Posted: 2026-08-09 13:42:22  Deadline: August 17, 2026   Full-time   Salary: Confidential

Co-operative Bank of Kenya is inviting applications from qualified candidates for the position of Front-End Engineer. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing robust user facing front end platforms for mobile and web based applications, maintaining and supporting applications, and contributing to quality improvement within an agile development environment.

Position Details

Position: Front-End Engineer.
Employer: Co-operative Bank of Kenya.
Department: Youth Financial Services Division.

Key Responsibilities

Develop new and improve existing user facing features to enhance the user experience for both mobile and web applications.
Deliver responsive and cross-browser compatible applications.
Use Agile engineering practices and various software development technologies to develop creative, efficient, and reusable solutions that enhance the organization's technology stack.
Prototype or test the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs and maintain brand consistency.
Optimize applications for size, speed, performance, and scalability.
Consume APIs developed by back-end engineers to display data on the application, get and validate input from the application and post data to the API.
Secure applications across all channels by putting adequate application security controls.
Implement UI/UX analytics to analyze applications and generate insights to improve applications and better understand customers.
Liaise with software vendors to resolve application issues or escalations by collecting, collating information and clearly documenting issues to enable efficient support from software vendors and partners.
Adhere to change control procedures in implementing solutions and seeing through a project from conception to completion.
Work collaboratively with the UI/UX design team during the development and improvement of user experiences.
Act as a user advocate during the development process by offering and implementing suggestions from a user centered design perspective.
Act as a go-to person with in-depth knowledge of user interface development best practices and standards.
Provide support to fellow front-end Engineers through peer code reviews.
Continuously research better ways of achieving joyful user experiences and application optimization.
Actively contribute to the front-end development of web based and mobile applications in the bank.
Use DevOps and CI/CD tools to deliver new features and projects faster.

Qualifications

A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and IT related fields with a focus on software development.
At least three (3) years relevant work experience in front-end mobile-web development.
Experience in responsive and adaptive web development, along with proficiency in Android and iOS development.
Proficient understanding of web markup languages and cascading stylesheets, such as HTML and CSS3.
Proficiency in CSS, Bootstrap, LESS and SASS.
Proficient understanding of client-side scripting frameworks such as JavaScript, ReactJS, Angular, Vue.js and jQuery.
Good understanding of server-side technologies such as Node.js and PHP.
Good understanding of asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, and AJAX.
Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them.
Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git, Mercurial and SVN.
Good understanding of SEO principles and ensuring that applications adhere to them.
Knowledge in working with RESTful APIs.
Knowledge in working with Hybrid Mobile Applications such as Cordova, Ionic, Capacitor and Flutter.
Excellent knowledge of web analytics tools such as Google Analytics, Firebase and Mixpanel.
Strong problem-solving skills, logical thinking, an analytical and investigative mind, and creativity.
Proficiency in native Android development using Jetpack Compose or XML and/or knowledge of Swift UI or UI Kit will be an added advantage.

Application Process

Interested and qualified candidates should forward their application letter and detailed Curriculum Vitae through the email address below on or before August 17, 2026.

Application Email: jobs@co-opbank.co.ke

Job Reference Number: FED/YFS/2025

Co-operative Bank of Kenya is an equal opportunity employer.