Platform Manager – Technical Infrastructure
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Platform Manager overseeing district-level data platform and collaborating with economists and researchers on technical infrastructure and AI-assisted development tools.
Responsibilities:
- Own and maintain platform - a district-level data platform covering 800+ districts across India
- Add new features, visualizations, and improvements as the product evolves
- Maintain and update org website
- Fix bugs, improve performance, ensure reliability
- Maintain pipelines that pull and process data from government databases into the platform
- Handle data loading, transformation, and quality checks
- Generate maps and GIS visualizations that make district-level patterns visible
- Work directly with the Economist to implement and update scoring methodologies
- Use AI coding tools — including Claude Code — to automate workflows, accelerate development, and reduce manual overhead
- Build internal tools that support the research and policy team
- Identify where automation can replace repetitive technical work
- Document what you build so it doesn't live only in your head
- Proactively flag technical debt and propose fixes before they become problems
Requirements:
- 2+ years of development experience — you've built and maintained real systems, not just prototypes
- Proficient in React and Python; comfortable with databases (PostgreSQL/Supabase or similar)
- You've worked with GIS or mapping tools and can produce clean, publication-ready maps
- You're comfortable using AI coding agents like Claude Code as a core part of your workflow — not occasionally, but daily
- You can read a policy brief and understand why the data architecture behind it matters
- You're self-directed — you notice what's broken, fix it, and tell the team
- Familiarity with Indian government data systems (PLFS, Census, ASI) or public policy data is a bonus
- Experience building tools for researchers or non-technical users is a bonus
- Prior work in civic tech, data journalism, or public interest technology is a bonus.
















