Full Stack Web Developer at IDinsight

Want to work at the intersection of data, technology, and business? Want your work to have a meaningful social impact? Want to help build an impactful social business and help define its culture? Want to work with highly motivated, fun, and talented colleagues from all over the world? – If yes, you belong here!

Data on Demand (DoD) is a data-focused technology-enabled innovation being incubated by IDinsight. At DoD, we are always looking to make everything FASTER, CHEAPER and OF HIGHEST QUALITY. In light of the rapid growth in demand, we want to expand our team and are looking for people who share our passion.

About DoD

Data on Demand intends to amplify social sector impact worldwide by making accurate data on hard-to-reach, low-income populations an order of magnitude faster and cheaper. Our platform represents over 60 million people in India and we hope to expand our operations to more geographies.

Traditionally, high-quality data collection approaches are expensive and slow for policymakers and program implementers, while more immediate data sources like MIS data are often highly unreliable. Data on Demand combines rigorous academic methods, cutting edge technological innovations and strong field networks to revolutionize data collection.

Job brief

We are looking for a Full Stack 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 Full Stack 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 Full-Stack Developer’s primary goal is to create a web application that will help DoD 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 DoD is constantly innovating on our survey operations, the Full Stack 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

• Work with development teams and product managers to ideate software solutions
• Design client-side and server-side architecture
• Build the front-end of applications through appealing visual design
• Develop and manage well-functioning databases and applications
• Write effective APIs
• Test software to ensure responsiveness and efficiency
• Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade software
• Create security and data protection settings
• Build features and applications with a mobile responsive design
• Write technical documentation
• Work with data scientists and analysts to improve software

Requirements

• Proven experience as a Full Stack Developer or similar role. The experience required is 5 years.
• Experience developing web applications for desktop and mobile.
• Minimum of 2 years experience developing Django applications.
• Familiarity with hosting web applications on AWS (Elastic Beanstalk, RDS).
• Knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Minimum 2 years experience with a front end JavaScript framework like React or Angular.
• Familiarity with relational databases (PostgreSQL preferred), web servers (e.g. Apache) and UI/UX design
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills
• Great attention to detail
• Organizational skills
• An analytical mind
• Degree in Computer Science, or relevant field

Nuts and Bolts

Compensation will be dependent on relevant experience and background but will be competitive with similar roles in the social sector. The preferred start date is as soon as possible. Applicants who can start quickly will be prioritised.