Senior Software Engineer - Frontend
Senior Software Engineer - Frontend
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Job Description
DHIS2 is hiring mid- and senior-level Software Engineers for our global frontend engineering team. This is a full-time position on a 1-year renewable contract with the option to work remotely or from Oslo Norway
About This Role
DHIS2 software engineers develop a platform used to improve health care at a global scale. We work directly with end-users in order to understand how our system is being used. DHIS2 developers work in small teams and have significant impact on the product. We are seeking software engineers who are passionate about developing elegant high-performance web applications.
At DHIS2 you will be part of the software design process and have great influence on the end product. We give you the vision and the challenge you have the freedom to choose your own approach to problem solving. And of course you can pick your hardware tools and IDE. Our front-end is built with modern frameworks including React and Redux and we maintain a powerful developer toolchain (called the application platform) which is used both internally and externally by DHIS2 application developers.
DHIS2 has been built API-first with an extensible app architecture. We continuously deliver our applications and have short iterative development cycles. You can find our source code on GitHub. Check out the backend repository and a typical front-end app repository. We also support a developer community building on top of the DHIS2 platform.
What Youll Do
At DHIS2 you will specialize in building software features for the DHIS2 open-source platform. You will work on features related to analytics information retrieval metadata management offline data collection and data synchronization. The role requires a passion and ability for finding innovative engineering solutions to complex problems.
Qualifications :
- Passionate about working on a meaningful impactful and challenging global project
- 6 years of experience building rich performant and scalable web applications.
- Fluent in verbal and written English
- Strong skills in clear technical writing and communication
- Expert knowledge of JavaScript and TypeScript.
- Expert knowledge of web technologies (HTML/CSS).
- Strong experience with and deep understanding of React or similar frameworks
- Strong experience working with REST Web APIs and JSON.
- Experience building technology for use in low-resource settings is a plus
- Experience in public health and international development is a plus but not required
Additional Information :
Location and Employment Details
Remote (Central European Time Zone /- 2 hours) or in Oslo Norway. This is a full-time position (80% possible) on a 1-year renewable contract.
Cover letter
We will only consider candidates who provide a 3/4 sentence cover letter about their interest in DHIS2 and the role.
Remote Work :
Yes
Employment Type :
Full-time
Employment Type
Remote
