Senior Frontend Developer

Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator

Senior Front‑end Developer at Harambee creating seamless user experiences for youth employment. Collaborating with teams to design and develop features using modern tech stacks.

Posted 4/12/2026full-timeJohannesburg • 🇿🇦 South AfricaSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudJavaScriptReact

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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

What you’ll need

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

Comp & perks

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

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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