Senior Front End Developer
Snapplify|Posted 1 month ago
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About Snapplify
At Snapplify, we’re unlocking access to digital education and empowering educators to teach in ways that make sense for the 21st century. As a fast-growing edtech scale-up, we’re expanding our footprint in Africa, the UK, and the US — and we need a Senior Front-end Developer to help us reach new heights.
Why Join Us?
Work on AI-integrated platforms for education
Help modernise our front-end stack and shape its future direction
Join a high-impact, autonomous, and collaborative team
Flat structure with space to grow and lead
The Role
We're looking for a self-sufficient, senior front-end developer with strong JavaScript skills and a sharp eye for design. You’ll play a key role in improving user experience and shaping how users interact with our platforms.
This is not an entry-level or junior position — we want someone who can take ownership, contribute meaningfully to front-end architecture decisions, and collaborate across teams without needing hand-holding.
What You’ll Be Doing
Leading the creation of polished, responsive front-end experiences
Working closely with designers and product owners to implement features with a strong UX focus
Contributing to our front-end modernisation efforts (e.g. migrating from JSP to Thymeleaf and exploring Vue.js or other frameworks)
Writing clean, scalable JavaScript and building components with future growth in mind
Collaborating on AI-integrated front-end features
Optimising performance and accessibility
Participating in agile rituals and driving quality from design to deployment
Our Tech Stack
Languages & Markup: HTML, CSS/SCSS, JavaScript (strong knowledge essential)
Frameworks: Thymeleaf, JSP
Build Tools: Webpack, Grunt, NPM, Maven, Gradle
Data Formats: JSON, XML, CSV
Design Tools: Figma
What We’re Looking For
5–10 years experience in front-end development
Strong JavaScript proficiency (essential)
Solid understanding of UI/UX design principles
Experience working independently on complex features
Ability to take designs from Figma and implement with precision
Bonus: Experience with Thymeleaf, Vue.js, or legacy system migrations
Familiar with accessibility, responsive design, and performance best practices
Clear communication, ownership, and a proactive mindset
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About Snapplify
Snapplify is at the forefront of edtech solutions in Africa, and specialises in enabling digital learning for individuals and institutions via the largest digital educational marketplace in Africa.
Thousands of schools, colleges and universities use Snapplify every day to teach, learn, and access educational content. Snapplify is the digital content partner on one of the widest-reaching digital interventions in Africa – a project that delivers technology and e-learning to public schools in South Africa’s Gauteng province.
As a socially minded company, Snapplify is committed to supporting others and creating sustainable change, globally, through collaboration and innovation. Snapplify runs impact programmes through the Snapplify Foundation, and empowers, inspires, and uplifts teachers via Teacha! (the largest community of teachers in Africa, working to empower, inspire, and uplift teachers through community platforms, a resource marketplace, and careers portal). Snapplify’s technology is also used in other educational products to facilitate collaboration throughout the educational community.
Snapplify originated in South Africa, focusing initially on the South African education and digital content industries. Since its establishment in 2012, the company has grown and expanded into new markets in Africa and the United States, with offices across South Africa, as well as in Nairobi, London, Amsterdam and New Jersey. Snapplify is backed by AngelHub Ventures, a venture capital company backed by former First National Bank CEO Michael Jordaan and the Harris family, as well as international investors. In 2019, Snapplify secured $2 million expansion capital from venture capital firm Knife Capital, and empowered African investment manager Hlayisani Capital’s Hlayisani Growth Fund.
Snapplify’s work has been recognised by leading global organisations, including the London Stock Exchange Group (LSE) who have twice selected Snapplify as one of their Companies to Inspire Africa (2017 and 2019) and HolonIQ who in 2020 and 2021 included Snapplify in their esteemed HolonIQ Africa Edtech 50 list. Snapplify has been a Bett Award (2020) finalist in the Innovator of the Year category; has won an Edtech Breakthrough Award (2021) for Industry Leadership; and has twice been named the overall winner of the Reimagine Education Gold Award for the Africa Region (2020 and 2021) – honours that are indicative of the company's calibre in tech innovations.
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