This role is hired under Mandai X, the growth accelerator and venture building arm of Mandai Wildlife Group.
We live in a world where the delicate balance with nature has been disrupted. Reversing this trend will require a global effort of unprecedented speed and scale.
An impossible task alone.
Which is why we challenge ourselves to reach 1 billion consumers, as potential for change can only happen when many come together.
And this is where Mandai X can make a difference. Working to influence changes in attitudes, decisions and behaviours.
Leveraging over 50 years of experience in inspiring people to value and protect nature as part of the Mandai Wildlife Group, our efforts will spark, catalyse and accelerate innovative ventures in completely new domains to drive growth and impact beyond boundaries. Eliminating the well-entrenched trade-offs faced between commercial, human and the planet’s well-being. -– and blending everything together so that these usual conflicts faced are aligned.
We will redefine what a better life means; and unleash humanity’s collective power to make this change through impactful ventures that enable and empower individuals and companies with everyday choices that not only help them, but also make the world a better place at the same time.
Welcome to Mandai X.
We are building an immensely meaningful venture that helps parents teach desired values to their children, with personalized stories that stem from their imagination. We are on a mission to transform memorable real-world experiences of young children into personalized interactive stories, nurturing a deeper love of the world as they grow.
We are looking for an exceptional Engineering lead who has a passion for nurturing every child to become an everyday hero who drives positive change for himself / herself, others and the world, is concerned about animal welfare, wildlife conservation, and sustainability.As one of the first few hires on the venture, you will strike the delicate balance of defining technical architecture, guiding teams whilst also getting into the weeds to code as needed.
In this role you will:
Drive technical strategy, architecture and roadmap
· Set the technical vision, strategy and architecture from concept to future state to drive short-and long-term impact
· Partner with internal C-suite and broader corporate stakeholders, cross-functional peers in Engineering, Design and Commercial to translate technical vision into a technically feasible roadmap
Deliver products par excellence
· Lead and drive software delivery, providing visibility of progress and performance
· Effectively align teams and resources to achieve key business priorities on time and at the appropriate scope and highest quality
· Pitch in with code, code reviews, architectural reviews and technical mentoring whenever necessary
· Direct and drive high volume product pushes focusing on speed and quality
· Ensure all internal processes and external services comply with security and privacy policies and regulations (data compliance in particular)
· Build an efficient end-to-end application infrastructure, applying standard methodologies in software estimation and delivery
· Ensure that overall technical practices are scalable, constantly evaluating tech stacks to cater to evolving business needs
· Define and implement an effective, transparent and repeatable process for quality assurance (QA) across all areas of the organization including product development
Build team and drive engineering culture
· Build a team of capable engineers, developing the careers and technical capabilities of all team members
· Cultivate a strong culture of experimentation, delivery and impact
· Identify, validate and manage collaboration with 3rd party services and resources where required
You should have:
· A mission-resonance and deep passion towards creating a better world for the future generations
· Experience as a full stack engineer with expertise in at least 2-3 languages and frameworks
· Built products 0-1 or end-to-end from initial concept to market launch and testing and iteration, for instance at startups or digital consultancies
· Worked with senior corporate stakeholders and/or familiar working in corporate environments
· Experience building mobile apps - hybrid or progressive web apps
· Proven ability to hire, mentor and lead engineering teams
· Worked collaboratively and mobilized multiple stakeholders across multiple disciplines to drive desired outcomes
· Excellent communication and coherence of thought to be able to distil and explain complex technical concepts to general audiences
Additional desired competencies:
· Experience with Node, React, Python, REST APIs, Azure
· Familiarity with Gen AI
· Experience in EdTech or related fields
