The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability, and prosperity for people recovering from conflict, disasters, and the impact of climate change. At WFP, people are at the heart of everything we do and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse, committed, skilled, and high performing teams, selected on merit, operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment, living WFP's values (Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves. To learn more about WFP, visit our website: wfp.org and follow us on social media to keep up with our latest news: YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok.
Web Engineer
Location
Germany
Posted
23 hours ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Mid Level
Job Description
Web Engineer
World Food Programme
Role Description The Consultant, reporting to the Head of Engineering for the ShareTheMeal initiative, is expected to: - Develop features and improvements to the ShareTheMeal web app in a secure, well-tested and performant way. - Collaborate with relevant stakeholders to maintain a high bar for quality in a fast-paced, iterative environment. - Solve technical problems of medium to high scope and complexity. - Contribute to objectives and long-term goals of the web app. - Exert technical influence to improve the reliability of our products and systems. - Support defining and improving standards for style, maintainability, and best practices for a high-scale environment of the ShareTheMeal initiative. Maintain and advocate for these standards through code review. - Confidently ship large sized features and improvements with minimal guidance and support from other team members. Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree - At least 4 years of experience in developing and designing JavaScript based web applications. - Expert knowledge of TypeScript and React.js development - In depth knowledge of Unit and End-to-end testing - Good understanding of JS testing frameworks like Jest, React Testing Library, Cypress, etc. - Embracing principles of clean code, test driven development and agile development processes - User-centered approach to software development - Strong analytical abilities, both quantitative and qualitative - Ability to interact with managers with maturity and tact. - Mature judgment with strong interpersonal skills - A positive mindset and collaborative spirit. Able to liaise with a wide range of people at all levels and across different cultures and to act with credibility and diplomacy. - Strong time management skills with an ability to plan, anticipate requirements, problems and obstacles, and an ability to juggle competing priorities successfully, and to work to tight deadlines. - Self-motivated and able to work with a high degree of autonomy. - Fully committed and motivated to achieve the aims of the World Food Programme - In addition to a high proficiency in written and spoken English, knowledge of a second UN language is a plus. Requirements - Completed contributions to application architecture and software development as agreed with the Head of Engineering. - Documentation and handover to the Head of Engineering for the ShareTheMeal initiative. - Fully functional dashboard capturing performance and availability metrics. Benefits - WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. - WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment. - WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities. - A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe. - We offer an attractive compensation package.
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