Frontend Developer at Future Africa

Job Requirements

• 3-5 years previous professional working experience of frontend development
• Ability to work with TypeScript, JavaScript ES6, React.js, Next.js and Socket.io
• Communicate fluently in English
• Ability to work during WAT business hours
• Ability to work remotely with fast internet

Responsibilities

In this role, you'll often find yourself...

• Collaborate with a team of developers and designers to create an innovative website that draws the user’s attention and interest.
• Create reusable, effective, and scalable TypeScript and JavaScript code
• Implement frontend components with React.js framework
• Translate the technical requirements into code
• Test and update our web application to work on all browsers and devices

Prior Experience

This role could be perfect for you if...

You're a User-Focused Product Engineer
You get satisfaction in building products that matter from the ground up with a deep understanding of how engineering choices impact the user experience. You weave together web, desktop, and database development with ease, continuously developing versatility in both frontend and backend engineering. You have a proven track record of shipping features that impact product KPIs.

You're a Code Mentor
You admire the code and the team that builds it. You have several strong opinions but you express them without ego. You pride yourself on making the Engineers around you better. You're skilled at embracing and improving a team's coding style, documentation, and decision-making. You've embraced continuous integration in your life, not just your work. You've worked on enough teams to know how and why to engage in cross-team conversations with Product, Business, and Engineering Leaders.

You're a Designer Turned Engineer
You have an eye for design because you think that way. Beautiful code mean beautiful experiences for the users and the Software creators. You are naturally an emphatic listener and can process information swiftly and make connections on the fly. You can elicit business requirements from leaders, users, or clients and translate them to technical solutions that address business pain points. You've worked both as a consultant and embedded in a team.