Frontend Developer at Safaricom Kenya

Brief Description

Reporting to the Digital Channels Tech Lead, the position holder will be responsible for building the ‘client-side’ of our web applications and translate our company and customer needs into functional and appealing interactive applications. To create a functional and attractive digital environment for our company, ensuring great user experience.

Responsibilities

• 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 backend
• Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders
• Translates business and customer requirements into technology requirements
• Defines architecture and design of systems and solutions to meet current and future business needs

Qualifications

• BSc. Computer Science/Software Engineering/IT
• 3 years + experience in software development in a busy IT environment
• Proficiency in coding languages and style sheet languages including HTML5, JavaScript, CSS3
• Basic understanding of server-side CSS pre-processing platforms, such as LESS and SASS
• Demonstrable graphic design skills
• Proficiency in JavaScript frameworks and libraries including Angular, Next.js, React, React Native
• Working knowledge of desktop publishing tools, including Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator
• Strong working knowledge of web speed focused techniques like async loading and lazy loading
• Working knowledge of source control and CI/CD tools including GitHub/GitLab, Ansible, AWS CodeDeploy
• Significant working knowledge and experience in Rest API, GraphQL
• Experience in applying Secure Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) principles and practices
• Working knowledge and experience of SEO principles and Google Analytics
• Working knowledge and experience of Progressive Web Apps and cross-browser compatibility web development
• Working experience of Android, iOS operating systems
• Excellent problem-solving skills are preferred
• Good interpersonal skills