Senior Front-End Software Developer at Vito Solutions

JOB OVERVIEW:

• The Company's Engineering team is predominantly based in Cape Town and is responsible for the design, development and go-to-market of the Company's product suite. They use an agile process to deliver quality software to our customers. They are faced with challenging problems regularly, so problem-solving skills are a must. Automation forms a key part of the Company's strategy to deliver high-quality software in a fast-paced market.
• The Senior Front-End Software Developer role supports product development and quality software delivery by implementing and maintaining automation using modern continuous integration tools and methodologies. As a Senior Front-End Software Developer, you will be responsible for leading the development team, liaising with the QA department and developing code that reliably deploys the applications in the company's product suite to on-premise or cloud platforms. There would also be an expectation to maintain existing or implement new product features.

DESCRIPTION OF POSITION:

Process

• Participating in an agile development process as projects require
• Collaborate with the team to continually improve development and delivery processes
• Collaborate closely with customers and company stakeholders in understanding and breaking down requirements
• Quality, security, and performance focus throughout the delivery cycle

Ownership

• Ownership and accountability of end-to-end life cycle for new and existing features
• Ownership of code base and unit and functional tests 

Responsibilities

• Development of new product capabilities
• Maintenance of existing product capabilities, including defect fixes
• Creation of automated tests and contribute toward a sophisticated continuous integration environment
• Deliver demos throughout the development process to customers and internal Company stakeholders
• Customer support, including after-hours support rotation, for defect correction and consulting on service resolution
• Enable customers and Company service organization by actively engaging on IM client channels(Zoom, WebEx Teams, Microsoft Teams etc.)

SKILLS REQUIRED:

• Full stack capabilities or willingness to transition with understanding of tools and languages
• JavaScript/Typescript
• Angular
• REST API Integration
• Fluent in automation tools such as Cypress or Protractor

COMPETENCIES:

• Critical thinker and problem-solving skills
• Willing to learn
• Always keeping up to date with the latest technologies 
• Motivated, self-starter
• Fast learner
• Accountable
• Excellent communication skills

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

• Completed relevant programming courses.
• A degree in Computer Science is preferred.

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• 6 Years development experience.
• 2 years of software development experience with Angular v13, using Typescript as well as previous versions.
• Experience in managing a team.

ADVANTAGEOUS SKILLS:

Ability to work across technology stacks

• NodeJS
• Python
• Docker
• Jenkins
• Ansible
• Selenium
• MongoDB
• Django