Posting Title: Frontend Developer
Department/Office: United Nations Environment Programme
Duty Station: PARIS
Posting Period: 05 October 2023 – 11 October 2023
Job Opening Number: 23-United Nations Environment Programme-219610-Consultant
United Nations Core Values: Integrity, Professionalism, Respect for Diversity
Result of ServiceImplement and deliver front end functionalities on the IMEO web tools: – OGMP reporting – Mars notification – Plume viewer – Methane data web site Deliver accordingly to the team roadmap the new feature and deploy the application in the Azure docker containers.
Work LocationHome based
Expected duration6 months – renewable
Duties andResponsibilities
The Mid Full Stack Software Engineer will collaborate on the development and maintenance of all of IMEO systems that serve content-oriented web pages and digital tools for IMEO. Within the team’s agile workflow, the consultant will be developing features, optimizing existing content, and evolving IMEO’s stack to meet stakeholder needs as well as working on several tools and sub-projects that form part of IMEO ecosystem. The consultant will also need to work closely with different product teams to collaborate and iterate on product features. The Business, Science, Data and Engineering teams work closely together at every phase of product development from research and inception to release and maintenance.
Qualifications/special skillsBachelor’s degree in computer science, web development, or software development is required
- 5 or more years working on a Front-end team working closely with design, product, and QA.
- Experience working on varied tech stacks which can include React, Docker, and Next JS
- Experience with GIS and maps (Leaflet and Azure maps)
- Experience representing large amount of geospatial data
- Experience in authorization and user privileges
- Strong understanding of frontend web development patterns.
- Communicate well, love to share knowledge, and are also always willing to learn from others.
- Good at explaining problems to technical and nontechnical folks alike.
- Good at setting and resetting expectations with product owners and stakeholders.
LanguagesFor this position fluency in English is required
No FeeTHE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.