Front End Developer at Black Swan Data

Job description

Interested to work with multinational companies and help develop kickass innovative projects? Black Swan is seeking Frontend Javascript developer’s to join our South African team in Capetown.

We are looking for keep developers who have experience in frontend development using one of the many javascript frameworks who are looking to get commercial experience in AngularJS.

Objective:

Join us for a great opportunity to join a rapidly growing data and technology agency led by an experienced management team.

Black Swan is currently recruiting front-end developers with experience in AngularJS, Backbone.js, Ember.js or any other Javascript framework experience. Form part of a dynamic team that will require your involvement in every aspect of our project from conception right through to testing and delivery.

Responsibilities:

• Research of user experiences
• Developing Wireframes
• Designing front-end designs
• Taking designs and developing HTML code
• Develop and maintain code bases
• Assist in troubleshooting software application issues
• Maintaining existing systems and applications
• Documentation of systems developed
• Develop, review, test and debug code
• Interacting with users for the purposes of requirements gathering, testing and issue troubleshooting

Candidate Profile:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• Critical thinking and problem solving
• Thorough knowledge of web applications, markup languages and web layouts
• Experience with Javascript IDEs such as SublimeText, Webstorm or similar
• Self-starter with a natural curiosity to learn and develop capabilities
• Displays energy, drive and stamina
• Open minded, flexible and willing to adapt to changing situations
• Must be a strong team player

Essential Requirements:

• A few years of proven commercial experience
• Expert knowledge of JavaScript
• Expert experience of Object-Oriented JavaScript
• Knowledge of CSS3
• Strong experience of interface development toolkits: e.g. Less/SASS
• JSON
• Experience in GIT

Beneficial Skills:

• Design skills
• Knowledge of HTML/XHTML/HTML5
• Knowledge of Coffeescript
• Knowledge of Grunt or Gulp