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Country
Senegal
Currency
XOF
Category
Tech & Software Engineering
Salary range
400k - 2.8M XOF / month (junior to tech lead)
01The role

The developer is the most contested profile in the francophone African tech market. Frontend, backend, mobile, data: the shortage spans every level, from bootcamp junior to senior architect. Qualified diaspora and international remote create continuous salary pressure.

02Market context

Dakar = top francophone tech hub. Wave drove salaries up 40% in 3 years. Almadies is the local Silicon Valley.

03Top employers
  1. 01Fintech (Wave, PayDunya, InTouch, Yoma)
  2. 02Sonatel Digital Lab, Orange
  3. 03International tech (Andela, Decathlon Tech, Yassir)
  4. 04Bootcamps and academies (Sonatel Academy, Force-N)
04Key skills
  1. 01

    Frontend stack (React, Vue, Next.js, TypeScript)

  2. 02

    Backend stack (Node.js, Python, Go, Java, .NET)

  3. 03

    Cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure) and DevOps (Docker, K8s, CI/CD)

  4. 04

    Technical English for documentation and open-source communities

05What to look for
  1. 01

    Active GitHub with personal projects and open-source contributions

  2. 02

    Ability to read and write unit and integration tests

  3. 03

    Experience in agile environments (Scrum, Kanban) and code review

  4. 04

    Stability: avoid profiles that change every 6 months without reason

06Recruitment challenges
  1. 01

    Assessing real technical level without practical tests

  2. 02

    Direct competition with international remote (2-5x salaries)

  3. 03

    High demands on employer branding and tech culture

  4. 04

    Chronic shortage of seniors and experienced tech leads

07Why Edomatch here
  1. 01

    Built-in coding tests (JavaScript, Python, SQL, etc.)

  2. 02

    Pair evaluation over video with asynchronous review

  3. 03

    Native employer branding: career page, team videos, testimonials

  4. 04

    Diaspora sourcing with multi-timezone asynchronous video interviews

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