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Lead Web Developer at Milaap

Located in Bangalore, India. Posted July 27, 2010

We are looking for a rock star web developer to join us full time

in our 4 month old startup to take charge and build out the

web platform for our product.

We are creating something at the intersection of Web 2.0 and microfinance

and we believe that this can create a huge impact in the social and economic

development of rural India.

This is an opportunity for you to work with a startup *and* create a direct

social impact from the work you do.

We are currently three co-founders and you will therefore

get all the benefits of being Employee #1, from generous

stock options to flexible working and sleeping hours :)

We are incubated at IIM Bangalore so you will have access to the great campus

environment/facilities/students depending on what interests you.

All this is over & above a good compensation if you are the right candidate for us.

Job Description

Contribute your best-in-class programming skills to develop highly innovative,

consumer-facing product. Work closely with the founders and UI designer to

incorporate changes.

Implement modules to pull and store data from multiple partners and build APIs

to access the data.

Rapidly fix bugs and solve problems.

Qualifications

Demonstrable experience building world-class, consumer web application interfaces

Rapid learner who thrives in a fast-paced environment

Expert Javascript/HTML/CSS/Ajax coding skills

Excellent programming skills in Ruby, Java, Python, or PHP

Experience with relational as well as document oriented databases.

Disciplined approach to testing and quality assurance

Strong command of web standards, CSS-based design, cross-browser compatibility

Good understanding of web technologies (HTTP, Apache) and familiarity with Unix/Linux

Knowledgeable foundation in interaction design principles

Great written communication and documentation abilities

It’d be super-awesome if you also have

Prior experience in small startup environment

Worked & built things independently

2-5 years of experience in field

Visual-design skills

Always wanted to work in a high impact social startup.

Applications are now closed.