Senior Associate, Frontend Engineer

Digital Business – Nairobi, Nairobi

Job Purpose:

The Frontend Engineer will contribute to the development of reliable, scalable, and secure web applications and user interfaces.

This role is hands-on, focusing on designing and implementing intuitive UIs, integrating with backend APIs, optimizing performance across browsers and devices, ensuring accessibility and responsiveness, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver solutions aligned with the Bank’s digital transformation roadmap. 

Frontend Engineering & Development:

• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient frontend code (JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Angular, or other relevant frameworks). 
• Design and implement scalable, responsive, and accessible web applications. 
  Integrate with backend APIs and third-party services securely.
• Ensure proper state management, UI performance optimization, and cross-browser/device compatibility. 

Quality & Testing:

• Develop and maintain unit, integration, and end-to-end tests for frontend applications. 
• Use testing frameworks (e.g., Jest, React Testing Library, Cypress) for automation. 
• Test UIs for edge cases, performance, accessibility (WCAG), security, and fault tolerance.
• Contribute to CI/CD workflows by embedding automated testing and validation. 

System Performance Optimization & Risk Management: 

• Monitor frontend performance and optimize rendering, loading times, and API interactions. 
• Apply security best practices (XSS prevention, CSRF protection, secure storage). 
  Identify and resolve UI/UX bottlenecks, fix bugs, and enhance reliability.
• Ensure scalability, responsiveness, and fault tolerance for high-traffic applications. 

User Experience (UX) & Design Collaboration:

• Collaborate closely with UX/UI designers to translate wireframes, mockups, and prototypes into functional interfaces. 
• Ensure design fidelity and maintain consistency with the brand’s design system. 
• Contribute to design discussions by providing technical feasibility feedback.
• Advocate for accessibility, usability, and responsive design to improve user experience. 

Collaboration & Delivery:

• Work closely with Product, Backend, Mobile, QA, and Infrastructure teams to deliver new features. 
• Participate in architecture and design discussions to align solutions with business and technical goals. 
• Document UI components, frontend architecture, and maintain knowledge-sharing practices.
• Take part in peer reviews and enforce code quality standards. 

Innovation & Continuous Learning:

• Stay updated on frontend frameworks, libraries, and emerging web technologies. 
• Explore improvements in design systems, frontend tooling, and performance optimization. 
• Continuously improve development practices for usability, accessibility, and maintainability.
• Ensure compliance with security and regulatory requirements in all frontend solutions. 

Key Responsibilities:
Initiatives (Internal Processes):  

• Collaborate closely with Business, Design, and Engineering teams to deliver on agreed frontend KPIs and ensure alignment of technical outputs with business objectives and user experience goals. 
• Consistently deliver high-quality frontend features and UI enhancements within the set timelines. 
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date documentation for frontend code, components, and design decisions to support knowledge sharing and continuity. 
• Promote test-driven development, accessibility, and automation practices to strengthen code quality, improve reliability, and streamline delivery. 
• Partner with security, DevOps, and design system teams to enforce best practices in authentication, secure interactions, accessibility, and performance optimization. 
• Drive initiatives for automation of builds, deployments, and monitoring to reduce manual effort and improve release efficiency. 
• Contribute in architecture and design discussions to ensure alignment on best practices and continuously improve frontend engineering maturity.
• Suggest and implement at least 2 targeted UI/UX enhancements or performance optimizations annually. 

Operational (Customer):

• Deliver high-performance, secure, and resilient user interfaces and frontend applications that enable seamless customer experiences. 
• Ensure timely resolution of UI defects, design updates, and feature enhancements, with production-ready increments delivered at least once per sprint.
• Implement and maintain frontend performance monitoring, error logging, and user interaction tracking to ensure reliability, accessibility, and audit readiness. 

Enablers:

• Continuously learn and upskill on frontend frameworks, libraries, and web technologies. 
• Advocate for adequate design tools, development tooling, licenses, and support to enhance frontend delivery and user experience.
• Promote a culture of knowledge sharing, peer reviews, and cross-functional collaboration across design, product, and engineering teams. 

Job Dimensions: 
Hands-on Engineering:

• Write production-ready Frontend code for critical features. 
• Conduct peer reviews to maintain high-quality code standards.
• Troubleshoot issues in live applications and propose fixes. 

Collaboration & Teamwork:

• Participate in design discussions and scrum ceremonies. 
• Work closely with other frontend, backend and QA engineers for seamless delivery.
• Support feature alignment between the web applications and overall product goals. 

App Lifecycle Contribution:

• Contribute across the lifecycle: UI/UX design collaboration, frontend development, testing, deployment, and monitoring of web applications. 
• Provide timely fixes, UI improvements, and feature enhancements post-release.
• Participate in release management processes for frontend applications and web platforms. 

Academic Qualifications: 

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, IT, Engineering, or related field. 
Professional Qualifications / Membership to professional bodies/ Publication: 

• Relevant professional qualifications in Frontend Development, Web Technologies, or Computer Science. 
• Certifications in frontend frameworks (e.g., React, Angular, Vue), UI/UX design, accessibility, or performance optimization are an added advantage.
• Exposure to security (e.g., OWASP for web), DevOps, or cloud certifications is also beneficial. 

Work Experience Required:

• Proven experience as a Frontend Developer, delivering production-grade web applications using modern JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks (Angular, React), including deployment and post release support. 
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, TypeScript, Angular, HTML5, and CSS3, with hands-on experience in the design and development of responsive, accessible, and scalable user interfaces.
• Strong understanding of Git, CI/CD workflows, and frontend testing automation frameworks (e.g., Jest, Cypress, React Testing Library). 

Competencies: 

• Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking skills. 
• Detail-oriented with a focus on application performance and stability. 
• Collaborative mindset with excellent communication skills. 
• Passion for backend engineering, integrations, scalability, and innovation.

If you believe you meet the above requirements log onto our www.imbankgroup.com/ke and click on careers and apply for the position. Your application should reach us as soon as possible but not later than 20th March 2026.