Job Description

• Work with React.js based Progressive Web App/Ruby on Rails/Express.js (Node.js)/Django(Python) as well as explore other potential technologies when needed (prior work experience in one of these is required)
• Design robust, scalable and secure features
• Hold a clear vision of overall architecture, be able to review it at relevant stages to ultimately ensure robust architecture, scalability, performance, usability and more
• Lead the architecture of new features as well as address security, stability, scaling issues and refactor old code to address these issues
• Work to manage the technical risks and debt, and help build a delivery plan
• Ensure that we are able to scale our platform, driving improvements in routing, internal algorithms and matching
• Follow best practices (automated testing, continuous integration, SCRUM, refactoring, code standards)
• Collaborating on user experience planning with the FutureLab team
• Integrate user-facing elements designed by UI/UX Designer to the platform
• Write clean, maintainable and efficient code
• Nurture and enforce best and appropriate technical practices
• Push for automation or efficient methods and tools to achieve technical excellence
• Consult experts when necessary
• Develop, maintain and enhance technical documentation
• Research, design, implement and validate algorithms to analyze diverse sources of data to achieve targeted outcomes.
• Execute rapid testing and experimenting for user experience and overall funnel optimization

• Work with the current tech platforms as well as explore other potential technologies when needed
• Drive continuous adoption and integration of relevant new technologies into the design and overall architecture

• Country specific payments
• Data analytics dashboard and CRM (email notifications) infrastructure and tools
• FutureLab alumni features
• Development and maintenance of the launch site
• Produce new and creative analytic solutions that will become part of FutureLab’s core deliverables.
• Social media
• Any required marketing apps or other development effort needed

• Project management
• Be the primary point of contact for during development (UI/UX improvements of Futurelab.my)
• Data architecture

• Ongoing solutioning and architecture
• Architect and implement externally-facing APIs for third-party integration
• Expansion of payment capabilities
• Development of addition features e.g. alumni management tool
• Ongoing data analytics, enterprise data warehouse/business intelligence and CRM

Job Requirements

• Have a strong understanding of business to be able to make appropriate technical decisions
• Be able to work with cross-functional teams to define, design and develop new features
• Work with cross-functional team members to identify and prioritize actionable, high-impact insights across a variety of core business areas.
• Delegate effectively and build trust with the junior technical team members, while balancing time to code
• Help to guide internal junior developers to improve as well as ensuring code quality and best practices are met across the board
• Monitor technical excellence by the team and ensure discipline and constant improvement by reviewing code, inspecting designs, providing feedback and more
• Help build and nurture the tech team as well as ensuring they are focused on the task at hand
• Build a sharing knowledge culture across the team
• Contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle
• Constantly looking for ways to increase the team’s productivity and velocity
• Build and maintain positive team morale
• Accurate time reporting and resource management of the team 
• Be a good role model for the team
• Take part in collaborative learning with other development team members such as sharing sessions, paired programming and code reviews
• Continuously develop and improve performance to move up positions based on performance review
• Contribute to team discussions and ideas
• Able to have effective time management and prioritization to ensure items are delivered on time
• Able to be a self-starter, and take initiative, along with having the capabilities of working in a fast-paced environment

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