http://jobs.metafilter.com/tags/microfinance tag posts with microfinance Wed, 11 Jul 2007 18:29:14 -0800 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 18:29:14 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://jobs.metafilter.com/mefi/247 We are seeking to augment our current development team with a strong software development manager to oversee software development efforts within the Mifos Initiative. The Mifos Software Development Manager will oversee a small team of staff developers and coordinate with external developers – contract and volunteer – as well as the Mifos program management team to build a world-class platform for microfinance. This position reports to the Director of the Mifos Initiative. The ideal candidate will have extremely strong technical skills, experience managing developers, a solid focus on customer-facing requirements, and familiarity with open source software development and agile development methodologies. This is a hands-on position; the software development manager will be expected to work in the code as well as at a management and strategic level. Essential Job Functions: • Actively engage with the Mifos code base; write code, tests, and review code from other internal and external contributors • Manage software developers on the Mifos team • Act as primary contact between software development team and other teams on the Mifos Initiative; work with program management team to drive technical solutions to functionality and other technical requirements in the software • Set technical priorities for Mifos in cooperation with other developers, Mifos management, and program management and business managers • Understand user requirements and translate to technical requirements • Drive architectural discussions and decisions for key strategies and functionality (such as hosted model, front-end interfaces, and reporting functionality) • Define and drive requirements for software development infrastructure; work with program management to get that infrastructure built • Key contributor to overall Mifos vision and roadmap • Drive overall software development strategy and key tactics to achieve the vision • Co-owns (with program management) core technical features such as security • Manages software development contractors; works closely with program management to identify, vet, and acquire software development contractors Requirements and Skills: • 5+ years experience writing code as a software developer using object oriented techniques; demonstrated ability to ship • Experience managing other developers strongly preferred • Experience with (and fondness for) test-driven development and agile development practices (short iterations, extensive automated testing, pair programming, continuous integration) • Superb technical skills from code to architecture; 3 years of experience with Java/J2EE (preferably) or C++ enterprise applications. Experience with Struts, Hibernate and MVC design pattern highly desired. • Ability to quickly earn respect and credibility with super smart software developers • A passion for elegant code • Experience with development on open source projects strongly preferred • Ability and interest in engaging in functional and strategy discussions; strong capacity to take on a wide variety of technical and non-technical challenges • Strong focus on end user experience • Excellent communication skills, both written and oral; ability to move from deep technical discussions through functional discussions to strategic conversations with ease • Exposure to low bandwidth environments and developing countries helpful. • Passion for the mission of Grameen Foundation and the Mifos Initiative • Willingness to travel internationally and domestically. • Fluency in English required. To learn more about the Mifos Initiative, visit http://www.mifos.org and http://mifos.sourceforge.net. This position will be based at Grameen Technology Center in our Seattle offices. To apply, send resume and cover letter to mifos-jobs@grameenfoundation.org. No calls please. GRAMEEN FOUNDATION IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER tag:jobs.metafilter.com,2008:site.247 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 18:29:14 -0800 software opensource microfinance grameen gconard http://jobs.metafilter.com/mefi/216 The Grameen Foundation is seeking to augment our current development team with a strong software developer to work with the technology team in building Mifos, a world-class software platform for the microfinance community. The software developer will be heavily code-focused, developing features, writing tests, and reviewing code from other developers on the project. The developer will also be expected to participate in discussions and decision making concerning technology direction as well as to be a core, trusted member of the Mifos developer community. This position will report to the Mifos Software Development Manager. The ideal candidate will be an exceptionally strong developer – heavily code-focused – and will have significant experience with open-source development efforts, strong communication skills, a minimum of 3 years experience with Java/J2EE, experience and exposure to agile and test-driven development methodologies. Requirements/skills: • 4+ years experience writing code as a software developer using object oriented techniques; demonstrated ability to ship • Superb code-level skills; 3 years of experience with Java/J2EE (preferably) or C++ enterprise applications. Experience with Struts, Hibernate and MVC design pattern helpful; experience with mySQL or similar databases preferred. • Experience with (and fondness for) test-driven development and agile development practices (short iterations, extensive automated testing, pair programming, continuous integration) • Experience with development on open source projects strongly preferred tag:jobs.metafilter.com,2008:site.216 Tue, 22 May 2007 14:53:00 -0800 opensource java web microfinance gsteff