About us
1grid is a fastgrowing web hosting company in Cape Town with an established customer base recently acquired by recognised leaders in the internet services industry. We have the vision and resources to be the market leader in SA in the next 5 years; this vision is supported by an entrepreneurial culture that encourages innovation collaboration and top performance.
Job purpose
Were seeking a motivated frontend developer to join a fun fastpaced and rewarding team. Youll fit in perfectly with our team if youre passionate about technology always looking to learn new skills or refine existing ones and treat every codebase as an adventure. Youll be working as part of the marketing team to improve the performance of 1grids website.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Develop userfriendly web pages using markup languages like HTML.
- Optimize applications for maximum speed and design mobilebased features.
- Develop quality mockups and prototypes.
- Design code and maintain the companys website.
- Work together with backend developers and web designers to improve usability.
- Write functional requirement documents and guides.
- Collect feedback from users and build solutions based on this data.
- Assist backend developers with coding and troubleshooting.
- Maintain brand consistency.
- Keep in touch with latest trends in web development.
Qualifications and Experience
- 3 years experience of working on a Frontend Developer position.
- Significant experience with markup languages JavaScript CSS and jQuery.
- Excellent understanding of the entire web development process (design development and deployment).
- Good understanding of layout aesthetics and SEO principles.
- Knowledge of browser testing and debugging.
- Excellent analytical and multitasking skills with an ability to perform well in a dynamic environment.
Key Competencies
- Ability to work well in a fastpaced environment.
- Able to work unsupervised or with a team as required and to collaborate effectively with other team members and stakeholders.
- An almost unhealthy level of enthusiasm for good documentation.
- Organised flexible and a selfstarter.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- No ego a willingness to pitch in and get the job done.
Benefits
Our benefits are second to none we look after our people!
- We look after your wellbeing and encourage a healthy lifestyle:
We pay 100 of your medical aid (Discovery & Vitality) so no deduction unless you want to add a beneficiary.
- We think of your future:
Retirement Annuity up to 5 cocontribution of your monthly salary. - We invest in our employees:
Employees are encouraged to identify opportunities to upskill themselves and we contribute towards relevant training and courses.