Front End Engineer (Nairobi (NAI), KE, 32788)

What we do

Since 1863, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has worked to preserve human dignity and relieve suffering caused by war and armed violence.

In collaboration with our Red Cross and Red Crescent partners around the world, we do everything we can to deliver life-saving aid, reconnect families and locate missing people – helping those who need it most, regardless of who they are and what side of the front line they are on.

We engage with authorities and armed forces on all sides, often confidentially, pressing for access to detainees to improve their living conditions and urging compliance with international humanitarian law to protect non-combatants, including from digital threats.

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

Our values

• At the ICRC, we value impact, collaboration, respect, and compassion. We seek candidates who demonstrate behaviors based on these shared values. For more information on the ICRC values, please visit this page.