Job Opportunity for Lead, IT at Madhi Foundation in Chennai

In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Work in collaboration with the EMIS Cell and the Associate Director, Projects to gather requirement and expectations for the App and Dashboard
• Work closely with the Madhi team to understand, evaluate and suggest best course for the development team to adopt
• Oversee testing and QA the work completed by the software development team
• Leading and supporting the IT team to develop, maintain and enhance the Ionic Mobile App and the Observation Dashboard
• Building and supporting any products, as required, for the EMIS Cell and Madhi
• Help the team troubleshoot issues that arise during development
• Coordinate with external consultants, where necessary, to create software tools to automate data input and processing

You will thrive in this role if you:

• Are an agilist driving scrum best practice – estimation, goals, reviews, retros etc
• Are familiar with CD/ CI and DevOps tools
• Experience in software project management tools
• Have previous experience building large, enterprise level solutions within an Agile environment
• Have the ability to estimate projects, timelines, feasibility and alternative solutions

Mandatory prerequisites include:

• Have worked with Angular / Ionic / hybrid mobile app technologies
• Have previous hands on experience with PHP code igniter framework
• Have worked with Large MySQL databases
• Lead an app / software development team
• Can be a key contributor to development roadmap & strategy
• Have strong problem solving skills, ability to triage technical issues
• Are able to and enjoy mentoring & coaching your team

Technical Skills Required:

• Strong knowledge of SOLID principles, Design Patterns, Ntier Architecture skills
• Must use best practices, reusable code, separation of concerns design patterns
• Create Application Architecture based on OOP concepts and code libraries / modules
• Define technical design for Application (require integration into existing Software Framework, working with REST services, Push notifications etc.)
• Experience in creating layered architecture of angular projects.
• Experience in creating the enterprise level architecture of angular projects.
• Experience in the front-end development lifecycle, including user interface design, html development across different form-factors and devices
• Strong understanding of hybrid ionic mobile app development and PHP
• Knowledge of MySQL databases (limitations and strengths)

Soft Skills Required:

• A team player – you must be collaborative in your working style and comfortable with load sharing as required and ensuring your team are delivering on time and efficiently
• Ability to build compelling concepts for developing product based projects, customer’s projects and offerings as well as engage user experience across varied platforms.
• Excellent Stakeholder Management skills
• Excellent communication skills

Desirable Qualifications:

• A degree in systems architecture/ computer science/ IT or related fields
• 7+ years of work experience in front-end/ back-end software development

This role will report to: Lead, Ennum Ezhuthum Mission
Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Remuneration: 11 – 18 lakhs per annum
Please note: You will be expected to bring your own laptop, with updated software (MS Office 2016)

For more information, please write to: apply@madhifoundation.org