🌍 We are hiring — Join the movement

Help us build Kasem AI.

Project Kasena is partnering with Indigen World on an ambitious 18-month mission to build the foundational digital infrastructure for the Kasem language. We are creating a community-driven digital dictionary and translation web app that will eventually power a full Kasem AI assistant capable of text and voice recognition.

We are actively recruiting a core MVP team to launch our pilot in Northern Ghana. Whether you are a student, a tech professional, or a respected community elder — we have a role for you.

Open positions

Find your role in our core team.

We need people across three areas: Technology & Product, Data & Linguistics, and Operations & Community. All roles are part of the initial MVP team building toward a 90-day pilot in Northern Ghana.

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Technical & Product Team

Build the platform, design the experience, and manage the product roadmap.

Product Manager

Guide our MVP launch and roadmap. Oversee the product scope, feature execution, and weekly sprint planning to ensure we hit our pilot milestones on time.

Product
Frontend Developer

Build a lightning-fast, mobile-first Progressive Web App (PWA) using Next.js (React) or Flutter. Our users are primarily on low-bandwidth mobile connections in Northern Ghana.

Engineering
Backend / Database Developer

Build the infrastructure for our AI-ready backend using Python and FastAPI, and manage the PostgreSQL database via Supabase.

Engineering
UI/UX Designer

Craft beautiful, intuitive, and culturally-inspired interfaces that are simple enough to require zero onboarding, for users ranging from elders to school students.

Design
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Data & Linguistic Team

Ensure the quality and cultural integrity of every word and phrase in the corpus.

Data & Validation Coordinator

Manage our master data schema, contribution workflow, and validation queues. Keep the data pipeline clean, consistent, and well-documented from collection through to publication.

Data
Elder / Teacher Validators (3–4 positions)

Are you a respected Kasem teacher, elder, or linguist? We need your deep grammatical and cultural knowledge to review submissions, ensure dialect purity, and protect our heritage. Monthly stipends provided.

Stipend provided
Pilot Contributor Captains

Student leaders, particularly from CKT-UTAS and local Senior High Schools, who will mobilize peers for data submission and run on-the-ground data drives during our pilot.

Community
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Operations & Community Team

Connect the project to the community, manage finances, and bridge two partner organisations.

Community Organiser

Lead our grassroots engagement initiatives: coordinate Data Drives, mobilize through community radio campaigns, and manage school outreach and engagement across the Upper East Region.

Operations
Finance / Admin Assistant

Manage our micro-job bounty payouts to youth contributors, track contributor earnings, and maintain financial accountability across the project.

Operations
Indigen World Liaison

Coordinate cultural storytelling content between Project Kasena and Indigen World, manage diaspora onboarding, and ensure strategic alignment throughout the 90-day joint pilot.

Partnerships
Why join us?

An act of technological sovereignty.

You will be part of a historic movement to ensure that when the next generation asks the internet a question, it can answer them in Kasem. This is about building the tools of the future — by our community, for our community.

"Preserving Our Language. Empowering Our People."

Apply today
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Historic mission Be a founding member of the first Kasem digital language infrastructure.
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Build real products Ship an MVP that real communities will use — dictionary, corpus, and future AI.
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Community ownership We are building this with the community — elders, students, and diaspora.
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Stipends available Elder and teacher validators receive monthly stipends for their invaluable expertise.
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Youth opportunity Micro-jobs and data-bounty earnings for student contributors and captains.
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Alliance with Indigen World Joint pilot with a global platform focused on indigenous heritage and diaspora.
How to apply

Ready to join us?

Fill in the form with your name, the role you are interested in, and a short message about why you want to be part of Project Kasena. You can also reach us directly by email or phone.

We review every application personally. All backgrounds — student, elder, professional, or community volunteer — are welcome.

Send your application

Your information will only be used to process your application and contact you about your role. We do not share your details with third parties.