Head of Development

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How do you spend one day in this position? The feeling you get when you work for a startup is rather hard to describe. In some respects, it’s a little like taking the red pill and getting ejected from the Matrix. Your impact is direct and makes a massive difference. Every idea, process or change you implement has a ripple effect that can impact the company and potentially hundreds or even thousands of employees and customers for years to come. A common sentiment is that people learn more in a matter of months at a startup then they do after years at a large corporation. On top of that you are surrounded by a culture of innovation and motivated people that just might change the world.

This role is a problem solver who will work in coordination with our development team to design, develop, and maintain AppNava services.

What are we expecting from you to realize/achieve overall?

• Leading and developing a team of software developers and data engineers.
• Establishing the strategic direction of R&D team with stakeholders.
• Developing SaaS platform using Python infrastructure.
• Promoting best practices in product development and data analysis.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams (product design, sales).
• Developing strategies for effective ML and analytics solution.
• Developing process improvements to enhance the overall experience of the account.
• Maintaining and incrementally improving the current ML and analytics solution.
• Documentation (API, internal documents about architectures, and designs).
• Working with internal and external stakeholders in identifying innovative product, process initiatives and potential solutions.
• Acting as a technology radar research on emerging technologies to invoke strategic discussions and to nurture follow-up investigations with portfolio for adoption.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering.
• MS or Ph.D. is a big plus.
• Must have 5+ years of experience in software development in a leadership role with a demonstration of in-depth software development life cycle understanding and applied knowledge.
• 3+ years of experience in implementing enterprise design patterns.
• Strong people management skills and the ability to build, coach, and develop the teams for sustainable performance.
• Strong analytical and project management skills, with experience building and implementing strategies for the web services function.
• Experience in Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience in Python, Django and at least one modern UI framework (Angular, React or Vue).
• Solid understanding of databases, architecture, and infrastructure.
• Experience in MySQL and PostgreSQL (adjusting queries to enhance performance).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to make compromise amongst stakeholders.
• Goal-oriented, innovative, and problem solver.
• Fluency in English (written and spoken) required.

Nice to have:

• Experience with AWS Services (Lambda, S3, API Gateway, Athena, SQS, Appsync, etc).
• Understanding of data science, machine learning techniques, algorithms, and toolkits.
• Junior-level knowledge of mobile game operations.
• Experience in startup life.
• Experience in a microservices architecture.
• Experience in distributed systems.
• Experience with more than one programming languages (Java, NodeJS, Python, Golang or .NET).

What AppNava offers:

• Flexible hours (but generally available between 10am-4pm GMT+3) to accommodate busy family lives.
• Paid Time Offs (Birthday, Vacation, Sick, Public Holidays etc.).
• Early-stage stock option.
• Working in a friendly and supportive environment that encourages learning and improvement continually.
• We will of course provide fresh fruit and snacks and coffee.
• We support your personal and professional development with challenging projects and regular feedback.
• Working with cutting edge technology.
• As a company who loves to have fun at work, we have happy hours, breakfasts, celebrations, team-wide outdoor events etc.

We are looking forward to welcoming you to our team!