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Company Name : Precision Agriculture for Development
Location : India
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Job Description : Title: Head of Software Development
Location and work authorisation: Preference for a PxD country office (including: Kenya, India, Pakistan, Colombia), with current and ongoing work authorisation

Salary: Competitive

Position: Full-time; option of flexible working
Reporting to: Chief Product & Technology Officer
Posted on: February 24, 2022
Closing date: March 31, 2022, 6pm EST (applications may be reviewed as they are submitted)
We seek a Head of Software Development to take a hands-on lead role in building the software and systems for our platforms and their associated products and services. The role will ideally be based in one of PxD’s countries of operation but could be located anywhere with a sufficient overlap in the working day.

Responsibilities (including but not limited to):

In this role, you will lead the technical design of solutions. You will lead and work with a software engineering team to plan and develop those solution designs. You will also help the team and PxD to build and scale our platform onto the global stage building, using and integrating best-of-breed technologies.

You will do this by:

Mentoring and recruiting and supporting great team members
Working with our technology partners to maximise our impact
Building new relationships and partners in the technological ecosystem to the benefit of PxD and our products/services
Working with our Research, Data Engineering, Product Development and Program Management teams to bring designs and operations to life through our platforms
Working with country teams, professional groups, and the new programmes team to help develop proposals
Participating in the early-stage design and development of new platform features and various special projects as appropriate
Supporting ideation and experimentation of various PxD services to maximise user adoption
Refining the technical architecture to support our organisation and product strategy and our technology objectives
Managing the software development backlog and agreeing epic/feature/task prioritisation with the team and the organisation
Ensuring and maintaining the relevance of our tooling and frameworks
Leading the planning and being hands-on – actively developing, participating in code reviews, PRs, conducting technical research, etc.
With the software engineering team, managing platform availability and managing support requests
We need someone who has (or can quickly develop) the following skills:

Team and project management skills
Entrepreneurial with a problem-solving mentality
Good stakeholder management and engagement skills
Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate, influence and generate confidence, trust, and respect
Keen to learn and maintain flexibility of approach
Ability to simplify and explain complex issues to a range of audiences
Able to implement effective systems to monitor performance
Ability to encourage innovative ideas to drive improvement
Resilient, reliable and outcome focused.

Some technical skills and/or experience leading teams with:

Best practice development processes, security, tooling for code, CI/CD, monitoring, etc., to maximise the team’s performance and production-ready platforms. Tell us what you think are the best ways of working
We use Erlang, R/Shiny, Python, but experience with any of C#, Java, JavaScript/Typescript, Go, Elixir, Haskell or similar are also of interest – what are your favourites – what’s your opinion on functional programming?
Some Messaging (e.g., SNS, FCM, Service Bus, etc.) and Data Storage paradigms (e.g., PostgreSQL, Amazon RDS, MongoDB, Redis, etc.) and Data Engineering fundamentals (ETL, Encryption, Scaling, Analytics, etc.) – what have you worked with and what do you want to learn next
Any micro-frontends, micro-services, containerisation and orchestration paradigms and related technologies – bring your experience and get some more
UI (web or mobile), HTML/CSS, Web Components, Mobile Native – maybe you think technologies such as Capacitor or Flutter are better
Provisioning on cloud providers such as AWS, Azure and using their services such as Application/API gateways, Load Balancers, CDN, AKS/EKS, Key Vaults, SSO, etc.

We think that people with a variety of industry backgrounds could be a good fit for this role. People with strong software engineering/development knowledge are especially good candidates. Ideally a technical lead or development manager already who is seeking to move up to own more of the stack. Qualifications and experience in the following domains would also be useful:

Computer Applications, Science or Engineering related discipline.
Data platforms, CMS, SaaS, Telecoms or other platform-related domains.

How to apply:

To apply, please visit the PxD website and use the online application form to submit a CV, a covering statement, and brief responses to the screening questions. Applications may be reviewed as they are submitted, until the application deadline.
PxD is committed to building an inclusive and diverse organisation. We don’t make decisions based on gender, gender identity, class, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other personal characteristics that are unrelated to the role. We understand that everyone has different lifestyles, and we accommodate flexible working to make sure you are as productive and happy as you can be. We will use any personal data you provide for recruitment purposes only.
About PxD:
Precision Development (PxD) is a global non-profit organization that harnesses technology, data science, and behavioral economics to empower people living in poverty to improve their lives. By providing actionable information to the right people, in the right way and at the right time, PxD empowers people to improve their livelihoods, mitigate risks, advance environmental sustainability, and adapt to a changing climate. A majority of PxDs services deliver customized digital agricultural advice to smallholder farmers via their mobile phones. This pioneering model of agricultural extension is implemented in collaboration with partner organizations to maximize scale, and we continuously experiment, iterate, and gather evidence on impact to improve service delivery and demonstrate our value. PxD currently works in eleven countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, and is rapidly expanding as governments and organizations look for innovative ways to utilize new technologies to deliver actionable information to people who need it. At the end of Q4 2021, PxD and our partners were servicing 5.7 million users through a range of initiatives providing tailored digital information on crop optimization, pest management, input utilization, and environmental stewardship. PxD also leverages mobile technology to deliver information in sectors beyond agriculture, including to facilitate math education in Kenya, improving household nutrition, increasing the adoption of crop insurance and other financial services, and other interventions that advance well-being.

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