Frontend Web Application Developer

About the role

Location: Remote Availability: 35-40 hours per week Working hours: US East business hours Reporting to: Lead developer KoboToolbox has an immediate opening for a Frontend Web Application Developer to fill a full-time position of approximately 35-40 hours per week, for a commitment of at least 1 year. As a member of our team, you will share in the challenge and excitement of writing code used by over 32,000 organizations around the world. These organizations create data-driven change through the collection and analysis of more than 20 million surveys per month. Only candidates who already have

Requirements

• Professional experience writing, deploying, and maintaining client-side code for real-world, API-driven single-page applications.
• Proficiency with 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.
• Ability to independently set up and troubleshoot a local development environment, knowing when to ask for help on genuine roadblocks.
• 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.