Head - Product Development - IIT

We are looking for a Developer to produce scalable software solutions. You'll be part of a cross-functional team that's responsible for the full software development life cycle, from conception to deployment.

As a Developer, you should be comfortable around both front-end and back-end coding languages, development frameworks, and third-party libraries. We have a strong preference for a development stack that includes Django, AWS, PostgreSQL, and a front-end JavaScript framework like React or Angular. You should also be a team player with a knack for visual design and familiarity with Agile approaches to software development.

The Developer's primary goal is to create a web application that will help team members more easily manage surveys and facilitate communication with our distributed network of surveyors. The application already has an extensive product roadmap that may involve implementing complex features like an online optimization algorithm to efficiently assign survey targets to surveyors and a dynamic pricing algorithm for survey work. As Organization is constantly innovating on our survey operations, the Developer will need to collaborate closely with the operational team to ensure that software products meet the needs of our users.

If you're passionate about social impact and building cutting-edge software that can improve people's lives, we'd like to meet you.

Responsibilities :

1. Work with development teams and product managers to ideate software solutions

2. Design client-side and server-side architecture

- Build the front-end of applications through appealing visual design

3. Develop and manage well-functioning databases and applications

4. Write effective APIs

5. Test software to ensure responsiveness and efficiency

- Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade software

6. Create security and data protection settings

- Build features and applications with a mobile responsive design

7. Write technical documentation

- Work with data scientists and analysts to improve software

Requirements

1. Proven experience as a Full Stack Developer or similar role. The experience required is 5 years.

2. Experience developing web applications for desktop and mobile.

3. Minimum of 2 years experience developing Django applications.

4. Familiarity with hosting web applications on AWS (Elastic Beanstalk, RDS).

5. Knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

6. Minimum 2 years experience with a front-end JavaScript framework like React or Angular.

7. Familiarity with relational databases (PostgreSQL preferred), web servers (e.g. Apache), and UI/UX design

8. Excellent communication and teamwork skills

9. Great attention to detail

10. Organizational skills

11. An analytical mind

12. Degree in Computer Science or relevant field from tier 1 college would be preferred.