Front-End Engineer, Software Development

Who We Are - About NewGlobe

NewGlobe is working with visionary governments around the world to dramatically improve the quality of basic education. Founded in 2007, we partner with governments to provide integrated school management, teacher professional development, instructional design innovation, technological system support, child-centered classroom practice, and parent engagement -- all grounded in learning science -- to ensure each teacher is empowered to engage children in transformational learning, Our data-driven approach has been validated by a Nobel-winning researcher and recognition by international leaders in Education. We imagine a world where all children can access an education that unlocks their full potential.

We need bright minds who want to be part of building a new globe -- a more equitable globe -- to join us. More information: newglobe.education

Technology Group

Technology plays a critical role enabling us to provide transformative education at massive scale in highly resource constrained environments. This is one of the key elements that gives us the ability to deliver radically impactful programmes, creating brighter futures for a generation of children across the world each day. Technology spans several key functions, including product management, business intelligence, software development and IT operations.Working with us, passionate technologists have a chance to directly change the world.

About the Role

We are looking for a full time Front-End Developer to join our new Amsterdam-based cross-functional software development team, which will participate in building the software that powers and improves efficiency to enhance our competitive advantage.

This role is all about bringing front-end web development muscle to our cross-functional delivery teams. Your team will have front-end developers, full-stack developers, and technically minded QAs to deliver new functionality to existing apps and to build our next generation of web applications, as part of our ever expanding portfolio. And by “next generation of web applications”, we mean rigorously architected single-page web applications and progressive web-applications that consume microservices and treat testing and continuous delivery as first-class citizens. 

What You Will Do

• Gather requirements, build, test, and ship web apps, both new and existing
• Collaborate with server-side developers to design the APIs for specifically for the web application (not just consuming APIs that were already developed)
• Engage on all dimensions of the app, from UI and UX, to business logic, to storage and networking
• Ensure the overall quality of the product being delivered meets our standards for scalability and maintainability. You will be comfortable not only in your primary functional area, but also able to feedback and support across all aspects of delivery 
• Focus on continuous improvement, pushing themselves and the team to adopt new approaches and technologies, ensuring that we stay on top of emerging standards
• Communicate project status to key stakeholders. 
• Work with product designers to flesh out design concepts and build interactive prototypes
• Work as part of a cross-functional delivery team to deliver world-class user experiences in challenging network environments - think lots of need for offline-first
• Write lots and lots of JavaScript. Or TypeScript. But probably not CoffeeScript or Dart. Sorry
• Contribute to and lead decisions about the right frameworks and libraries to use
• Craft all the appropriate CSS (well, SASS or LESS, of course), knowing that creating maintainable stylesheets means more than good class names (but that, too)
• Add a bit of sizzle and spice to the user experience… you love making sure it all renders pixel perfect!
• Implement appropriate web app build tooling, meaning live servers for development, minification and obfuscation for production… you get the idea
• Don’t forget about writing tests. You will definitely be writing automated tests

What You Should Have

• 4+ years of experience developing enterprise scale Single-Page Apps (SPAs) and progressive web apps (PWAs) using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JSON, etc.
• Significant professional experience with at least one modern JavaScript framework (AngularJS, Ember, React, Vue.js, etc.) - ideally two or three. And opinions about the strengths and weaknesses of each.
• Considerable ability to be determined and adamant about markup quality.
• A belief that Agile and UI development can coexist happily.
• A belief in the importance of automated unit, integration, and functional tests for web apps and APIs alike
• Hands-on experience with formal pair-programming and other XP practices a major plus
• Experience with running projects using a formal delivery methodology (not just “we do Agile”); experience with more than one and the ability to articulate their relative strengths and weaknesses a major plus
• An understanding of RESTful APIs - and comfort pushing server-side developers to build them the way you want.
• A proactive and confident approach, where you’re comfortable representing projects in front of the full range of project stakeholders, including senior leadership. You seek information actively and work through potential solutions to ensure the project stays on track
• Ability to prioritise and carry out multiple tasks
• Proactive mindset and comfortable working without constant supervision
• Flexibility to respond to the changing needs of the business

What We Offer

• The opportunity to make a difference for children every day at a proven, internationally recognized, mission-driven company.
• Flexible hybrid working arrangement.
• Take the lead and help us grow our engineering team
• The opportunity to work on challenging and innovative projects

Values of Successful Employees at NewGlobe

We are looking for new joiners who are energized by our mission and share our values. 

, do well at NewGlobe. Learn more about our values and how to succeed as a job-seeker at NewGlobe on our LinkedIn page.

We have a rigorous, merit based hiring process. The process is designed to simulate the essential parts of the job and introduce you to your role in the business should you join our team. Apply via our website.

We will never ask for payment as part of the interview process and we are committed to a fair process free of discrimination based on gender, race, ethnicity, citizenship or disability.