operations Lead
KampalaFull-timeRun the claim-verification queue. Train moderators. Set the SLA on review-flag resolution. Be the operational backbone of Praecip's trust layer.
Don't see your role?
Send a thoughtful note to careers@praecip.com with what you'd build for us. We read everything.
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