Clojurians Log v2

# Job vacancy : Front end developer (remote working) ## About Akvo At Akvo we believe that sustainable change will happen faster if governments and non-governmental organizations become more effective, accountable and collaborative. With a team of data and development experts, an open source data platform and a proven methodology, we help power decisions to achieve inclusive and sustainable impact. ## Profile As a front end developer at Akvo, you will take a leading role on front end work on the open source data platform. You will mainly contribute to Akvo Lumen (https://github.com/akvo/akvo-lumen), a SPA built using React and a Clojure backend, continuously deployed using Kubernetes but also work on Akvo Flow (https://github.com/akvo/akvo-flow), another SPA built with the Ember framework (currently being migrated to React) and a Java backend. You will be part of the development team with most team members distributed geographically across Europe. You will work closely with the design team and report to the Team lead. Together with our diverse team, you are driven by creating valuable products that enhance Akvo’s impact. You are ok figuring things out yourself and know when to involve the rest of the team. You always keep pushing to understand why certain things are the way they are or what the root cause of a problem is while being willing to learn and stay at the forefront of current technologies to deliver the best product to our users. You do not shy away from complexity and unknowns, take initiative, and understand how to split things up in clever ways, so we ship step by step and learn from it quickly. ## Key responsibilities - Develop user-facing features and ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs together with the team - Optimize the application for future use, maximum speed, scalability and usability - Lead the future of front end development for the Akvo open source data platform including mentoring other front end developers ## Requirements and competencies - Experience with JavaScript, React, SASS/CSS - Knowledge of Clojure, ClojureScript, Java, Ember.js is a plus - A good eye for design and drive for improving user experience - Ability to convert a design to functional application with semantic markup with great attention to detail - Interest in writing and implementing tests - Good understanding of visualizations like charts and maps - Able to work independently with a willingness to work in a remote team ## What we offer: - This assignment is on a remote contractor basis, for a commitment of 32 hours/week and will start with a 1-year assignment. Start date : as soon as possible - Opportunity to lead the front end architecture and work with interesting technologies in a creative and entrepreneurial environment together with highly motivated colleagues - A unique chance to work with tools that contribute to achieving higher efficiency and better results for the development aid sector - You will be part of our international Akvo community, with colleagues all over the world - Remuneration in line with the market ## Apply For this position, you must be based in the Central European Time (CET) zone or within a maximum of 3 hours difference with CET time. To apply, please send portfolio links, your motivation letter and a resume’ in PDF format to the attention of Peter van der Linde via work[at]http://akvo.org before 6 July 2019, with the subject line ’Application Front End Developer June 2019"