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Lead Software Engineer
On-site
Job Title : Lead Software Engineer
Location : Kathmandu
Department : Engineering
Reports to : Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Role Overview
Lead Software Engineer – Navya Advisors Limited
As the Lead Software Engineer at Navya Advisors Limited, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the architectural direction and technological foundation of our products and systems. This role is ideal for someone with a strong analytical mindset, hands-on experience in Django, and a solid understanding of DevOps practices.
You will be responsible for managing the full software development lifecycle—from architectural design to deployment—while also leading and mentoring a team of engineers. Your contributions will directly impact the scalability, resilience, and innovation of our platform as we scale our business in the financial services space.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and implement scalable backend systems using Django and related technologies.
- Lead and mentor a team of software engineers, fostering a culture of excellence and collaboration.
- Oversee the software development lifecycle, including planning, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance.
- Collaborate with product, design, and data teams to deliver secure and user-friendly solutions.
- Establish DevOps practices for continuous integration, delivery, and infrastructure management.
- Evaluate and integrate AI/ML components into our platform to enhance automation, personalization, and data analysis.
- Work with data scientists to productionize machine learning models and ensure they are scalable and maintainable.
- Stay current with developments in AI, especially as applied to financial technology, to drive innovation and competitive advantage.
AI & Machine Learning Requirements:
- Experience integrating machine learning models into web applications or services.
- Familiarity with AI/ML frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn, or similar.
- Knowledge of MLOps best practices for managing and deploying models in production environments.
- Ability to collaborate cross-functionally with data science teams to define and implement AI-driven features.
- Understanding of ethical AI considerations, especially in financial services (e.g., transparency, fairness, explainability).
Other Responsibilities
- Architectural Leadership: Design and lead the implementation of scalable, maintainable, and secure system architectures for core products and platforms.
- Technology Strategy: Collaborate with the CTO and product leadership to align technical solutions with business objectives and long-term vision.
- Project Ownership: Oversee projects independently from planning to production deployment, ensuring alignment with timelines, budget, and quality standards.
- Hands-on Development: Lead by example with active involvement in backend development using Django and related technologies.
- DevOps Integration: Implement CI/CD pipelines, monitor application performance, and ensure seamless cloud deployments using modern DevOps tools and practices.
- Team Leadership: Manage, mentor, and guide engineers, promoting a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous learning.
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with product managers and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
- Quality & Standards: Ensure all code and systems meet high standards for security, performance, and maintainability.
Required Qualifications
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a closely related field.
- 6+ years of hands-on software development experience, including 3+ years in technical leadership or architecture roles.
- Proven experience designing and deploying complex Django-based applications in production environments.
- Working knowledge of DevOps practices and tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
- Solid experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
- Proficiency in software design principles, distributed systems, and RESTful API development.
- Experience with modern databases (SQL and NoSQL), caching strategies, and message brokers.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with microservices-based architectures.
- Familiarity with infrastructure as code and automated deployment pipelines.
- Understanding of security best practices including secure coding, authentication, and data protection.
Leadership & Communication
- Proven ability to lead and manage engineering teams.
- Strong mentoring skills and a passion for helping others grow.
- Clear and concise communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Ability to navigate complex technical decisions and guide the team through ambiguity and change.
What We Offer
- Innovative Environment: A culture that supports innovation, learning, and autonomy.
- Growth Opportunity: A strategic leadership role with visibility and influence across the organization.
- Competitive Compensation: Salary, performance bonuses, and benefits in line with experience and contribution.
- Meaningful Work: Be part of a team reshaping the financial services landscape in Nepal and beyond.
How to Apply
If you are interested in this opportunity, please send your updated resume and a cover letter to navyaadvisors@gmail.com by 27 May 2025. We look forward to learning how you can contribute to the future of Navya Advisors Limited.
Evaluation Team Lead – Infrastructure Impact Assessment
Flexible/Remote, with travel
Position Title: Evaluation Team Lead – Infrastructure Impact Assessment
Location: Flexible/Remote, with travel to project sites in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)
Duration: Full-time, 1 year
Contingent on Funding
OVERVIEW
Banyan Global Introduction: Banyan Global is a development consulting firm, founded on the principle that integrating expertise and experience from the development community and private sector will achieve a broad and lasting impact. Our unique team comprises seasoned private sector and international development professionals. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., Banyan Global maintains staff around the world.
Position Overview: We are seeking an experienced Evaluation Team Lead to oversee the design and implementation of an independent evaluation to assess a portfolio of approximately 15 operational infrastructure projects in Africa, Latin America, and S.E. Asia. These projects vary in type—ranging from greenfield developments to upgrades and expansions of existing infrastructure. The evaluation will examine the benefits generated by these projects to the U.S. government, U.S. businesses, and the host countries where projects are implemented. These infrastructure projects are supported through direct investments, political risk insurance, or via financial intermediaries such as investment funds. The evaluation will employ a combination of qualitative analysis and ex-post cost-benefit analysis (CBA) to answer a set of prioritized questions. The insights from this evaluation will identify gaps in current practices and improving project screening, due diligence, monitoring, and evaluation across the infrastructure project lifecycle.
The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in qualitative research methods, experience evaluating infrastructure development programs, and a demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary teams in low- and middle-income country contexts.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Lead the design and implementation of the evaluation, ensuring robust qualitative research and integration with ex-post cost-benefit analysis.
- Guide the development of evaluation frameworks, theory of change models, and data collection tools tailored to infrastructure investments.
- Oversee qualitative data collection and analysis across diverse geographies and infrastructure types.
- Coordinate with subject matter experts, quantitative analysts, and field teams to synthesize evaluation findings.
- Lead the writing of case studies and the final evaluation report, ensuring that findings address prioritized evaluation questions and are presented in a clear, relevant format.
- Identify key lessons, systemic gaps, and opportunities for enhancing investment assessment processes.
- Oversee fieldwork planning, team coordination, and quality assurance processes in diverse and sometimes challenging settings.
- Represent the evaluation team in meetings with stakeholders and local partners.
- Ensure high standards of ethical research, data quality, and team performance.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Master’s or PhD in Evaluation, Public Policy, Environmental Studies, Economics, or a related field.
- At least 7–10 years of experience in evaluation, with a focus on infrastructure or development finance.
- Proven expertise in qualitative methods (e.g., key informant interviews, focus groups, case studies), with demonstrated ability to lead analysis that informs strategic decision-making.
- Experience evaluating environmental and social impacts of infrastructure investments.
- Proven expertise in qualitative data collection and analysis methods, including use of software (e.g., NVivo, Atlas.ti, MAXQDA).
- Prior work in low- and middle-income countries, particularly on donor-funded or multilateral projects.
- Experience with cost-benefit analysis and integrating qualitative insights into mixed-methods evaluations.
- Excellent communication, team management, and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Strong writing skills with experience producing evaluation reports for donor or multilateral audiences.
- Familiarity with political risk insurance, blended finance, or financial intermediaries.
- Ability to translate complex findings into practical recommendations for institutional learning.
- Multilingual capacity (e.g., French, Spanish, or Portuguese) is an advantage.
HOW TO APPLY
Banyan Global does not discriminate against employees based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, or gender expression. Please apply to the position through our website, https://banyanglobal.com/careers/.
Economist - Infrastructure Impact Asessment
Flexible/Remote, with travel
Position Title: Economist – Infrastructure Impact Assessment
Location: Flexible/Remote, with travel to project sites in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)
Duration: Full-time, 1 year
Contingent on Funding
OVERVIEW
Banyan Global Introduction: Banyan Global is a development consulting firm, founded on the principle that integrating expertise and experience from the development community and private sector will achieve a broad and lasting impact. Our unique team comprises seasoned private sector and international development professionals. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., Banyan Global maintains staff around the world.
Position Overview: We are seeking an Economist with expertise in cost-benefit analysis (CBA) to play a key role in an independent evaluation to assess a portfolio of approximately 15 operational infrastructure projects in Africa, Latin America, and S.E. Asia. These projects vary in type—ranging from greenfield developments to upgrades and expansions of existing infrastructure. The evaluation will examine the benefits generated by these projects to the U.S. government, U.S. businesses, and the host countries where projects are implemented. These infrastructure projects are supported through direct investments, political risk insurance, or via financial intermediaries such as investment funds. The evaluation will employ a combination of qualitative analysis and ex-post CBA to answer a set of prioritized questions. The insights from this evaluation will identify gaps in current practices and improving project screening, due diligence, monitoring, and evaluation across the infrastructure project lifecycle.
The successful candidate will support the design and implementation of ex-post CBAs for selected infrastructure projects, ensuring that the analysis reflects real-world economic impacts and contributes directly to priority evaluation questions. This role requires demonstrated experience conducting CBAs in infrastructure sectors (e.g., transportation, energy, water) and the ability to adapt economic models to the data realities of low- and middle-income countries (LMIC).
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Support the financial and economic analysis of a portfolio of infrastructure projects across multiple countries and sectors.
- Construct net cash flow models for each project to evaluate financial performance—including NPV and IRR—with a clear linkage to the investment-specific contribution.
- Conduct economic benefit analysis to assess net benefits to society in host countries and the U.S., using ERR and NPV as key metrics.
- Evaluate and differentiate benefits accruing to the U.S. private sector and the U.S. Government, such as procurement, ownership, and indirect commercial advantages.
- Incorporate non-market effects such as consumer surplus and environmental and social externalities in the economic analysis.
- Aggregate project-level results to provide portfolio-level insights on both financial and economic performance.
- Work collaboratively with qualitative researchers to triangulate findings and contextualize quantitative results.
- Support preparation of clear, concise written deliverables that explain technical findings to non-specialist audiences.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Advanced degree (Master’s or PhD) in Economics, Public Policy, Development Economics, or a related field.
- At least 7 years of experience conducting cost-benefit analyses, preferably of infrastructure projects in LMICs.
- Strong command of financial and economic modeling, including tools such as Excel, Stata, or R.
- Proven ability to assess both private financial returns and societal-level economic benefits.
- Experience incorporating externalities (e.g., environmental, social) and non-market values into economic analysis.
- Ability to work with imperfect or incomplete data and justify reasonable assumptions.
- Familiarity with donor-funded evaluations, development finance institutions, or multilateral agencies.
- Excellent communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
- Prior work evaluating development finance-backed infrastructure projects preferred.
- Familiarity with political risk insurance and public-private investment models.
- Experience with procurement analysis, U.S. business linkages, or trade impact assessments.
- Proficiency in additional languages (e.g., French, Spanish, Portuguese) is an advantage.
HOW TO APPLY
Banyan Global does not discriminate against employees based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, or gender expression.
Contact Smart Talent AI to apply.
Lead Software Engineer
On-site
Job Title : Lead Software Engineer
Location : Kathmandu
Department : Engineering
Reports to : Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Role Overview
Lead Software Engineer – Navya Advisors Limited
As the Lead Software Engineer at Navya Advisors Limited, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the architectural direction and technological foundation of our products and systems. This role is ideal for someone with a strong analytical mindset, hands-on experience in Django, and a solid understanding of DevOps practices.
You will be responsible for managing the full software development lifecycle—from architectural design to deployment—while also leading and mentoring a team of engineers. Your contributions will directly impact the scalability, resilience, and innovation of our platform as we scale our business in the financial services space.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and implement scalable backend systems using Django and related technologies.
- Lead and mentor a team of software engineers, fostering a culture of excellence and collaboration.
- Oversee the software development lifecycle, including planning, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance.
- Collaborate with product, design, and data teams to deliver secure and user-friendly solutions.
- Establish DevOps practices for continuous integration, delivery, and infrastructure management.
- Evaluate and integrate AI/ML components into our platform to enhance automation, personalization, and data analysis.
- Work with data scientists to productionize machine learning models and ensure they are scalable and maintainable.
- Stay current with developments in AI, especially as applied to financial technology, to drive innovation and competitive advantage.
AI & Machine Learning Requirements:
- Experience integrating machine learning models into web applications or services.
- Familiarity with AI/ML frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn, or similar.
- Knowledge of MLOps best practices for managing and deploying models in production environments.
- Ability to collaborate cross-functionally with data science teams to define and implement AI-driven features.
- Understanding of ethical AI considerations, especially in financial services (e.g., transparency, fairness, explainability).
Other Responsibilities
- Architectural Leadership: Design and lead the implementation of scalable, maintainable, and secure system architectures for core products and platforms.
- Technology Strategy: Collaborate with the CTO and product leadership to align technical solutions with business objectives and long-term vision.
- Project Ownership: Oversee projects independently from planning to production deployment, ensuring alignment with timelines, budget, and quality standards.
- Hands-on Development: Lead by example with active involvement in backend development using Django and related technologies.
- DevOps Integration: Implement CI/CD pipelines, monitor application performance, and ensure seamless cloud deployments using modern DevOps tools and practices.
- Team Leadership: Manage, mentor, and guide engineers, promoting a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous learning.
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with product managers and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
- Quality & Standards: Ensure all code and systems meet high standards for security, performance, and maintainability.
Required Qualifications
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a closely related field.
- 6+ years of hands-on software development experience, including 3+ years in technical leadership or architecture roles.
- Proven experience designing and deploying complex Django-based applications in production environments.
- Working knowledge of DevOps practices and tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
- Solid experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
- Proficiency in software design principles, distributed systems, and RESTful API development.
- Experience with modern databases (SQL and NoSQL), caching strategies, and message brokers.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with microservices-based architectures.
- Familiarity with infrastructure as code and automated deployment pipelines.
- Understanding of security best practices including secure coding, authentication, and data protection.
Leadership & Communication
- Proven ability to lead and manage engineering teams.
- Strong mentoring skills and a passion for helping others grow.
- Clear and concise communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Ability to navigate complex technical decisions and guide the team through ambiguity and change.
What We Offer
- Innovative Environment: A culture that supports innovation, learning, and autonomy.
- Growth Opportunity: A strategic leadership role with visibility and influence across the organization.
- Competitive Compensation: Salary, performance bonuses, and benefits in line with experience and contribution.
- Meaningful Work: Be part of a team reshaping the financial services landscape in Nepal and beyond.
How to Apply
If you are interested in this opportunity, please send your updated resume and a cover letter to navyaadvisors@gmail.com by 14 May 2025. We look forward to learning how you can contribute to the future of Navya Advisors Limited.
Evaluation Team Lead – Infrastructure Impact Assessment
Flexible/Remote, with travel
Position Title: Evaluation Team Lead – Infrastructure Impact Assessment
Location: Flexible/Remote, with travel to project sites in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)
Duration: Full-time, 1 year
Contingent on Funding
OVERVIEW
Banyan Global Introduction: Banyan Global is a development consulting firm, founded on the principle that integrating expertise and experience from the development community and private sector will achieve a broad and lasting impact. Our unique team comprises seasoned private sector and international development professionals. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., Banyan Global maintains staff around the world.
Position Overview: We are seeking an experienced Evaluation Team Lead to oversee the design and implementation of an independent evaluation to assess a portfolio of approximately 15 operational infrastructure projects in Africa, Latin America, and S.E. Asia. These projects vary in type—ranging from greenfield developments to upgrades and expansions of existing infrastructure. The evaluation will examine the benefits generated by these projects to the U.S. government, U.S. businesses, and the host countries where projects are implemented. These infrastructure projects are supported through direct investments, political risk insurance, or via financial intermediaries such as investment funds. The evaluation will employ a combination of qualitative analysis and ex-post cost-benefit analysis (CBA) to answer a set of prioritized questions. The insights from this evaluation will identify gaps in current practices and improving project screening, due diligence, monitoring, and evaluation across the infrastructure project lifecycle.
The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in qualitative research methods, experience evaluating infrastructure development programs, and a demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary teams in low- and middle-income country contexts.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Lead the design and implementation of the evaluation, ensuring robust qualitative research and integration with ex-post cost-benefit analysis.
- Guide the development of evaluation frameworks, theory of change models, and data collection tools tailored to infrastructure investments.
- Oversee qualitative data collection and analysis across diverse geographies and infrastructure types.
- Coordinate with subject matter experts, quantitative analysts, and field teams to synthesize evaluation findings.
- Lead the writing of case studies and the final evaluation report, ensuring that findings address prioritized evaluation questions and are presented in a clear, relevant format.
- Identify key lessons, systemic gaps, and opportunities for enhancing investment assessment processes.
- Oversee fieldwork planning, team coordination, and quality assurance processes in diverse and sometimes challenging settings.
- Represent the evaluation team in meetings with stakeholders and local partners.
- Ensure high standards of ethical research, data quality, and team performance.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Master’s or PhD in Evaluation, Public Policy, Environmental Studies, Economics, or a related field.
- At least 7–10 years of experience in evaluation, with a focus on infrastructure or development finance.
- Proven expertise in qualitative methods (e.g., key informant interviews, focus groups, case studies), with demonstrated ability to lead analysis that informs strategic decision-making.
- Experience evaluating environmental and social impacts of infrastructure investments.
- Proven expertise in qualitative data collection and analysis methods, including use of software (e.g., NVivo, Atlas.ti, MAXQDA).
- Prior work in low- and middle-income countries, particularly on donor-funded or multilateral projects.
- Experience with cost-benefit analysis and integrating qualitative insights into mixed-methods evaluations.
- Excellent communication, team management, and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Strong writing skills with experience producing evaluation reports for donor or multilateral audiences.
- Familiarity with political risk insurance, blended finance, or financial intermediaries.
- Ability to translate complex findings into practical recommendations for institutional learning.
- Multilingual capacity (e.g., French, Spanish, or Portuguese) is an advantage.
HOW TO APPLY
Banyan Global does not discriminate against employees based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, or gender expression. Please apply to the position through our website, https://banyanglobal.com/careers/.
Economist - Infrastructure Impact Asessment
Flexible/Remote, with travel
Position Title: Economist – Infrastructure Impact Assessment
Location: Flexible/Remote, with travel to project sites in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)
Duration: Full-time, 1 year
Contingent on Funding
OVERVIEW
Banyan Global Introduction: Banyan Global is a development consulting firm, founded on the principle that integrating expertise and experience from the development community and private sector will achieve a broad and lasting impact. Our unique team comprises seasoned private sector and international development professionals. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., Banyan Global maintains staff around the world.
Position Overview: We are seeking an Economist with expertise in cost-benefit analysis (CBA) to play a key role in an independent evaluation to assess a portfolio of approximately 15 operational infrastructure projects in Africa, Latin America, and S.E. Asia. These projects vary in type—ranging from greenfield developments to upgrades and expansions of existing infrastructure. The evaluation will examine the benefits generated by these projects to the U.S. government, U.S. businesses, and the host countries where projects are implemented. These infrastructure projects are supported through direct investments, political risk insurance, or via financial intermediaries such as investment funds. The evaluation will employ a combination of qualitative analysis and ex-post CBA to answer a set of prioritized questions. The insights from this evaluation will identify gaps in current practices and improving project screening, due diligence, monitoring, and evaluation across the infrastructure project lifecycle.
The successful candidate will support the design and implementation of ex-post CBAs for selected infrastructure projects, ensuring that the analysis reflects real-world economic impacts and contributes directly to priority evaluation questions. This role requires demonstrated experience conducting CBAs in infrastructure sectors (e.g., transportation, energy, water) and the ability to adapt economic models to the data realities of low- and middle-income countries (LMIC).
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Support the financial and economic analysis of a portfolio of infrastructure projects across multiple countries and sectors.
- Construct net cash flow models for each project to evaluate financial performance—including NPV and IRR—with a clear linkage to the investment-specific contribution.
- Conduct economic benefit analysis to assess net benefits to society in host countries and the U.S., using ERR and NPV as key metrics.
- Evaluate and differentiate benefits accruing to the U.S. private sector and the U.S. Government, such as procurement, ownership, and indirect commercial advantages.
- Incorporate non-market effects such as consumer surplus and environmental and social externalities in the economic analysis.
- Aggregate project-level results to provide portfolio-level insights on both financial and economic performance.
- Work collaboratively with qualitative researchers to triangulate findings and contextualize quantitative results.
- Support preparation of clear, concise written deliverables that explain technical findings to non-specialist audiences.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Advanced degree (Master’s or PhD) in Economics, Public Policy, Development Economics, or a related field.
- At least 7 years of experience conducting cost-benefit analyses, preferably of infrastructure projects in LMICs.
- Strong command of financial and economic modeling, including tools such as Excel, Stata, or R.
- Proven ability to assess both private financial returns and societal-level economic benefits.
- Experience incorporating externalities (e.g., environmental, social) and non-market values into economic analysis.
- Ability to work with imperfect or incomplete data and justify reasonable assumptions.
- Familiarity with donor-funded evaluations, development finance institutions, or multilateral agencies.
- Excellent communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
- Prior work evaluating development finance-backed infrastructure projects preferred.
- Familiarity with political risk insurance and public-private investment models.
- Experience with procurement analysis, U.S. business linkages, or trade impact assessments.
- Proficiency in additional languages (e.g., French, Spanish, Portuguese) is an advantage.
HOW TO APPLY
Banyan Global does not discriminate against employees based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, or gender expression.
Contact Smart Talent AI to apply.