Lead Web Software Developer

Do you want to use your technology skills for social good?

• Do you want to see a more equitable, inclusive and sustainable India?
• Would you like to be part of a pioneering team of people changing the way Indians can create a positive future?
• Would you like to network with a developer community from across the world to build products that can improve governance and democracy?
• If you answered yes to these questions then apply for this role as a Lead Web Software Developer at Jhatkaa.org and be part of the change!

The Job

At Jhatkaa.org we believe that one of the root causes of many problems in India is a dysfunctional democracy. Our mission is to get more citizens involved in democratic process to hold government accountable to more equitable, inclusive and sustainable decisions. We want to build a huge movement of citizens who are regularly participating in civic decision-making. Your role is to lead the development of technology tools that can enable our mission.

 

Location: Anywhere in India (we have an unlimited work from home policy)

Key skills: Ruby, Git, project management, scrum / agile

Experience: 3+ years shipping live web products; experience as a senior/lead.

<h3>What you’ll do</h3>

• Lead our technical team by managing projects, making engineering decisions, and working with other developers.
• Write code to build and sustain a tech stack for a mission-driven startup. That means developing, deploying, and integrating tools to enable our members to communicate with lawmakers and decision makers and support campaigns using email, mobiles, petitions, and social media.

• Lead back-end development including software, database design, and data integration using API’s and cloud architecture.
• Support occasional front-end deployment on our WordPress website
• Collaborate with International developers on open source software to power citizens’ ability to create change.
• Contribute to major strategic decisions about the future of technology-powered digital campaigning in India

<h3>Required skills and experience</h3>

• Fluency in either Ruby (or the ability to become fluent quickly)

• At least 3-4  years of experience shipping web products in the real world

• Comfort executing relatively large scopes of work with minimal supervision, including checking your own work, troubleshooting issues, and producing quality, maintainable code
• Basic devops skills - Comfortable in managing and migrating infrastructure between cloud vendors

• Ability to write collaborative, version-controlled code using Git

• Self-motivation and determination to set goals, stick to timelines, and see a project through with minimal management

• Good communication skills and ability to communicate easily with non-techies

• Familiarity with agile software development

• Fluency in English

<h3>This might be the job for you if you are</h3>

• Excited about building technology to engage lakhs of Indians in civic action

• A quick, flexible learner and problem solver interested in new languages, tools, and frameworks

• Eager to lead in designing the whole architecture of a data system

• Independent, self-motivated, and highly communicative

• Interested in open source. We’re moving toward using more open source tools and contributing to a larger community of tech for good. Be a leader in pursuing that direction.

• Looking to work on something you love. You’ll see the results of your work hours after building it, and you’ll go home at the end of the day knowing that you created some positive change in the world. At Jhatkaa.org, your impact will be direct, immediate, and tangible.

<h3>About Jhatkaa.org</h3>

Jhatkaa.org is a nonprofit campaigning startup committed to building grassroots citizen power across India in effective and innovative ways. Jhatkaa.org harnesses technology to help people take collective action on issues that interest or affect them, and create change that would not be possible if they acted alone. Jhatkaa.org also collaborates with civil society to engage citizens to hold corporate, cultural and government leaders accountable in real time at key decision moments through various digital communication platforms. 

We are a nimble organisation founded in 2013 that already has a track record of campaign victories that proves we can create massive impact. We are assembling a tech team to build tools that enable our team and rapidly growing membership of more than 2 lakh citizens to create a more just, sustainable, and inclusive future for all Indians.

Technology is core to our mission: we believe digital tools enable people to amplify their voices like never before. So far we have achieved notable growth -- occasionally in viral moments -- by building applications and customising an array of tools. Now we are looking for a developer to grow our tool set into a cohesive, integrated system. Rather than building applications from scratch, you will give life to an ecosystem to support our mission. You will be a major part of the tech team, leading back-end development and integration while contributing to strategic decisions that affect organisational priorities. 

Jhatkaa.org is committed to diversity and inclusion and we will consider all qualified applicants, irrespective of gender, caste, religion, sexual orientation, age, or physical ability. Women and anyone under-represented in tech are especially encouraged to apply.

Job Perks

<h3>Benefits</h3>

Jhatkaa.org compensates its team members in line with its values as an inclusive, progressive, mission-driven organisation. In addition to striving to provide our team members with financial stability, benefits include flexibility, democratic decision-making, personal and professional growth, and working for a great cause. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply in order to learn more about the many benefits of joining our team, such as:

• Unlimited work from home
• Flexibility in work process - we hold people accountable to deliverables NOT working hours
• 5 weeks casual leave, not including sick leave or holidays
• Feel your karma increase as you are part of campaign victories that create significant social change in India.
• Be a part of an International community of change-makers, travel to conferences and other meet-ups globally where you can learn and share from experts across the world.

How to Apply

Use this Google form to answer a few questions and once we have your response to the questions and have reviewed the same, we will contact you with the next steps.