Senior Front-End Developer

Join a fast-paced tech company in Cape Town providing innovative business tools as their next Senior Front-End Developer. Your main role will be working on a productised solution that is established in the market and looking to further enhance its interfaces and offering.

DUTIES:

• Development and refinement of new and existing user interfaces.
• Assist with the refinement of product API’s.
• Give input into products direction with new front-end technologies and strategy.
• Work with UX / UI team to build a fluid and responsive user experience.
• Assist with the production of technical specifications and designs.
• Promote new technologies and share knowledge within the team.
• Recommend improvements to development processes.
• Contribute to implementation plans and assist in rollout.

REQUIREMENTS:

• RESTful JSON APIs.
• AJAX / XHR Requests.
• NodeJS with NPM.
• React 16
• Bootstrap 4.
• GatsbyJS
• GIT version control.
• Semantic Versioning (SEMVER).
• Web-based development knowledge & experience.
• Front end focused development within a role that requires a solid exposure to full-stack development.
• Single Page Applications using HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
• Strong experience in working on a productised software solution.
• Create and maintain documentation.

Familiarity with the following:

• Good understanding of and experience with OOP.
• Understanding of database principles (design, implementation, and management).
• PHP 7+ and Composer.
• MySQL (Adept).
• Database schema design experience and normalisation.
• Caching.
• Webpack.
• Bash.
• Terminal (Command Line).