ZigWay

Based in Yangon, ZigWay is one of Myanmar’s leading social enterprise start-ups. Our mission is to help low income families break free of poverty traps. We have designed and built software to help people access cheap and flexible loans when they need it. We’re looking to fill the following position: TECHNOLOGY LEAD. What we offer you: The opportunity to make meaningful impact for the lives of millions of people. The ability to define your career path, with the potential to grow into a CTO. A dynamic, collaborative, non-hierarchical environment where your contribution is valued over your job title or years of experience. The chance to experience the real-life application of the technology you build to help people in poverty. You will have the opportunity to work in Myanmar for the first six months, and the option to either continue in the Yangon office, or remotely thereafter. A competitive market salary, including equity. What you will do: Product Development: Architect, design and maintain scalable, secure and robust products, including our mobile application and machine learning-based credit risk model. Our current stack includes Django, React.js, React Native and Ansible for deployment. Lead the technical development of new products, by communicating with customers, staff and partners. Innovate through creativity, curiosity, and your knowledge of technology trends and regulations, and rapidly troubleshoot any problems. Maintain a customer-focused outlook in a market where digital literacy and technology adoption is new. Technology: Coordinate day-to-day operational activities within the Technology team and lead junior members in architecture implementation. Manage technology budgets and timeframes. Ensure compliance with regulatory and internal requirements. Constantly seek and implement process improvements. Leadership & Strategy: Lead, recruit, train and retain a team of developers. Mentor and motivate team members to ensure high engagement. Formulate and implement effective, long-term product and technology strategies, together with ZigWay’s Management and Technology teams. Who you are: A leader by example and a mentor, who is passionate about serving low income families. A highly skilled technologist with strong analytical skills and a love for coding. A true innovator who is relentless and resourceful in finding solutions. A strong communicator and collaborative team player, who is open and honest, and willing to admit failure in order to learn. A well organised do-er, who can wear many hats, and keeps track of priorities and progress. A high performer who sees opportunities to constantly improve and exceed expectations. A proactive, problem solver with curiosity and optimism, who believes no obstacle is too large. A flexible self-starter who enjoys the rapid pace of working with a start-up, and is able to push forward in an uncertain environment or with incomplete information. Requirements: Hands-on software development experience, preferably as a full stack Javascript / Python developer (4+ years). Experience working with machine learning / deep learning models. Experience with maintaining services, DevOps an advantage. Experience with Continuous Integration an advantage. A degree in Computer Science, IT, Machine Learning or a similar field or demonstrate similar experience and capabilities. Fluent written and spoken English. Burmese an advantage. Have a strong code of ethics based on integrity, trust and respect for all forms of diversity.