Front Web Engineer (OkHi) at Founders Factory

About you

• You have worked on multiple production-grade, performant web applications in React. (Minimum of 4 years of experience in React.js and Typescript)
• You have a track record of building components with the latest React features including hooks and context
• You keep abreast of developments in the React and Javascript ecosystem.
• You’re proficient in writing unit tests in a modern testing framework, such as, jest, jasmine, etc...
• You are experienced in developing and deploying apps in continuous integration/delivery environments (including Vercel, Netlify, Cloudflare, Firebase et al. deployment platforms)
• You are passionate about crafting experiences users rave about.
• You are Quality-minded and are interested in all parts of software development: writing clean code, testing, deployment and monitoring.
• You are self-motivated, need very little supervision and can take ownership of the product and deliver features on time.
• You have professional/native level english proficiency
• You can communicate well with both technical and non-technical clients

Nice to haves…

• You have experience building and deploying web UI libraries integrating in diverse web stacks.
• You have experience bundling and packaging javascript libraries (Webpack, rollup, etc.)
• You are experienced in building complex reactive components in Svelte.js
• You are experienced in any of the following areas: NodeJS, GCP, Kubernetes, Redis, the Elastic stack
• You are experienced working with Figma or an equivalent design prototyping tool (mainly for developer handoff)
• You have experience architecting complex UI components with state machines and statecharts (libraries like XState)

You will...

• Develop and maintain highly reliable, performant and scalable web apps
• Develop and maintain highly reliable, performant and scalable web libraries and SDks with developer experience in mind
• Take part in every stage of development from concept to deployment
• Write clear documentation both in-line code as well as on our Developer documentation platform on how to use the awesome tools and/or features you’ve built.
• Proactively participate in and improve our product development processes
• Design and implement testing strategies that measure the performance of the applications you built as well as catch any potential bugs
• Problem solve bugs or issues developers encounter while using your libraries as well as incorporating developer feature requests into your release cycle
• Dive into our analytics tools to determine whether or not a particular feature you built is working as expected
• Manage field testing of your applications  with testers and developers
• Participate in code reviews and peer programming sessions
• Work fully remote as part of an international team of supportive and passionate engineers, product managers and designers 

We are...

• Purpose-driven and passionate about having a big impact on the world, enabling people to “be included”
• An international company attempting to create the best company to work for in Africa
• An open and inclusive working environment with a culture that encourages innovation, experimentation, willingness to fail and collaboration
• Guided by our five core values which support us in our daily decisions across all aspects of the business
• Motivated by your growth, working with the team to provide resources and support that will accelerate your professional and personal growth
• Excited to meet diverse, multi-talented and engaged people to help us on our journey
• Backed by world-class investors including the co-founder of Airbnb Nate Blecharczyk, ex-CFO of Google Patrick Pichette and Google
• Be bold make audacious decisions
• Be open build trust by being vulnerable
• Go lean increase the speed of learning
• Grow together with open feedback and collaboration
• Enjoy your journey life is a marathon, not a sprint

Benefits

• ESOP
• Unlimited annual paid leave
• Autonomy, Fully flexible hours, Freedom!
• Medical Insurance
• Monthly work from home budget
• Monthly internet stipend