Frontend Developer at Paracon

Purpose of the Job:

Thelp build our next generation of applications. These world-class applications will provide an exceptional user experience on the desktop, tablet and phone. As part of a team, you will apply best practices in user experience, DevOps, web application architecture, solution design, scaling and testing.
Responsibilities

• Analyse and design new features
• Write elegant robust code
• Write unit, integration and acceptance tests for all components
• Write build and deployment automation scripts
• Improve and optimize the performance of existing systems
• Troubleshoot and root-cause errors
• Mentor other developers
• Deliver features timeously

Qualifications:

• Degree in computer science, computer engineering, information science or related technical discipline

Knowledge and Experience:

• Since we are a multi-technology environment, knowledge of computer science fundamentals in object oriented design, data structures and algorithms are a necessity
• 3+ years’ experience building products using some of the following tools:

Frontend tools:-

React / Redux (or other modern JavaScript framework)

• Webpack
• Sagas
• ES6
• HTML5, CSS3
• Backend tools:-
• Express
• Node 8
• Babel

General:-

• Git
• Linux
• Docker

Active development practices:-

• Restful API's
• Microservices architecture
• Unit and Integration testing
• Single Page Applications (SPA)
• Continuous Integration (CI)

Key Atrributes:

• Good interpersonal skills, ability twork with diverse personality types and deal with conflict in an effective way
• Ability twork individually and with teams
• Experience in influencing best practices within teams