Front - End React Developer at Heckerbella Limited

We are looking for programmers with a keen eye for excellent design and implementation of UI components for the position of Front End Developer. Front-end Developers are responsible for ensuring the alignment of web design and user experience requirements, optimizing web pages for maximum efficiency and maintaining brand consistency across all web pages, among other duties.

You will be required to work in a team alongside Back-end Developers, Graphic Designers and UI/UX Designers to ensure all elements of web creation are consistent. This role requires excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Front End Developer Responsibilities:

• Determining the structure and design of web pages.
• Developing features to enhance the user experience.
• Striking a balance between functional and aesthetic design.
• Ensuring web design is optimized for smartphones.
• Building reusable code for future use.
• Optimizing web pages for maximum speed and scalability.
• Utilizing a variety of markup languages to write web pages.
• Maintaining brand consistency throughout the design.

Front End Developer Requirements:

• Degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Understanding of key design principles.
• At least two years experience working with React.js
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, object model, DOM manipulation and event handlers, data structures, algorithms, JSX, and Babel
• Good understanding of ReactJS and its main fundamentals like JSX, Virtual DOM, component lifecycle, etc
• Preceding experience with ReactJS workflows like Flux, Redux, Create React App, data structure libraries
• Understanding of RESTful APIs/GraphQL, HTML/CSS, JQuery, ES6 (variables and scoping, array methods), code versioning tools like GIT, SVN, etc., popular frontend development tools, CI/CD tools, DevOps, performance testing frameworks like Mocha, Node + NPM
• Understanding of layout aesthetics
• Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token
• Proficient knowledge next.js framework is an added advantage
• Knowledge of mobile (React native and or flutter) is an added advantage
• Understanding of server-side CSS.
• Experience with responsive and adaptive design.
• Understanding of SEO principles.
• Good problem-solving skills.
• Excellent verbal communication skills.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• An ability to perform well in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent analytical and multitasking skills
• Open-minded team player, willing to accept feedback and offer suggestions