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title: 'Infrastructure Engineer for Innovation Lab at QED.ai'
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# Infrastructure Engineer for Innovation Lab at QED.ai

- **Company:** QED.ai
- **Location:** Global
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-09-22
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-05
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/qed-ai/40ec1eba-e014-4f66-8679-18f4c8a7f435

## Job description

QED (https://qed.ai) is a tech company focused on public health,  agricultural development, and education in Sub-Saharan Africa. We build the digital infrastructure and AI used at the intersection of aid and scientific inquiry, including surveillance of HIV and malaria, and nutrient analysis of crops and soils, working at national-scale in several African countries. Our funding comes from multiple philanthropic and governmental organizations, including the Global Fund and the Gates Foundation. We are looking for an infrastructure engineer to join our Innovation Lab, which focuses on rapid prototyping and R&D. We build new products to disrupt the status quo and remind everyone what tech was made for --- improving the lives of everyday people! The position can be remote, with periodic visits encouraged. Full-time engagement is preferred, but can start with part-time. Your responsibilities would include:

- development and maintenance of computing infrastructure enabling our team to rapidly develop and deploy software prototypes, in both global and localized environments
- management of servers and clusters, on public cloud, private cloud, and bare metal servers
- design, configuration, assembly, testing, installation, and optimization of bare metal servers, including optimal configuration of GPU systems for tuning and deployment of large language models
- physical inspection and technical advisory on constructing data centers in third-world countries with poor infrastructure, to help them achieve data sovereignty
- construction of monitoring and alerting systems to rapidly detect and respond to lapses in performance

Desired skills include:

- +3 years of experience
- automation / declarative oriented mindset
- broad knowledge of technology – including Linux internals, networking, databases, high level hardware performance, containers, performance tuning, security
- experience with kubernetes
- experience with Linux-based system administration for companies and data centers
- strong background in software engineering, version control, writing readable code and tests, robust design, and basic data structures and algorithms
- experience with optimizing GPU clusters
- working proficiency in speaking, reading, and typing English
- logical reasoning and ability to express ideas clearly, both orally and written
- willingness and interest in working with people from other cultures
- emotional resilience and social intelligence
- and you have to care about the work that you do

Below are additional skills that are a bonus, but are not required:

- +8 years of experience
- knowledge of high performance computing (HPC)
- practical electrical engineering knowledge, including power calculations and the selection and installation of batteries, inverters, solar panels, cables and trunking, satellite internet, and other hardware to make fully localized deployments possible
- interest in traveling the world and engaging in at least short-term deployments to countries that require our assistance
- experience with Terraform or similar IaaC
- ethical hacking experience
- experience with programming and/or math competitions
- domain knowledge and/or interest in the sustainable development goals, particularly in public health, agriculture, and assisting developing countries

## About QED.ai

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: QED.ai (Quantitative Engineering Design) builds AI-driven data systems and solutions for global health and agriculture in developing countries.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Bootstrapped/Mission-Driven)
- **Headquarters**: Global presence with offices in USA, Kenya, Poland, and Malawi
- **Founded**: 2008
- **Founders**: Dr. William Wu (CEO, Co-Founder), Dr. Jiehua Chen (Chief Statistician, Co-Founder)

## Core Business
- **Primary Industries**: Global Health, Agriculture, International Development, AI/Data Systems
- **Target Customers**: Governments (e.g., Ministries of Health), NGOs, and international organizations (CDC, Gates Foundation, USAID, CIMMYT) in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Latin America
- **Mission/Purpose**: To empower local organizations in developing countries by using technology to build their capacity, aligning with UN Sustainable Development Goals 2 (Zero Hunger), 3 (Good Health and Well-being), and 15 (Life on Land).

## Products & Services
- **ScanForm**: An AI-powered mobile app that digitizes and analyzes handwritten data on paper forms (e.g., medical registers) using a smartphone camera. Integrates with systems like EMR and DHIS2. Used at national scale for HIV testing in Malawi and other countries.
- **ScanSpectrum**: A rugged handheld visible/near-infrared spectrometer (400-1100 nm) for field measurements of plants and environmental science.
- **PACK (Portable Automated Carbon Kit)**: A low-cost, lunchbox-sized device for measuring soil carbon in the field.
- **Geospatial Mapping**: Remote sensing and AI services for classifying land-use at regional and national levels, focusing on Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
- **Data Systems & Analytics**: Custom data processing pipelines for surveillance of malaria, child mortality, crop disease, and soil health; clinical trial support.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly available (private, mission-driven firm)
- **Key Metric**: Since 2008, has provided mission-critical support to health and agriculture projects in 23+ countries.
- **Notable Partners/Clients**: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Gates Foundation (BMGF), International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
- **Growth Signals**: National-scale deployment of ScanForm for HIV testing in Malawi (expanded to PrEP, PCR, STI); expansion to multiple other countries (South Africa, Nigeria, Cameroon, others); COVID-19 pandemic accelerated demand for ScanForm; featured in The Gates Notes as one of Bill Gates' Goalkeepers.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Deep Domain Expertise**: 15+ years of on-the-ground experience in developing countries with a pragmatic, infrastructure-aware approach.
- **Proprietary AI/Data Stack**: ScanForm is a proven, scalable solution for digitizing handwritten data in low-resource settings, a critical gap in global health data systems.
- **Strong Partner Network**: Long-standing collaborations with top-tier global health and development organizations.
- **Mission-Driven Model**: Fully focused on impact, not profit maximization, allowing for unconventional, high-impact projects.

## Strategic Focus
- **Current Priorities**: Scaling ScanForm to more countries and disease areas (HIV, malaria, STIs); expanding geospatial mapping and soil health work; building local capacity through training and partnerships.
- **Direction**: Deepening its role as the go-to technology partner for governments and donors in the Global South for data systems and AI, particularly in health and agriculture.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as the "opposite of a big corporation" with extremely light bureaucracy, no matrix organization, and a focus on mission and delivering excellent work. They seek people eager for challenge, passionate about their craft, and genuinely interested in international development.
- **Work Style**: Unconventional, rapid scientific experimentation. High expectations for commitment and responsibility, reciprocated with devotion to the cause.
- **Perks**: Opportunity to work on meaningful, socially conscious projects that clearly benefit others; travel to exotic places around the world (e.g., Malawi, Kenya, Nigeria, Nepal, Cambodia); little bureaucracy.
- **Remote/Hybrid**: Offers both remote and in-office roles depending on the position (e.g., Data Scientist – Warsaw is in-office; Data Engineer – Cameroon is remote). Offices in USA, Kenya, Poland, and Malawi.
- **Engineering Culture**: Values pragmatic innovation, learning through rapid experimentation, and working in highly demanding environments. Founders have strong technical backgrounds (NASA JPL, UC Berkeley, bioinformatics).

## Sources
1. [QED.ai Official Website](https://about.qed.ai/)
2. [QED.ai About Us](https://about.qed.ai/about-us)
3. [QED.ai Careers Page](https://about.qed.ai/careers)
4. [QED.ai LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/quantitative-engineering-design)
5. [Built In - QED.ai Careers](https://builtin.com/company/qedai)
6. [Ashby Careers Page](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/qed-ai)

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