Front End Engineer at International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

Purpose

• The Front-end engineer customises Frappe Desk, builds the end-user Progressive Web App (PWA) on Frappe UI; owns offline-first behaviour. They develop the frontend according to priorities defined by the product owner and architects.

Accountabilities & functional responsibilities

• Designs, develops, and maintains the new Protection digital ecosystem frontend and PWA application using the Frappe Framework; 
• Customizes Frappe Desk for advanced users (data managers, analysts, administrators);  
• Performs acceptance by users of varying digital skills is an explicit design goal - interaction patterns, training-light flows, in-app guidance, and low-friction error handling;  
• Provides guidance on design system extension and field-workflow UX patterns;  
• Troubleshoots bugs, performance issues, and production incidents;  
• Monitors frontend application performance, uptime, logs;  
• Performs code reviews and maintains technical documentation;  
• Collaborates with product owner, business experts, ICRC architects, UX team, external consultants, other member of the agile delivery team, and opensource communities;  
• Anticipates UI and end-users’ needs, identifies and solves problems;  
• Resolves assigned incidents and requests while ensuring resolution time commitments are met according to the service and operational level agreements.  

What we will look for in your profile

• Bachelor’s degree in IT engineering degree or equivalent. ITIL & DevOps certification is an asset; 
• Minimum 5 years frontend UI dev skills, of which 2+ on Frappe UI (Vue) in production;  
• Ability to understand and collaborate in the refinement of Functional Requirements, and design fit for purpose solution designs;  
• Deep PWA / Service Workers / Background Sync experience; client-side persistence patterns; conflict UI; offline UX;  
• Knowledge of Docker/Podman, Linux;  
• Familiarity with Git version control;  
• Frontend testing discipline;  
• Right-To-Left (RTL) layouts, i18n;  
• Excellent command (spoken and written) of English. Fluency in French is an advantage; 
• Contribution to the Frappe UI ecosystem a strong plus; 
• Experience working with Azure DevOps is a plus.  

What we offer

• Diverse and humanitarian-minded workforce;
• An opportunity to contribute to institutional efforts to protect and assist conflict victims worldwide;
• Training opportunities;
• Flexible work schedule.

Additional information

• Location: Nairobi, kenya
• Type of Contract: 1-year Fixed term contract (renewable subject to Budget discussion and performance) 
• Type of position: Applicants must have an existing legal right to live and work in Kenya at the time of application. The ICRC will not sponsor or obtain work permits for this position.
• Application deadline: 21/07/2026