Mobile content and VAS platform for African telecom networks
Roamtech is a CCK-licensed content service provider delivering mobile value-added services (USSD, IVR, bulk SMS, shortcodes) across East African telecom operators. The tech stack—PHP, Python, Java, Spark, Flink, Kafka, and three major cloud platforms—reveals infrastructure built for high-throughput messaging and data pipelines, but the pain-point list (legacy modernization, defect rates, test speed, churn) and hiring deceleration (2 posts in 30 days) suggest the company is fighting technical debt while trying to stabilize unit economics (ARPU and churn are repeated concerns).
Notable leadership hires: Head of Engineering
Founded in 2011 and based in Nairobi, Roamtech operates as a licensed Content Service Provider, enabling telecom operators to offer mobile VAS to their subscribers. The platform handles USSD menus, IVR flows, bulk SMS distribution, and shortcode campaigns, with underlying infrastructure for ingestion, transformation, and delivery. The team is small (11–50 people) and Nairobi-based, with active product launches and go-to-market initiatives alongside platform reliability work. Current priorities include modernizing legacy systems, improving test coverage and execution speed, and addressing customer acquisition and retention challenges in the VAS market.
PHP, Python, Java, Scala, Spark, Flink, Kafka, Airflow, dbt, Dagster. Cloud: AWS, GCP, Azure, Snowflake, BigQuery. QA: Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Appium. CI/CD: Jenkins, Terraform, CloudFormation.
Scaling data architecture, building monitoring systems, evaluating platform reliability, and launching new products. Sales and go-to-market expansion are active; merchant acquisition and transaction volume growth are key metrics.
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