Senior Frontend Developer
Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Johannesburg • South Africa
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Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Design and develop exceptional front‑end features using React, modern UI frameworks, and web best practices
- Collaborate closely with designers, product teams, and back‑end engineers to build elegant, scalable solutions
- Lead by example — mentor junior developers and contribute to improving engineering standards
- Champion clean code, accessibility, reusability, and maintainability
- Drive improvements in performance, reliability, and application experience
- Bring innovative ideas that push our platform forward
Requirements
- Computer Science (or related) degree
- Microsoft or other cloud‑related certification
- 5 years solid experience building front‑end applications in React (plus HTML, CSS, JavaScript mastery)
- Ability to work across modern toolchains and CI/CD practices
- A portfolio or track record of clean, thoughtful, user‑centric development
- Experience working in Agile teams
- A drive for continuous learning and improvement
- A collaborative mindset — you love working with people as much as you love writing great code
Benefits
- Purpose‑driven, solving one of South Africa’s biggest social challenges
- Fast‑paced and exciting, filled with new tech, new ideas, and meaningful work
- Collaborative, with partners across government, business, and civil society
- Impact‑focused, always pushing boundaries to achieve real, measurable change
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
ReactHTMLCSSJavaScriptCI/CDfront-end developmentweb best practicesclean codeaccessibilityperformance optimization
Soft Skills
mentorshipcollaborationcontinuous learninguser-centric developmentleadershipcommunicationproblem-solvingadaptabilityteamworkinnovation
Certifications
Computer Science degreeMicrosoft cloud certification