KoboToolbox · 1 week ago

Senior Frontend Web Application Developer

Cambridge, MA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

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Responsibilities

Searching and reading the extensive, long-lived code base to understand existing behavior and conventions.

Evolving conventions toward contemporary best practices for the project.

Formulating plans to implement new conventions into the existing code base.

Mentoring other developers and guiding them to follow conventions.

Writing robust, concise, and reusable code with tests and documentation.

Reviewing other developers' code and providing feedback.

Distilling requests from the humanitarian community into technically detailed feature requests and bug reports.

Scoping, prioritizing, estimating, and organizing work into tasks.

Attending regular videoconference check-ins with the technical team.

Communicating with the public and support staff through forums and issue trackers.

Shaping the design and architecture of the tool suite collaboratively.

Performing other related duties as directed by the lead developer.

Qualification

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TypeScriptReactState ManagementHTTPBackboneCoffeeScriptCode ReviewsData CollectionEnglish ProficiencyGitProblem-SolvingCommunicationTime ManagementDockerPythonDjangoDjango REST FrameworkDatabase OptimizationXLSFormODK XFormOpenRosaStripe Integration

Required

Experience writing, deploying, and maintaining client-side code for real-world, API-driven single-page applications.

Thorough understanding of TypeScript, React, and related technologies, including styling, state management, and efficient data exchange over HTTP.

Unflinching ability to work with legacy technologies such as Backbone and CoffeeScript.

Recent experience giving and receiving code reviews.

Interest in data collection (surveying), particularly in humanitarian emergencies and other challenging contexts, and a desire to improve our platform for our users.

Proficiency with spoken and written English.

Fluency with Git.

Overlap with working hours in the Eastern time zone.

Average availability of at least 30 hours per week, preferably 35 hours or more.