Front End Developer

Turn helps social impact organisations have personal, guided conversations that improve lives at scale.

Our product has come a long way in a short space of time, with a small but brilliant team. Our most recent success has been delivering a COVID-19 Health Alert WhatsApp bot (in partnership with Praekelt.org) reaching over 1 million users in the first 3 days of launching. We’re launching similar services with governments all over the world in the coming weeks and as a result we’re ready to bring a full-time Front End Developer into the team.

We’re currently split between Cape Town and Amsterdam so you should be comfortable working remotely and be based in the GMT +/- 4 hours timezone. This is a startup team with all the excitement, challenges and passion for the product that goes along with this - if you’re an exceptional Front End Developer with an interest in the work we’re doing, please get in touch, we need you to start tomorrow!

The particular skills we’re looking for include: 

Product Development

  • Implement a fast, React based, frontend application backend by GraphQL that help facilitate conversations with millions of individuals to help achieve better health outcomes

  • Ensure the application works in low resource environments

  • Collaborate closely with backend developers to ensure the data needs of the frontend are encoded in the backend applications

  • Collaborate closely with data scientists to ensure the natural language understanding and machine learning driven behaviour change tools are properly encoded in the frontend applications

  • Develop interface designs into a fully functional front end experience

  • Develop new user-facing features that enhance the product

  • Build reusable, testable, code and libraries for future use

  • Ensure the technical feasibility of our UI/UX designs with regular user experience testing to ensure we’re on track

Product Architecture

  • Work in tandem with the CTO and the Product Manager to proactively contribute to Turn’s long-term vision for core technologies and architecture

  • Advise on and/or contribute to new or emerging technologies that might be relevant to Turn

External Communications

  • Work with the Product Manager, CTO and Managing Director to represent Turn globally to drive further growth through high-level engagement with clients, prospective clients and prospective funders

  • Evangelise the product vision through conference presentations, media interviews and other social media interactions

If you want to join an extremely passionate team that’s busy changing the lives of millions, please get in touch with helen@turn.io.