About the role

Frontend developer building KoboToolbox’s TypeScript and React survey applications. Improving a global data-collection platform used by humanitarian organizations and thousands of partners.

Responsibilities

Search and read an extensive, long-lived code base to understand existing behavior and conventions.
Identify outdated conventions and suggest improvements aligned with contemporary best practices.
Write robust, concise, reusable code with tests and documentation.
Review other developers’ code and provide constructive feedback.
Incorporate code review feedback to improve skills and align with team standards.
Use AI-assisted development tools while maintaining code quality and correctness.
Investigate support-team bug reports and create well-scoped fixes or actionable resolution plans.
Scope, prioritize, estimate, and organize work into manageable tasks.
Attend regular video-conference check-ins with the technical team.
Communicate with the public alongside support staff or through forums and issue trackers.
Contribute collaboratively to design and architecture discussions.
Perform other related duties as directed by the lead developer.

Professional experience writing, deploying, and maintaining client-side code for real-world, API-driven single-page applications.
Proficiency with TypeScript, React, styling, state management, and efficient data exchange over HTTP.
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.
Interest in data collection (surveying), particularly in humanitarian emergencies and other challenging contexts.
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.
Preferred but not required: Docker and Docker Compose; Python, ideally Django and Django REST Framework; user-facing LLM integrations; XLSForm, ODK XForm, and OpenRosa; Stripe payment integrations.
Only candidates with experience working on large web applications will be considered.

Genuine Impact: Contribute directly to projects that impact millions of people around the world globally, working alongside the largest international humanitarian organizations as well as thousands of national and small community based partners in 200 countries.
Meaningful Work Environment: Join a team that believes work should be meaningful as well as fun, tackling global challenges through innovative data collection and management tools with a proven impact for lasting change.
Diverse Team: Be part of an amazing, progressive, and globally diverse team that values diversity, equity, and inclusion across all spectrums.
Flexible Work Culture: Enjoy mutual flexibility supported by a culture that prioritizes work-life balance.
Professional Development: Benefit from generous professional development options.
Health & Wellness: 5 medical insurance options, dental, and vision (up to 80% premium covered), plus life insurance and Long Term Disability.
Financial Security: 401(k) retirement plan with 100% match up to 2%.
Work-Life Balance: 20 days paid time off, 12 floating holidays, unlimited sick days, and paid parental leave.
In the US or Canada, full-time employee position; in other locations, full-time employment or contractor positions are options depending on individual circumstances.