Front-end Developer at Webafrica

Job description

How do you get your design on? However you do, if you are quirky, innovative, and meticulous in your designs and code – and, of course, fanatical about your craft – we want you!

Webafrica, the top ISP in South Africa, is looking for an inventive front-end developer who is able to capture the essence of our brand in their creations. With a passion for cutting-edge HTML, CSS and JavaScript Techniques, as well as commitment of the highest level of web standards and visual integrity of a website, you could be the next Webafrican to join our Devops team as the front-end developer.

We are big on development, in more ways than one, so if you think you have what it takes, make contact!

Coding champions come forth!

Requirements

Minimum requirements

• Proficient understanding of web mark-up, including HTML5, CSS3
• Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them.
• Intermediate (or better) skills in JavaScript (knowledge of JQuery a plus)
• Ability to quickly turn a mockup into valid HTML and CSS
• Intermediate (or better) Adobe Photoshop skills
• Understanding of layout aesthetics
• Good understanding of SEO principles and ensuring that application will adhere to them.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as {{Git/ SVN}}
• 3 - 5 years’ experience in front-end web development
• Ability to work in a team environment and accept feedback constructively
• Bachelor’s degree in related field preferred

Ideal Requirements

• PHP, ASP
• Email Template Markup
• CSS pre-processing platforms, such as LESS and SASS

Inherent characteristics

• Self motivated and self disciplined
• Passionate and committed
• Innovative and proactive
• Resilient and rigorous
• Results oriented
• Team work, diplomacy and tact
• Customer focused and brand aware
• Ability to learn continuously
• Humility and modesty

Key Performance Areas

• Oversee webafrica.co.za code base to keep it well maintained, optimized and current
• Identify areas of potential improvement on webafrica.co.za site, propose solutions and execute on those projects
• Execute all web development tasks for marketing campaigns and projects, which incorporate images, forms and analytics tracking code
• Code HTML emails that display properly in multiple email clients
• Perform maintenance on webafrica.co.za as needed to support multiple departments, make content updates and fix any bugs
• Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs
• Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability
• Collaborate with back-end developers and web designers to improve usability
• Ensure high quality graphic standards and brand consistency
• Maintain and update our online customer facing systems
• Working closely with multiple departments to code new projects and efficiently implement new designs

The position includes but is not limited to the above KPA’s

Benefits

Our benefits are second to none - the icing on the Webafrica culture cake:

• We provide you with the most important meal of the day - and a little more
• Staff breakfast– cereal / toast; as much coffee as you want
• R500 Food allowance (part of cash component) for lunch provision
• We look after your wellbeing and encourage a healthy lifestyle
• We pay 100% of your medical aid (Discovery& Vitality) – so no deduction unless you want to add a beneficiary
• We can't have our staff (working for an ISP) not connected to the internet
• We also give you free internet - ADSL to the value of R875.00 or Fibre
• We think of your future too
• Retirement Annuity - up to 5% co contribution in your first year; 7.5% thereafter

THE CHERRY ON TOP!!!

• Webafrica rewards performance!
• Quarterly paid-out bonuses of up to 15% of your basic annual salary (per year) so long as company targets are met.
• Quarterly individual performance recognition awards
• Even bigger Annual individual awards for the Webafricans that outshine the rest
• Team buildings are a bid deal as well as other cultural activities which happen regularly