Front-End Developer

CrowdDoing

May 21, 2025

09:31 PM

CrowdDoing San Francisco, CA

Company size : 0-1 employees
Job Type & Title : Remote
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About Company:
CrowdDoing.world is a joint initiative of Match4Action Foundation and Reframe It. CrowdDoing is focused on addressing the social, economic, and environmental challenges our world faces by collaborating with professionals and volunteers from many different industries. We offer a platform for individuals to connect and collaborate toward creating systemic change. We would love for you to join the team! What makes us different? CrowdDoing aims to support social innovations with transformative impact potential through global multi-disciplinary volunteering, micro-leadership and service learning. We work through operating leverage for systems change to achieve collective agency. We orient to ikigai and self-determination theory in order to help each person have the perfect role. - What We Do (Section) CrowdDoing manages skilled volunteers, micro-leadership volunteers, multi-disciplinary volunteers and groups of service learning volunteers through a 501c3 partnership to challenges of social innovation, the social enterprise sector, and systemic change. CrowdDoing's impact venture lab leverages research and development in collaboration with volunteers to build new social innovations. The themes across all of our research is leverage for impact. We harness these learnings in support of external social enterprises. 4 Focus Areas Anti-Poverty Define: Hunger Homelessness (in hyper inequality regions like the Bay Area or NYC through zero subsidy affordable housing), Link: Well Fed Foundation, Affordable Housing, Crypto Anti Poverty, Hunger/Homelessness Mental Health & Physical Health (Medicinal foods & biophilia) Define: Physical Health (biophilia & prevention derivatives) Links: Living Plant Walls, Medicinal Foods Prevention derivatives Sustainability Define: Links: Crypto Sustainability, Prevention Derivatives Service Learning (Education) Define: future skills gaps among volunteers, service learning professional development
Skills:

Position: Front-End Developer (Next.js), to Support Imagination Platform via CrowdDoing

Location: 100% Virtual/Remote

Compensation: Unpaid volunteer position

Process: An onboarding process will help you get familiar with the codebase, workflow, and team

Role Overview

Position: Front-End Developer (Next.js), to Support Imagination Platform via CrowdDoing

Location: 100% Virtual/Remote

Compensation: Unpaid volunteer position

About the Imagination Platform

The Imagination Platform is an innovative digital space that supports educational equity, creative learning, and global mentorship. Our platform features interactive components like "RiverRuns" and "Passports" that connect mentors, learners, and changemakers worldwide. We're seeking passionate front-end developers to help maintain and enhance this impactful platform.

Key Responsibilities

· Develop and maintain front-end features using Next.js, React, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

· Troubleshoot and resolve UI bugs through a structured workflow: identify → analyze → design → implement → test

· Address critical platform issues affecting user experience (e.g., RiverRuns not displaying in Passports)

· Collaborate with team members to diagnose issues, design solutions, and review code

· Document work in Asana, categorizing issues by component (e.g., RiverRuns, Passports)

· Participate in weekly virtual standups and sprint planning

· Help establish better bug reporting processes and maintain an organized backlog

· Share knowledge and mentor less experienced volunteers as appropriate

Qualifications

· Experience with React; Next.js experience preferred (or willingness to learn)

· Understanding of front-end development principles and responsive design

· Problem-solving skills and ability to debug UI/UX issues across browsers

· Familiarity with GitHub and project management tools like Asana

· Strong communication skills for effective remote collaboration

· Self-motivated with ability to work independently

· Passion for using technical skills to support educational initiatives

Tools You'll Use

· Development: Next.js, React, JavaScript, HTML, CSS

· Collaboration: GitHub for version control

· Project Management: Asana for task and bug tracking

· Communication: Slack and weekly video meetings

Current Technical Challenges

Our platform currently faces several front-end challenges that directly impact user experience:

· RiverRuns components not displaying properly in user Passports

· Submission data not appearing after users complete activities

· UI elements not updating correctly after backend changes

· Multiple UI bugs affecting core functionality

With only one current front-end specialist on the team, your contribution will directly help resolve these blockers and improve the platform for users worldwide.

Benefits to Volunteers

· Gain practical experience with Next.js and modern front-end architecture

· Build your portfolio with meaningful project work

· Receive mentorship from experienced developers

· Develop skills in collaborative development and remote teamwork

· Make a tangible impact on a platform serving global educational initiatives

· Join a supportive, purpose-driven community of volunteers

Current Technical Challenges

Our platform currently faces several front-end challenges that directly impact user experience:

Submission data not appearing after users complete activities

· UI elements not updating correctly after backend changes

· Multiple UI bugs affecting core functionality

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