Background

Médecins sans frontières (MSF) or Doctors Without Borders, is an international humanitarian-aid non-governmental organization (NGO) and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, best known for its projects in war-torn regions and developing countries facing endemic diseases.

Rationale/Objective for Position

The Full Stack Web Developer is responsible for developing, maintaining, and continuous evolution of web platforms and applications that support MSF’s operational and medical-humanitarian activities.

This position will be hierarchically and functionally accountable to the Applications and Development Specialist.

Tasks & Responsibilities

Technical and Operational Responsibilities

Web Development

• Develop, configure, and deploy web applications following industry best practices and MSF standards.
• Build and maintain full-stack solutions.
• Develop and extend websites and applications based on October CMS (Laravel/PHP) and Drupal.

System Maintenance and Evolution

• Maintain, upgrade, and optimize existing web platforms to ensure reliability, security, and performance.
• Implement responsive UI, reusable components, and integration layers aligned with MSF requirements.
• Contribute to the evolution of the web architecture and technical stack.

Technology Assessment & Integration

• Investigate and evaluate web technologies, frameworks, and CMS capabilities as part of product lifecycle management.
• Propose solutions and design integration approaches to fit within MSF’s wider IT ecosystem.

Collaboration & Strategic Input

• Collaborate with IT teams, product owners, and subject matter experts to refine requirements and deliver robust solutions.
• Provide input to long-term digital strategy, roadmaps, and architectural decisions.
• Contribute to documentation, guidelines, and coding standards to support consistency and knowledge sharing.

Operational Support

• Support incident responders for web applications-related issues to ensure system reliability and availability.
• Assist in change implementation and deployments in collaboration with DevOps engineers.

Other Responsibilities

• Integrate EDI & Safeguarding aspects in area of work responsibility, including policies and practices.
• Recognize, respond, and document any form of abuse or inappropriate behavior and alert the safeguarding unit of any suspected potential abuse.
• Proactively participate in the individual performance management process including objective setting, performance monitoring and performance evaluation.

Qualifications

Education

• Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems Management or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• English is essential and other languages an asset.
• Knowledge of the software development lifecycle and best practices is essential.
• Knowledge of web technologies is essential.
• Knowledge of internet protocols such as TCP/IP, HTTP and DNS is essential.
• Strong knowledge of responsive design, accessibility, and secure coding practices.
• Knowledge of modern application development techniques and programming languages is essential.
• Knowledge of database design, development and SQL in general is desirable.

Experience

• Solid experience in full stack development, including:
  • Python (Django) for backend development.
  • JavaScript-React for modern front-end interfaces.
  • WordPress CMS & Integration to payment gateways.
  • October CMS (PHP/Laravel) and Drupal (PHP/Twig).
  • C# Experience will be a plus.
• Experience developing and maintaining complex web ecosystems.
• Experience with REST / SOAP APIs, web services, and integration patterns (essential).
• Experience with Docker, Linux, CI/CD tools, and version control systems (desirable).
• UI/UX Experience is a plus.
• Knowledge of NGINX/Apache, caching, and web performance optimization (desirable).
• Experience in NGO or humanitarian IT contexts is an asset.
• Experience in Azure (desirable).
• Experience in Dynamics Business Central (desirable).

• Develop, configure, and deploy web applications following industry best practices and MSF standards.
• Build and maintain full-stack solutions.
• Develop and extend websites and applications based on October CMS (Laravel/PHP) and Drupal.
• Maintain, upgrade, and optimize existing web platforms to ensure reliability, security, and performance.
• Implement responsive UI, reusable components, and integration layers aligned with MSF requirements.
• Contribute to the evolution of the web architecture and technical stack.
• Investigate and evaluate web technologies, frameworks, and CMS capabilities as part of product lifecycle management.
• Propose solutions and design integration approaches to fit within MSF’s wider IT ecosystem.
• Collaborate with IT teams, product owners, and subject matter experts to refine requirements and deliver robust solutions.
• Provide input to long-term digital strategy, roadmaps, and architectural decisions.
• Contribute to documentation, guidelines, and coding standards to support consistency and knowledge sharing.
• Support incident responders for web applications-related issues to ensure system reliability and availability.
• Assist in change implementation and deployments in collaboration with DevOps engineers.
• Integrate EDI & Safeguarding aspects in area of work responsibility, including policies and practices.
• Recognize, respond, and document any form of abuse or inappropriate behavior and alert the safeguarding unit of any suspected potential abuse.
• Proactively participate in the individual performance management process including objective setting, performance monitoring and performance evaluation.

• Python (Django)
• JavaScript-React
• WordPress CMS
• October CMS (PHP/Laravel)
• Drupal (PHP/Twig)
• REST / SOAP APIs
• Web services
• Integration patterns
• Docker
• Linux
• CI/CD tools
• Version control systems
• NGINX/Apache
• Caching
• Web performance optimization
• Azure
• Dynamics Business Central

• Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems Management or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• English is essential and other languages an asset.
• Knowledge of the software development lifecycle and best practices is essential.
• Knowledge of web technologies is essential.
• Knowledge of internet protocols such as TCP/IP, HTTP and DNS is essential.
• Strong knowledge of responsive design, accessibility, and secure coding practices.
• Knowledge of modern application development techniques and programming languages is essential.
• Knowledge of database design, development and SQL in general is desirable.
• Solid experience in full stack development.
• Experience developing and maintaining complex web ecosystems.
• Experience with REST / SOAP APIs, web services, and integration patterns (essential).
• Experience with Docker, Linux, CI/CD tools, and version control systems (desirable).
• UI/UX Experience is a plus.
• Knowledge of NGINX/Apache, caching, and web performance optimization (desirable).
• Experience in NGO or humanitarian IT contexts is an asset.
• Experience in Azure (desirable).
• Experience in Dynamics Business Central (desirable).