Frontend Developer - Senior at Swing Development

Introduction
Swing’s Frontend Devs design, build and maintain frontend applications using the appropriate coding and scripting languages, content management tools and other related software applications. 

Duties & Responsibilities

• Work closely with a team of developers and designers building frontends for Silicon Valley startups.
• Care and fight for the end-user experience and contribute to raising the baseline of what is the UI/UX industry standard.
• Take ownership and responsibility  for what you do, the huge creative freedom and ability to influence the project allows for this
• Build relationships with Swing Dev developers in Poland,San Francisco, Cape Town and Brazil.

Desired Experience & Qualification
Requirements

• Bachelor Degree/Diploma in Computer Science, Engineering, IT or related fields,
• 7+ years of experience as Frontend Developer,
• Experience in React (other frameworks like Angular, Vue also possible, but React will be required at the end),
• Skilled in vanilla JavaScript (Es5 /6 / 7, Object Oriented Programming, Design Patterns),
• Familiarity with Git, front-end tools and bundlers,
• Good knowledge of CSS and CSS pre-processors,
• Independent problem solving, but also being an excellent team player,
• Good command of English (written & spoken),
• Commercial experience

Skills:

• Independent efficient problem solving, but also being an excellent team player
• Good command of English, written and spoken
• High attention to detail
• Strong ability to clearly communicate concepts and ideas to team members as well as clients

You will get extra points for:

• TypeScript, Flux knowledge,
• Backend technology knowledge (Node.js, Python, Java, C++),
• Familiarity with Docker / Kubernetes / AWS / deployment process,
• Experience in creating projects from scratch,
• State / data management patterns and solutions (Redux / Mobx),
• Knowledge of testing JavaScript code (Enzyme, Jest, Karma, Mocha, etc.),
• Knowledge how to make well-designed APIs.

Package & Remuneration

• Salary Range: R850,000 and R990,000 Total Cost per annum. 

The salary offered to the candidate who successfully completes our Technical Screening and Coding Assessments will be commensurate to the level exertise displayed in these assessments

Benefits

• Working with US-based startups and Fortune 500 clients on demanding but at the same time rewarding projects,
• Non-corporate work environment
• Experienced PM and QA support
• Regular code reviews policy
• Trendy work space at Cape Town CBD and surrounds/JHB Office
• You will have a lot of chances to develop your programming skills as well as learn a lot about how tech business is done in the US

International links with teams on 4 continents.