Full Stack Developer

Assignment Title: Individual Consultant – Full Stack Developer – Agriculture DSS, Pakistan 

Reference No. (TH-RIMES-378403-CS-INDV)

Objective

The objective of this consulting service is to support the CARE Component 1 Pakistan Team in completing the climate-informed DSS for Punjab and Balochistan Agriculture Departments. 

Scope of Work 

The Full Stack Developer – Agriculture DSS – Pakistan, based in Islamabad, will report to the CARE Component 1 Project Director, through the Digital Systems and Data Integrator and RIMES’ Country Program Lead/CARE Country Coordinator for Pakistan. He/she shall have the following specific tasks:

•  Develop front-end applications with selected frameworks
•  Implement a robust set of functional features and services to power the frontend of the web application
•  Build highly complex user interface applications and back-end databases integration using expert-level skills in various web development tools, programming languages, and scripting languages
•  Build/develop required modules, for generating climate-informed products for   stakeholders, which could include, but not limited to:
•  3 and/to 10 days decision guidance for farmers, extension workers, and key  institutional decision-makers
•  Monthly and seasonal decision guidance for farmers, extension workers, and key institutional decision-makers
•  Long-term decision guidance for key institutional decision-makers 
•  Mine data relevant to the required DSS modules from openly available research hubs
•  Integrate required visualizations using web GIS-based technologies
•  Develop APIs/Microservices/Angular-based components for the DSS
•  Actively address non-functional requirements such as performance, security, scalability, continuous integration, migration, and compatibility
•  Implement security and data protection measures
•  Optimize the application for maximum speed and scalability
•  Translate UI wireframes to frontend visual elements
•  Extend the UI interface as and when needs arise and integrate it with backend microservices or ETL/ELT processes
•  Handle data in different formats (XLS, CSV, XML, NetCDF, HDF5, etc.) and use these data in the tool development
•  Meet the system design and performance, as required by the project
•  Maintain consistent, high-quality, stakeholder-focused approach in completing the DSS 
•  Generate and maintain a detailed technical DSS document
•  Others, as relevant to the position 

Qualifications

Knowledge

•  At least Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or other related fields 

Experience

 Minimum experience of 5 years in software development, with proven track record in full system development; experience in Al and ML-enabled systems development preferred but not required

•  Minimum of 3 years of experience in developing geospatial data analytics/visualization applications
•  Demonstrable experience in developing REST APIs and microservices architectures
•  Demonstrable experience in working with geospatial datasets and timeseries datasets
•  Demonstrable experience in using Angular and React JS, with strong knowledge of Javascript, HTML, and/or CSS
•  Demonstrable experience in working with multidimensional scientific datasets including NetCDF and HDF5, preferably in Python
•  Having DevOps experience is an advantage

Skills and abilities

•  Backend: Competence in using Python (Django), Node (Express), or PHP (Laravel)
•  Frontend: Competence in using Angular/any other framework based on JS
•  Database: Competence in using MySQL/PostgreSQL
•  OS: Competence in using Linux
•  Competence in GIS data processing libraries (e.g. GDAL, OGR, GeoPandas, Rasterio); GIS feed formats (e.g. transit, real-time feeds, KML, GeoJSON, and WFS); GIS APIs (e.g. routing, traffic, OGC, WMS, WFS WCS; interactive web maps using Leaflet or Mapbox; and geospatial web development libraries in Python such as Flask, Django, and GeoDjango
•  Strong written and verbal command of English

Personal qualities

Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills; demonstrated ability to plan and organize work independently; excellent interpersonal and communication skills; high commitment to responsibility and work quality; ability to work effectively and efficiently independently and/or within a multi-cultural team; openness/receptiveness to critique for enhancing work and outputs.

Contract Duration  

The contract will be for 1 year, subject to a 4-month probationary period, and annual performance review.