Full Stack Web Developer
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Company Details
Industry:
Non-Profit Organization Management
Website:
http://www.msf.org/en/
Description:
Médecins sans frontières (MSF) or Doctors Without Borders, is an international humanitarian-aid non-governmental organization (NGO) and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, best known for its projects in war-torn regions and developing countries facing endemic diseases. It was founded in France in response t…
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Job Details
Job Type:
Full Time
Workplace Type:
On-site
Qualification:
Diploma
Job Experience:
Mandatory
Job Location:
Nairobi County, Kenya
Closing Date:
Undisclosed
Salary:
Undisclosed
Other Pay:
Benefits
Job Category:
Information Technology
Job Description
Rationale/Objective for Position
- The Full Stack Web Developer is responsible for developing, maintaining, and continuous evolution of web platforms and applications that support MSF’s operational and medical-humanitarian activities.
- This position will be hierarchically and functionally accountable to the Applications and Development Specialist.
Tasks & Responsibilities
Technical and Operational Responsibilities
Web Development
- Develop, configure, and deploy web applications following industry best practices and MSF standards.
- Build and maintain full-stack solutions.
- Develop and extend websites and applications based on October CMS (Laravel/PHP) and Drupal.
System Maintenance and Evolution
- Maintain, upgrade, and optimize existing web platforms to ensure reliability, security, and performance.
- Implement responsive UI, reusable components, and integration layers aligned with MSF requirements.
- Contribute to the evolution of the web architecture and technical stack.
Technology Assessment & Integration
- Investigate and evaluate web technologies, frameworks, and CMS capabilities as part of product lifecycle management.
- Propose solutions and design integration approaches to fit within MSF’s wider IT ecosystem.
Collaboration & Strategic Input
- Collaborate with IT teams, product owners, and subject matter experts to refine requirements and deliver robust solutions.
- Provide input to long-term digital strategy, roadmaps, and architectural decisions.
- Contribute to documentation, guidelines, and coding standards to support consistency and knowledge sharing.
Operational Support
- Support incident responders for web applications-related issues to ensure system reliability and availability.
- Assist in change implementation and deployments in collaboration with DevOps engineers.
Other Responsibilities
- Integrate EDI & Safeguarding aspects in area of work responsibility, including policies and practices.
- Recognize, respond, and document any form of abuse or inappropriate behavior and alert the safeguarding unit of any suspected potential abuse.
- Proactively participate in the individual performance management process including objective setting, performance monitoring and performance evaluation.
Qualifications
Education
- Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems Management or related field, or equivalent work experience.
- English is essential and other languages an asset.
- Knowledge of the software development lifecycle and best practices is essential.
- Knowledge of web technologies is essential.
- Knowledge of internet protocols such as TCP/IP, HTTP and DNS is essential.
- Strong knowledge of responsive design, accessibility, and secure coding practices.
- Knowledge of modern application development techniques and programming languages is essential.
- Knowledge of database design, development and SQL in general is desirable.
Experience
- Solid experience in full stack development, including:
- Python (Django) for backend development.
- JavaScript-React for modern front-end interfaces.
- WordPress CMS & Integration to payment gateways.
- October CMS (PHP/Laravel) and Drupal (PHP/Twig).
- C# Experience will be a plus.
- Experience developing and maintaining complex web ecosystems.
- Experience with REST / SOAP APIs, web services, and integration patterns (essential).
- Experience with Docker, Linux, CI/CD tools, and version control systems (desirable).
- UI/UX Experience is a plus.
- Knowledge of NGINX/Apache, caching, and web performance optimization (desirable).
- Experience in NGO or humanitarian IT contexts is an asset.
- Experience in Azure (desirable).
- Experience in Dynamics Business Central (desirable).
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