Head of technology

Would you like to use your tech skills to save lives? Join us!

Location: Remote within India. Preferably (but not necessarily) based in Pune/Bangalore, which allows for periodic in-person meetings with other team members.

Hours: Full-time

Travel: Once or twice in a quarter to work closely with programme teams

Salary Range: We don't list a salary because we don't want it to be the primary motivator for applying to this position, nor do we want it to be a deterrent.

Reports to: CEO

Application deadline: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and the role will remain open until filled.

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​About Suvita

Suvita is an impact-driven, evidence-based nonprofit focused on increasing uptake of routine childhood vaccinations in India. Over 4 million children born every year still miss their basic vaccinations in India, leading to far too many vaccine-preventable deaths. We run two rigorously tested, complementary programmes:

SMS reminders: We send personalised SMS messages to caregivers to prompt timely attendance for vaccinations at government clinics.

Immunisation ambassadors: We identify and train local influencers to volunteer as advocates for vaccination with families in their communities.

Since our founding in 2019:

We reach one in ten children born in India through our SMS vaccination reminders. In partnership with the governments of Bihar and Maharashtra, we’ve reached more than 6 million families with routine immunisation SMS reminders and more than 4 million pregnant women with antenatal care-related SMS reminders.

We’ve enrolled almost 15,000 community influencers as local ambassadors in districts in Bihar and Maharashtra.

Give Well estimates that our SMS reminders increase vaccination rates by approximately 2 percentage points at a current cost of $0.40 per child reached in Maharashtra and $1.71 per child reached in Bihar. The immunization ambassadors programme increases vaccination rates by around 7 percentage points and costs $1 to $2 per child reached.

We are running learning sprints to test our immunisation ambassador model.

We have been incubated and funded by sector leaders like The/Nudge Foundation, Ambitious Impact (formerly Charity Entrepreneurship), Mulago Foundation, Give Well, D-Prize, Founders Pledge and Schmidt Futures.

We have appeared in Vox, Giving What We Can and the 80,000 Hours Podcast. ​

We are a tech-enabled, data-driven team. Our infrastructure includes Survey CTO, Telerivet, Infobip, Truecaller, Exotel, AWS, Postgre SQL, Big Query, Google Workspace, Looker Studio, and more. We've reached over 40 lakh families and are growing rapidly with support from The/Nudge Foundation, Charity Entrepreneurship, Mulago Foundation, and Give Well.

How to Apply

You’ll first need to complete an automated assessment that tests your technical skills before accessing the application form.

Please use a desktop or laptop to complete the assessment.

The assessment opens in fullscreen and should be completed in one go.

Expected Time to complete: 60-75 minutes

After you finish the assessment, the application form will unlock for you to submit your details.

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About the role

This is a rare opportunity to lead the tech function of one of India's most cost-effective public health nonprofits, at a critical point of scale.

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Suvita's tech systems are already deeply embedded in programme delivery:

SMS reminders reaching 1.7 million families across Maharashtra and Bihar

Data pipelines processing millions of beneficiary records

Systems built on Survey CTO, Telerivet, Exotel, and government datasets including RCH

Dashboards used by leadership, funders, and programme teams for regular and strategic decisions In-house developed Data Entry App, AI-powered tools, Whats App chatbots, and IVRS flows supporting programme experimentation ​

You will own

Tech strategy and roadmap

Architecture decisions across systems and data

Team structure, hiring, and quality

Cross-functional execution with programmes, monitoring and evaluation, and leadership ​

Here are examples of work you will handle:

System scale and reliability: Our SMS pipelines and ETL systems run daily across millions of records. How do you make these observable, debuggable, and resilient without overengineering?

Data quality and operational systems: We run double data entry systems to digitise handwritten birth registers. How do you redesign these workflows to improve accuracy while reducing operational load?

Architecture and infrastructure decisions: Current stack includes Postgre SQL on RDS, Python ETL pipelines, Docker services, and multiple external tools. What should be rebuilt, what should be optimised, and what s