ZigWay (www.zigway.co) is a leading FinTech Social Enterprise based in Yangon, Myanmar, whose mission is to help low income families break free of poverty traps. We’re an award-winning team of international and local staff with multiple international awards including:

● Visa’s 2019 Asia-Pacific Social Impact Award

● Singapore Fintech Festival’s 2019 ASEAN SME Award

● ASEAN Rice Bowl Startup Award’s 2018 Best Fintech Myanmar.

Our vision is to lift 20 million people out of poverty in Myanmar and beyond, and we want you to be a part of it. This is an opportunity to see your work lift people out of poverty by capitalising on the technology boom in Myanmar which has seen smartphone penetration increase from 0 to 90% in seven years.

We design and build software to help people access Nano Loans, and we’re seeking a Tech Lead to broaden our technology suite to ensure our software matches our product innovation.

Tech stack

Programming languages: Javascript, Python
Framework: React, React Native, Django
Database: PostgreSQL
Source code administration (e.g. Git):GIt
Project administration (e.g. Jira, Github):Gitlab
Information sharing tool (e.g. Confluence):Gitlab Wiki
Others (e.g. Circleci, Docker, Kubernetes) Ansible, Gitlab CI, Docker
Work location (City, Country) Yangon, Myanmar
Accept remote work? (Yes/No/Open to it) Open to it after 6 months

Job Description

Product Development:

Architect, design and maintain scalable, secure and robust products, including our mobile application and machine learning-based credit risk model.
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.

Product details

What product/ project will this position be working on?

Managing the ZigWay mobile application frontend and backend development process & systems

What development phase is the product at?

Brownfield, developing new products & services to be integrated into our current frontend and backend

What is your product trying to solve?

Our mobile app provides nano-loans as well as products on credit to low-income families who do not have an established credit score or access to the formal banking sector

What department will this software developer be working in?

Tech department, though will work closely with the operations & management teams

What role will this software developer have in the department?

Technical team management, new product development

Who are my team members?

Our team is a mix of international and local Myanmar staff, most of whom are based in Yangon. The candidate will work closely with all team members in a relatively flat structure, and will formally report to the CEO. A short intro of our company and team is available here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/zigway.co

Products/projects

Our website: www.zigway.co

Development system and environment

What are the practices of sharing code? We do not share code
What are the initiatives to improve code quality? We undertake code reviews and aim for simplicity.
How do you improve and test code quality? Code can be reviewed by all team members for improvement and learning, and we have built automated testing. As always, we would like to continually improve our quality assurance systems.
What are your agile practice levels? We are using agile software development approach
Workflow maintenance? We have a prioritisation/ bug tracking system

Tech culture

What type of cross-functional work do you allow?: Cross functional work is important, with the tech lead acting as a liaison point for the operations and management teams.
What learning opportunities/initiatives do you have? Apart from an exposure into the fintech sector and in the thriving startup ecosystem of Yangon, the tech lead will also have the opportunity to broaden ZigWay's technological footprint in areas that will help to improve our service to our customers. e.g. machine learning / big data, KYC/ID recognition. The tech lead can also improve their non-technical skills through exposure to our business, strategy and operations.

Minimum 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.

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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.

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