Front End Developer

A well-established firm offering inter and intra-city transport services to customers, is looking for a Front-end Developer. The developer will be responsible for influencing and contributing to the company’s platform & system architecture. The company offers private vans and buses for customers to ride at fixed prices along predetermined routes. The company has managed to secure over $170mn in funding so far. This is an excellent opportunity for developers to work with industry veterans on a global scale.

Job Responsibilities:

• Provide ideas and contribute to featured platform and software architecture
• Deploy the best engineering practices within different teams 
• Develop ideas based on the vision and long-term strategy of the front-end development cycle
• Troubleshoot bugs and resolve other complex issues by transforming business hurdles into technical solutions
• Offer guidance to teammates, and work closely with the team to increase impact in the engineering cycle
• Develop reliable, reusable, efficient frameworks and abstractions for different projects
• Resolve major software architectural problems with deep troubleshooting measures and collaborating with different teams

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science (or equivalent experience)
• At least 8 years of experience in developing, shipping, and maintaining web apps and systems
• Proficiency in web markup including HTML5 and CSS3
• Must be an expert in JavaScript development with a strong understanding of client-side libraries and frameworks (AngularJS, ReactJS, etc.)
• Prior experience of working with state management libraries like Redux and MobX
• Knowledge of working in a micro front-end environment
• Skilled at working with bundling tools like Webpack, Gulp, or Grunt
• Thorough understanding of reactive programming libraries like RxJs
• Expertise in utilizing resources like Maps APIs like Google Maps, MapBox, and more
• A natural leader for driving meetings and presentations
• Excellent interpersonal skills to be able to explain technical issues to both technical and non-technical teams
• Must possess a strong understanding of software design patterns
• Ability to write snapshots for UI components
• Strong experience in resolving cross-browser compatibility issues
• Experience working with containers and container orchestration
• Familiarity with TypeScript and server-side rendering would be a plus
• Knowledge of SEO principles, CSS preprocessors like LESS, SCSS,  etc. is an added advantage
• Experience in developing progressive apps is desirable