Senior Front-End Engineer - Remote (Impact-Driven)

harambee; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator is seeking a Senior Front-end Developer to deliver high-quality React-based interfaces from Johannesburg or Cape Town, or remotely within South Africa. The role emphasizes collaboration with designers, product teams, and back-end engineers to craft scalable, accessible solutions.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of experience, a Computer Science degree, and a track record of clean, user-centric development within Agile teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of front-end experience with React and modern UI approaches.
• Experience collaborating with designers, product, and back-end teams.
• Experience in Agile teams and mentoring junior developers.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop front-end features using React and modern UI frameworks.
• Collaborate with designers, product, and back-end engineers to build scalable solutions.
• Mentor junior developers and contribute to engineering standards.
• Champion clean code, accessibility, and maintainability.
• Drive performance improvements and overall application experience.
• Bring innovative ideas to push the platform forward.

Skills

React

HTML/CSS/JS

Portfolio

Agile

Mentoring

Collaborative mindset

CI/CD practices

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud certification

Job description

Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator is seeking a Senior Front-end Developer to deliver high-quality React-based interfaces from Johannesburg or Cape Town, or remotely within South Africa. The role emphasizes collaboration with designers, product teams, and back-end engineers to craft scalable, accessible solutions.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of experience, a Computer Science degree, and a track record of clean, user-centric development within Agile teams.