Specialist. Dev Ops Web & Ecommerce at 9Mobile

Job Summary        

This role is responsible for implementing visual elements that our website and e commerce site users see and interact with. The ideal candidate will combine the art of design with the art of programming including the translation of UI/UX design wireframes to actual code that will produce the visual elements of our applications. 

You will play an active role in championing the implementation of our UI/UX vision. the ideal candidate will have considerable knowledge of front-end development as well as UI and UX design. You will be a natural at understanding human-computer interaction design (HCID), and in coming up with elegant solutions to improve our touchpoint presence.

To excel at this job,you will need to have excellent HTML, CSS, and JavaScript skills as well as theability to create low-high fidelity visual designs.

Principal Functions        

Tactical

• Develop and implement UI and UX strategies based on our target goals.
• Take ownership of content management for our website and ecommerce platforms

Operational

• Develop functional web applications
• Build high quality, clean and reusable code and libraries for future use
• Troubleshoot and debug applications
• Deploy and manage website content as a core touchpoint for brand presence and customer engagement with the aim to improve customer satisfaction
• Perform UI tests to optimize performance 
• Create and maintain digital assets such as interface design files, themes, wireframes, and interactive mockups/prototypes using Figma, InDesign, Sketch, etc. and ultimately build frontend architecture 
• Liaise with developers, designers and system administrators to identify new features 
• Collaborate with design team to integrate user-facing elements with server side logic 
• Optimization of the application for maximum speed and scalability 
• Design and develop new web application features 
• Understand the limitations of our tech stack and business model and provide technical advice wherever necessary.
• Carry out other activities as instructed by the Manager, Digital Marketing

Educational Requirements        

• First degree or equivalent in ComputerScience, Computer Engineering or any other related field

Experience,Skills & Competencies        

• Three (3) years plus relevant work experience as a Front-end developer
• Working knowledge of CMS framework
• Familiarity with front-end languages(e.g. HTML, JavaScript and CSS)
• Familiar with prototyping tools like Figma, InDesign, and Sketch
• Familiarity with React.js
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
• In-depth understanding of the entire web development process (design, development and deployment)
• Familiar with deploying web applications on a cloud environment like Microsoft Azure.
• Familiar with taking ownership of an existing web application and making modifications to it.
• Familiar with working extensively with restful APIs
• Excellent analytical and time management skills
• Teamwork skills with a problem-solving attitude
• Very good conceptual and analytical thinking skills
• Good interpersonal and communication skills