[Hiring] Backend Engineer @World Food Programme

Role Description

The Consultant, reporting to the Lead Backend Engineer for the ShareTheMeal initiative, is expected to:

• Develop features and improvements to the ShareTheMeal node.js based platform in a secure, well-tested and performant way.
• Collaborate with relevant stakeholders to maintain a high bar for quality in a fast-paced, iterative environment.
• Solve technical problems of high scope and complexity.
• Contribute to objectives and long-term goals of the Backend Engineering team.
• Exert technical influence to improve the reliability of our products and systems.
• Support defining and improving standards for style, maintainability, and best practices for a high-scale environment of the ShareTheMeal initiative. Maintain and advocate for these standards through code review.
• Provide mentorship for team members to help them grow in their technical responsibilities.
• Confidently ship large sized features and improvements with minimal guidance and support from other team members.

Deliverables at the End of the Contract

• Completed contributions to application architecture and software development as agreed with the Lead Backend Engineer.
• Documentation and handover to the Lead Backend Engineer for the ShareTheMeal initiative.
• Fully functional dashboard capturing performance and availability metrics.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree
• Experience: At least 5 years of experience in developing and designing backend architectures, experience building large-scale backends designed to serve thousands or more concurrently active users.
• Expert knowledge of JS/TS and node.js development
• Embracing principles of clean code, test driven development and agile development processes.
• User-centered approach to software development
• Strong analytical abilities, both quantitative and qualitative
• Ability to interact with managers with maturity and tact.
• Mature judgment with strong interpersonal skills
• Collaborative spirit able to liaise with a wide range of people at all levels and across diverse cultures and to act with credibility and diplomacy.
• Strong time management skills with an ability to plan, anticipate requirements, problems and obstacles, and an ability to juggle competing priorities successfully, and to work to tight deadlines.
• Self-motivated and able to work with a high degree of autonomy.
• Fully committed and motivated to achieve the aims of the World Food Programme
• Languages: In addition to a high proficiency in written and spoken English, knowledge of a second UN language is a plus

Benefits

• WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
• WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment.
• WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.
• A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.
• We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement).

Company Description

The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity, for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change.