Front-End Software Engineer

Durban - South Africa

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

At iKhokha were on the hunt for a Frontend Software Engineer whos passionate about building slick high-impact user experiences that help our merchants thrive.

If you love solving real-world problems with modern tech and want to make a difference in a fast-paced collaborative environment we want to meet you!

So what will you do

Be a part of building new technologies maintaining existing technologies as well as testing various systems within the FinTech space.
Work in an Agile environment within a collaborative cross-functional Team reporting into the Software Development Manager.
Develop crispy new user-facing features that drive our users to take action using HTML5 and CSS.
Be responsible for the front-end development of FinTech systems including initial planning and development.
Work effectively with Back-End Engineers to ensure seamless integration that performs as a single cohesive system.

In addition to the above you will:

Ensuring that code developed is of the highest standards through the adherence to Engineering Principles Pull Request Standards and Definitions of Done.
Ensuring that development has sufficient Code coverage through the creation of Unit test.
Ensuring that code adheres to Clean as you code standard.
Creating reading maintaining interpreting updating and reviewing documentation.
Helping other engineers to grow through effective mentorship.
Ensuring that the team and stakeholders are communicated too effective and efficiently through Pull Requests Jira Tickets Slack and Confluence.
Imparting valuable knowledge to the engineering team at large through knowledge sharing sessions.

Qualifications :

The following would be advantageous:

A degree in Computer Science or Engineering or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience

Deal Breakers:

2-4 years experience in the following:

Working with HTML5 and CSS.
Working within an Agile environment using Scrum or Kanban methods.
Version Control experience whereby you have worked in Engineering Team (with developers of various levels) with a version control system such as GitHub.
Development Environments experience whereby you have worked in Engineering Teams (with developers of various levels) within multiple environments for Development Testing and Production; including Branching Strategies.
Experience with Technical Leadership whereby you have led a Software Engineering Team (with developers of various levels) and been involved in Technical Leadership Code Quality Code Standards Code Security System and Code Performance.
Experience with creating maintaining and reviewing documentation.

In addition to the above the experience in the following technologies domains and best practices will make you a frontrunner for the role:

TypeScript JavaScript and
Experience with leading and participating in Code Reviews for your own team as well as those in other teams.
Experience with creating maintaining and reviewing documentation.
Rest API Integration or GraphQL API Integration
CMS API Integration (Sanity Magento or similar)
VSCode / IntelliJ

Additional Information :

Perks of joining the Tribe

Work in a high-growth company with tangible results youre accountable for.
Enjoy hybrid remote and in office work models.
Competitive remuneration and benefits including Medical Aid and Group Risk scheme contributions.
Be guided by visionary leadership.
Seize the opportunity for study leave.
Access to on-demand learning and development.
Experience a friendly collaborative culture with a team of all-round-lekker humans (its true we surveyed our Employees and they told us so).
If you find yourself at HQ coffee on tap and a selection of hot beverages provided by our very own onsite Barista.

Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Full-time

At iKhokha were on the hunt for a Frontend Software Engineer whos passionate about building slick high-impact user experiences that help our merchants thrive.If you love solving real-world problems with modern tech and want to make a difference in a fast-paced collaborative environment we want to me...

At iKhokha were on the hunt for a Frontend Software Engineer whos passionate about building slick high-impact user experiences that help our merchants thrive.

If you love solving real-world problems with modern tech and want to make a difference in a fast-paced collaborative environment we want to meet you!

So what will you do

Be a part of building new technologies maintaining existing technologies as well as testing various systems within the FinTech space.
Work in an Agile environment within a collaborative cross-functional Team reporting into the Software Development Manager.
Develop crispy new user-facing features that drive our users to take action using HTML5 and CSS.
Be responsible for the front-end development of FinTech systems including initial planning and development.
Work effectively with Back-End Engineers to ensure seamless integration that performs as a single cohesive system.

In addition to the above you will:

Ensuring that code developed is of the highest standards through the adherence to Engineering Principles Pull Request Standards and Definitions of Done.
Ensuring that development has sufficient Code coverage through the creation of Unit test.
Ensuring that code adheres to Clean as you code standard.
Creating reading maintaining interpreting updating and reviewing documentation.
Helping other engineers to grow through effective mentorship.
Ensuring that the team and stakeholders are communicated too effective and efficiently through Pull Requests Jira Tickets Slack and Confluence.
Imparting valuable knowledge to the engineering team at large through knowledge sharing sessions.

Qualifications :

The following would be advantageous:

A degree in Computer Science or Engineering or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience

Deal Breakers:

2-4 years experience in the following:

Working with HTML5 and CSS.
Working within an Agile environment using Scrum or Kanban methods.
Version Control experience whereby you have worked in Engineering Team (with developers of various levels) with a version control system such as GitHub.
Development Environments experience whereby you have worked in Engineering Teams (with developers of various levels) within multiple environments for Development Testing and Production; including Branching Strategies.
Experience with Technical Leadership whereby you have led a Software Engineering Team (with developers of various levels) and been involved in Technical Leadership Code Quality Code Standards Code Security System and Code Performance.
Experience with creating maintaining and reviewing documentation.

In addition to the above the experience in the following technologies domains and best practices will make you a frontrunner for the role:

TypeScript JavaScript and
Experience with leading and participating in Code Reviews for your own team as well as those in other teams.
Experience with creating maintaining and reviewing documentation.
Rest API Integration or GraphQL API Integration
CMS API Integration (Sanity Magento or similar)
VSCode / IntelliJ

Additional Information :

Perks of joining the Tribe

Work in a high-growth company with tangible results youre accountable for.
Enjoy hybrid remote and in office work models.
Competitive remuneration and benefits including Medical Aid and Group Risk scheme contributions.
Be guided by visionary leadership.
Seize the opportunity for study leave.
Access to on-demand learning and development.
Experience a friendly collaborative culture with a team of all-round-lekker humans (its true we surveyed our Employees and they told us so).
If you find yourself at HQ coffee on tap and a selection of hot beverages provided by our very own onsite Barista.

Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Full-time

Key Skills

Bootstrap
CSS
Front-End Development
HTML5
React
Redux
Node.js
Angular
Less
JavaScript
backbone.js
Sass

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IKhokha

iKhokha is a co-founder led financial technology company that believes every South African entrepreneur should be given the opportunity to compete in the digital economy because when small businesses grow, Mzansi thrives. All our digital payment solutions are built in-house at our ... View more

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