Chief Architect

About Company:

Our client is a Delhi NCR, India headquartered 7+-year-old social/development sector-focused advisory and consulting firm. With a robust team of 100+ ICT4D professionals,they develop IT applications for NGOs, Government functionaries, CSRs, International Funding Organizations, etc. to manage theirprojects and programs in India and abroad. We are a team of young dynamic, development-conscious tech -enablers and problem solvers consisting of a diverse mix of development professionals, technology enthusiasts, software

engineers, and analysts. Our solutions enable organizations to monitor and evaluate their programs for maximum impact and operate seamlessly across everyday operations.

Job Overview:

Dhwani Rural information systems Pvt. Ltd. is looking to hire a Chief Technical Officer, to provide sound technical leadership in all aspects of the business. The CTO would be responsible for all technology systems, processes, software design and development within the company. Our ideal candidate needs to have more than 15 years of

experience building technology solutions to improve business process, increase productivity and efficiency and reduce cost for its customers, vendors, and internal employees. The candidate should have experience in social sector consulting/IT consulting/Government advisory and working with CSRs, Philanthropies or Large NGOs. The CTO must have in depth knowledge of and experience in driving technological innovation and leading product development

projects.

Responsibilities

The CTO will work with a team in the following activities -

• Lead the strategy for technology platforms, partnerships and external relationships

• Formulate a vision for how technology will be utilized within the company

• Streamline the IT Project requirements through a technological approach

• Outline company goals and timelines for research and development

• Develop technical aspects of the company’s strategy for alignment with its business goals

• Help departments use technology profitably and act as a mentor to middle management of the company

• Make executive decisions on behalf of the company’s technological requirements.

• Keep abreast of new trends and best practices in the technology landscape

• Work closely with Dhwani’s senior leadership to define and deliver new products and enhancements

Essential Tech Requirements:

• Broad knowledge of software engineering: languages, frameworks, techniques, and industry trends.

• Experience in designing and managing an effective IT governance framework across the spectrum of IT

service delivery.

• Good understanding of agile methodologies

• In-depth knowledge of web systems architecture, design and development

• Knowledge of software development life cycle. Preferable from CS/IT

• Basic understanding of how a software works (Frontend, Backend, API, Database Schema etc)

• Exposure to different off the shelf solutions (ZOHO, QuickBooks, Greythr, Google Suite, Microsoft Suite,

Zapier, Survey Monkey, IVR, SMS)

• Requirement gathering for software

• Get involved in the entire SDLC (Design, Develop, UAT, Rollout)

Essential Non-Tech Requirements:

• Accountable and ownership taking attitude

• Strong sense of purpose to work in this space (Tech4Good, ICT4D, Social Impact)

• Exceptional team management skills.

• Excellent verbal and written communication.

• Ability to multi-task and juggle various deadlines and domians

• Extensive industry knowledge with an eye towards the future.

• Prior experience of handling multiple projects in different domains at the same time

• Prior experience of managing large tech teams (50-200 engineers) including developers, designers, QAs, Das

and other teams

Qualification

Bachelor’s degree in software, computer science, engineering or any related STEM field. Have worked as a senior

engineering head or CTO in NGOs, Social Impact Consulting Firms CSR, Think Tanks, Research Organizations.

Technology: node js, DynamoDB / Mongo DB

Roles:

• Design & implement Backend Services.
• Able to redesign the architecture.
• Designing & implementation of application in MVC & Microservice.
• 9+ years of experience developing service-based applications using Node.js.
• Expert-level skills in developing web applications using JavaScript, CSS and HTML5.
• Experience working on teams that practice BDD (Business Driven Development).
• Understanding of micro-service architecture and RESTful API integration patterns.
• Experience using Node.js for automation and leveraging NPM for package management
• Solid Object Oriented design experience, and creating and leveraging design patterns.
• Experience working in a DevOps/Continuous Delivery environment and associated toolsets (i.e. Jenkins, Puppet etc.)
  
  
  

Desired/Preferred Qualifications :

1. Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
2. Strong problem solving and conceptual thinking abilities
3. Desire to work in a collaborative, fast-paced, start-up like environment
4. Experience leveraging node.js frameworks such as Express.
5. Experience with distributed source control management, i.e. Git

Technology / Frame work: Angular, Ionic

Roles:

• Design frontend architecture.
• Provide solution for business needs.
• 9+ years of experience in modern Javascript frameworks (Angular JS, Knockout, React) and other front end technologies (HTML5, CSS 3, Bootstrap)
• Caching techniques such as Service workers to improve the front end performance.
• Experience in unit testing automation frameworks such as Karma, Jasmine, Protractor.
• Experience in optimization of UI for mobile & tablet devices for infinite & smooth scrolling.
• Experience in Service side rendering technologies such as Angular 10. 0, typescript, React JS.
• Experience in setting up DevOps & Continuous Delivery pipeline for front end technologies using a standard platform such as Jenkins, Puppet , Team City or IBM Urban Build.
• Code quality measurement using automated tools as well as manual code reviews for Javascript technologies
  
  

Desired/Preferred Qualifications :

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Strong problem solving and conceptual thinking abilities
• Desire to work in a collaborative, fast-paced, start-up like environment.
• Experience leveraging node.js frameworks such as Express.
• Experience with distributed source control management, i.e. Git

About First Principles

We are a Tech Holding Company and our portfolio companies generate millions in revenue. What is unique about FirstPrinciples is that most of our companies remain controlled and majority owned by First Principles and its team members rather than by external investors. We are proud that our product engineering team builds world class products from India. https://firstprinciples.io/">https://firstprinciples.io/

About this Role

As we scale and build our organisation, we would like to add an individual to our core Technical Leadership who can scale our key products and projects and help us build and foster relationships with Enterprise clients.

We are looking for an experienced Technology Leader to join our fast growing organisation to help us with driving Technical Strategy, Approach and oversee the Implementation for internal and external products. You should be someone who loves Engineering, have amazing debugging skills and slay problems with technology. 

In this role, you will undertake Technical / Solution Architecture and should also be able to help team with Engineering and coding wherever required. That includes, working along with the team, writing code, doing R&D or POCs, ensuring we follow modern industry standards and building beautiful high performing Software and Applications and thus delivering a better solution and product. You will also help FP build strong relationships with clients and technical leadership on the client side.

You would be required to have a minimum of 10+ years of experience with a mix of Engineering, DevOps, Infrastructure, Cyber - Network Security, Enterprise Application Maintenance, Database Management along with Project, Client and People Management skills which are necessary to lead the team and be their voice. You should be a leader and not just a manager who loves delegating things to the off-shore team, but rather someone who would not hesitate to take over Git-Pull and start writing code and show ‘here is how it’s done’ and amaze everyone with your expertise! :-) 

Because this is a Senior role, you would also be involved working with the Product/Project Manager and will be responsible for the delivery and output.

Tech Stack [High-Level]: We are JavaScript focused i.e. we work in ReactJS, NodeJS, AngularJS, TypeForm, TypeScript, Redis. On the server side, we work with AWS/GCP/DO. Database: MySQL, PostgreS and MongoDb. API: REST and GraphQL API. We also have a strong DevOps stack - including Kubernetes(K8), Dockers and CI/CD automation. 

Interview Process: 

• 60 min Discovery Call
• 15 mins introduction and what you bring to the table (We love people who say, “We build the damn table”) 
• 15 min understanding your experience and background
• 15 min on why you want to join our team and your expectations, future plans
• 15 min Q&A
  
  
• 60-90 min Technical Interview  (May be more than 1)
• Technical Call
  
  
• 45-60 min Final Call
• 15 min discussion on results 
• 15 min CTC expectations / negotiations 
• 15 min closure
• 15 min buffer

Are you someone with a strong technology leadership background?

At Solutionec, we are looking for a Solution Architect professional who will work on complex and critical technology programs. Also, this role will allow you to engage in new and emerging technology and play an active role in Solutionec’s journey to the cloud.

In close partnership with business and IT partners, you will provide technical leadership and vision, authoring multi-year architecture roadmaps, and actively promoting opportunities to optimize, consolidate, reuse, and simplify. You will author actionable architecture solutions that achieve business goals, align with Solutionec technology strategy, and promote standard methodologies in design and architecture.

• 10+ years’ experience which include analysis, design, architecture, and development along with leadership skills
• Experience with Java/ C/Python is a must.
• Experience hands on full stack architect with deep expertise in architecture design tools and in open source technologies/frameworks such as PostgreSQL, Ceph, Memcached, Redis, MongoDB, Nginx, Tomcat, Apache, angular/react, nodejs, spring boot
• Experience with TSQL/SSRS/SSIS/SSAS/Informatica
• Experience leading multiple, full lifecycle, large-scale Data Migration Projects
• PostgreSQL Database Administrator with proven experience in large scale data migration from SQL Server to PostgreSQL
• Experience with complex end to end Cloud migrations to AWS/Azure
• Experience in cloud technologies including designing solutions that use AWS services such as EKS, RDS, S3, ALB, CloudWatch, ElastiCache and Lambda
• Experience in the consulting field with excellent leadership, customer service, oral and written skills, project pricing, and presentation skills
• Certified Solutions Architect with one of the major cloud providers will be a plus
• Experience with healthcare a plus