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Software Engineer

Remote | Home Based - May require travel

  • Organization: UNOPS - United Nations Office for Project Services
  • Location: Remote | Home Based - May require travel
  • Grade: Administrative support - LICA-7, Local Individual Contractors Agreement
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Engineering
    • Information Technology and Computer Science
  • Closing Date: 2025-03-26

Job categories IT
Vacancy code VA/2025/B0058/29876
Department/office MP, SSC, Shared Services Centre
Duty station Home based
Contract type Local ICA Support
Contract level LICA-7
Duration Ongoing
Application period 12-Mar-2025 to 26-Mar-2025
Applications to vacancies must be received before midnight Copenhagen time (CET) on the closing date of the announcement.

Functional Responsibilities

Participate in 1) development 2) testing and 3) maintenance of the UNWB platform

1. Participate in the development of the UNWB platform in coordination with the UNWB Application Architect:

  • Implements new functionality

  • Maintains and enhances existing code 

  • Implements code in alignment with prescribed architecture and based on approved technical designs

  • Ensures optimal performance, scalability, and usability by adhering to established and evolving architectural standards developed by the UNOPS ICT Enterprise Architecture and Platforms team

  • Collaborates with team members to achieve optimal results

2. Participate in testing of the UNWB platform

  • Writes unit tests and other forms of automated tests

  • Performs technical testing of existing and new functionality when upgrades/patches are applied

  • Assist in troubleshooting anomalies, understanding impacts and identifying solutions to bugs or gaps in functionality

3. Participate in support and maintenance of the UNWB platform

  • Responds to reported user issues that may require software patches or enhancements for internal and external platforms 

  • Develops and commits software patches and enhancements to address reported issues

  • Communicate with UNWB stakeholders to address their questions and requests

Impact of the results: 

  • New functionality is added to the UNWB platform.

  • Helps with operational tasks of running the application in production.

  • Knowledge is shared among the team and lessons learned are captured.

Education/Experience/Language requirements

Education:
  • A Secondary school diploma is required as a minimum.
  • A relevant University degree (Bachelor or Master) would be considered an advantage and may substitute for some of the required years of experience.
Experience:

  • A minimum of 7 years of professional experience as a full-stack web developer, backend developer, frontend developer, or a combination of them. In case of Bachelor degree, 3 years of experience are required and  1 year in case of Master.

  • Proficiency with at least one of these:

    • NET, C# and relational databases (eg. SQL Server).

    • Web technologies (JS/TypeScript, HTML, CSS) and at least one modern front-end framework like Svelte or React.
Language:

  • Full working knowledge of English is required.

Other requirements:

  • Able to work in Southeast Asian time zone (GMT+7).



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