We started this newsletter at the end of May. No audience. No subscribers. No budget. Just a genuine belief that African professionals deserve better than what the internet was giving them — paywalled job boards, dead links, and "remote" roles that quietly said US residents only.
Today — less than two months later — we have 1,000+ followers on LinkedIn, 290+ newsletter subscribers, and a community of professionals from Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Zambia, South Africa and beyond, all reading this every Tuesday.
That's not us. That's you. You shared it, you subscribed, you commented, you tagged your friends. You built this with us.
So today, we're giving something back.
🎁 Introducing: Hired Remotely CV Review
We've been reading your CVs in the comments and DMs for months. And the same things keep quietly costing people interviews — things that have nothing to do with their qualifications and everything to do with how the CV is written and formatted.
So we built something about it.
Starting this week, Hired Remotely offers a professional CV review and rewrite service — built specifically for African professionals applying for remote roles.
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Now — the jobs. Six verified roles this week, all with direct company links. Let's go. 👇
🟢 THIS WEEK'S REMOTE ROLES
Executive Assistant to CEO — Automattic
📍 Remote — Worldwide | 💰 $95,000–$195,000/year
🕐 Timezone: West Coast US or APAC preferred but global considered
This isn't a typical EA role. Automattic — the company behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Tumblr, and more — is hiring a "Wrangler" to be the CEO's force multiplier. You'll quarterback priorities, intercept chaos, interface with board members and global partners, and make the impossible look effortless.
Scrappy, resourceful, ego-free, and radically reliable. If that describes you, this is one of the most exciting EA roles on the remote market. Automattic has 1,500+ team members in 82 countries with no offices anywhere.
Happiness Engineer — Automattic
📍 Remote — Worldwide | 💰 $40,000–$68,000/year
🕐 Timezone: Flexible — UTC+0 to UTC+12 prioritised, covering all of Africa
Automattic's frontline customer experience team. You'll support customers of WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Tumblr, and more via email and live chat — approximately six self-scheduled hours daily with full autonomy over your schedule.
Every Automattic employee spends their first two weeks in support. Happiness Engineers regularly move into product, marketing, and leadership. WordPress/WooCommerce experience and exceptional written English required. AI fluency now explicitly valued.
Head of AFC — Xapo Bank
📍 Remote — Work from Anywhere | 💰 Competitive — Director level
🕐 Timezone: Flexible
Xapo Bank — the Fort Knox of Bitcoin — is hiring a Head of Anti-Financial Crime to lead their first-line financial crime operation. You will own end-to-end operational response to financial crime risk, manage AFC analysts, partner with product and tech teams, and represent the function at executive and regulatory level.
This is a senior Director-level role requiring substantial experience leading financial crime operations inside a regulated bank, fintech, or crypto institution. 100% remote, no location restriction.
→ Apply free: job-boards.greenhouse.io/xapo61/jobs/7784664003
Investment Manager — Xapo Bank
📍 Remote — Work from Anywhere | 💰 Competitive
🕐 Timezone: Flexible
Manage investment portfolios and treasury operations for one of the world's most globally distributed fintech banks. You'll work across Bitcoin and fiat asset management, supporting Xapo's financial strategy and member yield products. Finance or investment management background required. 100% remote, genuinely no location restriction.
→ Apply free: job-boards.greenhouse.io/xapo61/jobs/7693275003
Open Source Enterprise Sales / Alliances — Canonical
📍 Remote — Worldwide | 💰 Competitive base + commission + $2K learning budget
🕐 Timezone: All timezones
Canonical is hiring across all levels of seniority in their Enterprise Sales and Alliances teams. You'll own relationships with direct customers or channel partners, build strategic partnerships, negotiate contracts, and drive revenue across a region or vertical. Linux or open source software sales experience preferred.
This is a general track posting — Canonical reviews applications and places candidates into the most suitable Sales or Alliances role. One application, multiple opportunities.
→ Apply free: canonical.com/careers/6633605
Graduate Sales Development Representative — Canonical
📍 Remote — Worldwide | 💰 Competitive base + commission + $2K learning budget
🕐 Timezone: All timezones accepted
Canonical's entry point into a global technology sales career. As a Graduate SDR you'll handle inbound inquiries, run outbound sales campaigns, research prospects, generate pipeline, and attend global conferences. No prior sales experience needed — just sharp thinking, persistence, and genuine interest in technology.
→ Apply free: canonical.com/careers/5915299
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💡 Skill of the Week
The most common CV mistake we see from African professionals applying for remote roles: listing what you were responsible for instead of what you actually achieved.
"Managed social media accounts" → tells them nothing.
"Grew Instagram from 800 to 12,000 followers in 4 months through consistent content strategy" → gets you an interview.
Go through your CV today. For every bullet point, ask: "What was the result?" If you can't answer that, rewrite it.
Or let us do it for you 👉 bit.ly/HiredRemotelyCV
🛠 Tool of the Week: Hemingway App (free)
Paste your cover letter into hemingwayapp.com and it tells you exactly where your writing is too complex, too passive, or too long. Remote hiring managers read fast. Clear, direct writing wins. Use it before you send anything.
Thank you for being here. Thank you for growing with us. And thank you for trusting us with your job search every Tuesday.
This is just the beginning.
See you next Tuesday.
— Hired Remotely
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