Alter finds and supports high-growth tech ventures in emerging markets. Our mission is to catalyze development by supporting visionary entrepreneurs. We find the top tech companies around the world that have the potential to create economic opportunity at scale. We support high-character founders that are not only building their companies, they’re defying all odds to build their countries and are inspiring others to do the same.
Alter was founded three years ago out of Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. Alter currently works with 25 ventures in Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, Turkey and Pakistan. Since 2015, our ventures have created 2,334 jobs, now generate est. annual revenues of $492M+, and serve 2M+ customers.
For more information, please see the full Alter Fellowship Brochure.
Alter's Engineering Fellowship is open to software engineers, data scientists, and data engineers that are passionate about crafting solutions to technical challenges at scale. Fellows spend at least 6 months embedded in the engineering team at an Alter partner company, developing core technologies that will scale the impact of the business. We welcome engineers across broad ranges of experience and levels of expertise.
Projects: Fellows have the flexibility to design their projects in conversation with the company leadership, based on their experience and needs of the company.
Potential projects could include (but not limited to): architecting an increasingly complex back-end infrastructure of Bangladesh's largest ride-hailing company, using big data to guide a Bangladeshi grocery delivery app's product development, operational workflows, and customer-product interaction.
Fellows are highly encouraged to attend Alter’s orientation, which is taking place on February 12-14th, 2021. While participation is optional for Engineering Fellows, orientation gives the opportunity for Fellows to meet each other and learn more about Alter’s model and its partner companies. For Engineering Fellows who are unable to attend the orientation, live/recorded webinars will be hosted to provide key information relevant to the Fellowship. For all Fellows, an Alter guidebook to the country and directory to Alter staff and Fellows will be provided.
Length: Fellows have the option to embark on project-based experiences that can be tailored with the venture as needed with a minimum requirement of 6 months.
Timing: Projects launch on a rolling basis, so applications will be always open and matched with a company on-demand.
Location: Projects can be in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Pakistan, the Philippines, Turkey and the US.
Logistics: Host companies will provide Fellows with housing, transportation, and a stipend that will be sufficient to cover living expenses within the country.
Reporting: The Fellow will be embedded within the organization and report to the CEO and/or other senior leaders within the host organization.
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