Front End Software Engineer

About the job

At BAO Systems you will make a positive impact within global health while working in a fun, collaborative and flexible environment. We work with the leading organizations within international development and humanitarian assistance to adopt modern, digital platforms for data collection, integration and analytics.

We are looking for an experienced and talented Senior Front-End Developer to join our product development team. Our ideal candidate will lead the development effort of web-based applications, from system design through implementation. They will mentor like minded developers and empower them to create the best product and client solutions possible while sharing their passion for evolving technologies.

We accept candidates who will work out of our Cambridge (UK) office, as well as remotely from the EU region. This is a mid-level to senior level position.

Responsibilities

• Develop elegant and responsive front-end web applications for our product portfolio
• Concept, ideate and collaborate with the product and implementation team, being an integral part of the project design and solution for internal and external clients
• Create prototypes for testing products, validating concepts and sharing ideas with stakeholders.
• Create pixel perfect implementations based on design specifications, while pushing the envelope with the latest trends and best practices
• Identify and establish patterns and best practices for building excellent web experiences

Profile

• A self starter, with an immense amount of initiative to step-up when a need is identified and help improve the process
• Flexible and comfortable with multi-tasking between projects and multiple teams
• Passionate about technology and harnessing that passion to create high-quality, blazing fast, and accessible web apps
• Obsessive about the design details and strive to knockout pixel perfect UI
• Able to understand business objectives and proactively contribute both strategic and innovative ideas

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree or higher in computer science or similar field
• Extensive experience with JavaScript in general and the React framework in particular
• Solid grasp of software engineering principles, practical application, process and workflow
• Mastery of HTML/CSS, including the concepts of responsive layout, design systems, mobile and cross browser compatibility
• Solid experience with web APIs and the JSON format
• Ability to optimize front-end application performance
• Experience with the Git workflow, such as resolving code conflicts and branching strategies