Frontend Developer at OLX Group

We are looking for a skilled, motivated, ambitious and passionate Frontend Developer in our great office in Cape Town.

Your opportunity…

We have an exciting opportunity available for a Frontend Developer.

You will be part of an ambitious and dedicated cross functional pack that tackles the toughest of problems. You will help design and develop the best classifieds app in the world as part of a young team in our great office in Cape Town. Yes, you read that right: best in the world. That is what we will do. Together.

What responsibilities will you get when working with us?

• Work as part of an agile team to conceive, deliver & improve features for our products.
• Play a significant role in planning sessions around new product features and deliver detailed roll-out/roll-back strategies for releases.
• Work closely with product managers on the feasibility of upcoming changes & providing accurate timelines of work.
• Ensure feature comparability across multiple browsers & platforms.
• Create unit tests in accordance with our established standards to cover assigned work.
• Write and maintain exemplary code.
• Actively participate in code review.
• Experiment with new front-end development technologies.

What will you need to be successful?

• 4+ years of experience with HTML, JavaScript and CSS
• 2+ years using client-side frameworks
• 1+ years’ experience with building tools such as Gulp
• Ability to be a technical mentor within a product vertical team of front-end and back-end engineers.
• Familiarity with data transfer protocols HTTP(s), REST, SOAP, JSON
• Good knowledge of PHP
• Good knowledge of tools to make continuous integration like Jenkins
• Good understanding of statistics and optimization Techniques
• Excellent problem solving, critical thinking and communication skills
• Good verbal and written English

What can you expect from us and what do we offer?

• You work as part of a global team… being part of one of the most exciting journeys in the field of ecommerce - Online Classifieds.
• Being part of the biggest Online Classifieds business in Sub-Saharan Africa with a view to consolidating our position in the coming years to one of the biggest Online Classifieds businesses in the world.
• We are focused on employee development, providing access to conferences, on-line and classroom learning and growth opportunities.
• Being part of a highly dynamic, fun team.
• Free monthly massages at your desk.
• Ping-pong and pool tables.