Intermediate Front-End Developer (Perm - Hybrid)

Job Title:                Intermediate Front-End Developer 

Reports to:            Practice Head: Web Services

ROLE OVERVIEW

The employed individual will be challenged with access to a range of projects at clients across industries, working with other experienced technologists whose single pursuit is optimal value creation for our customers through the construction of peerless solutions, this dynamic self- starting individual will be experienced in the best practices accumulated through successful delivery on hundreds of software development assignments. You would have the opportunity to be involved with both consulting projects and internal projects.

KNOWLEDGE

• Full understanding and implementation of the SDLC and design patterns
• Experienced in functional programming and Javascript libraries
• Javascript frameworks such as React, Angular, Ember, and Backbone as well as vast experience building complex web user interfaces
• Well-versed in visual aesthetic components and elements such as fonts, layout, color, graphics, etc.
• Extensive understanding of user interaction and design principles and standards
• Working with RESTful services
• Unit testing, integration and functional testing
• Using version control systems – Git, SVN, TFS
• Scrum Master role understanding

SKILLS

• Solutions design and implementation
• Improving the design of existing code
• Keep up to date with technology
• Ability to Multitask
• System design and analysis
• Ability to conceptualise and simplify complex problems
• Ability to read and write specifications
• Good communications skills

ATTITUDES

• Enthusiastic and committed
• Work with minimal supervision
• Work in a team environment
• Ability to work under pressure
• Delivery focused
• Work to tight deadlines
• Professionalism (Conduct and Appearance)
• Motivated
• Show initiative
• Awareness of environment

FUNDAMENTAL COMPETENCIES

• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Creative eye for details
• Positive attitude
• Able to multitask effectively
• Display excellent time management, task planning and prioritisation skills
• Able to adapt quickly to changing client requirements
• Able to work effectively with minimal supervision
• Work under pressure

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Strong creative front-end skills to develop product ready web applications, functional prototypes and interactive demos for a variety of web and mobile-based initiatives
• Develop functional and appealing web- and mobile-based applications whilst consuming WCF services  and RESTful API’s created by back-end developers
• Provide website maintenance and enhancements
• Create quality mock-ups and prototypes on tight timelines
• Assist back-end developers with coding and troubleshooting
• Create cascading style sheets (CSS) that are consistent across all browsers and platforms
• Maintain digital standards and branding throughout the product’s interface
• Stay up-to-date on emerging technologies
• Promote usability best practices
• Develop new user-facing features
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use
• Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs
• Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability
• Assure that all user input is validated before submitting to back-end
• Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders

MINIMUM EXPERIENCE

• 3 -4 years’ experience in Front-end software development

• Preferably in a banking, insurance or telecoms industry
• Experience in SDLC methodologies such  AGILE (SCRUM)