Dev Engineer (Frontend) MGN Pak - Retail Banking Group

Mashreq Bank PSC; Pakistan; On-site; PKR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Mashreq Bank PSC is seeking an experienced Frontend Developer to turn designs into responsive, high‑quality web applications. You will work in a multidisciplinary team, contribute to sprint planning and demos, and ensure robust unit and integration tests.

You will build with HTML, CSS/LESS/SCSS, and JavaScript using React, focusing on user experience and accessibility while integrating RESTful APIs and ensuring agile delivery.

Qualifications

• Past experience building modern JavaScript-based web applications.
• Expert experience with HTML, CSS/LESS/SCSS and responsive design.
• Mobile development experience with native or web-to-native tooling.
• Experience using React and related libraries.
• Understanding of RESTful APIs and practical usage.
• Knowledge of Object-Oriented programming.
• Ability to write unit, integration and end-user automation tests.
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Transform design and product vision into working frontend products.
• Contribute to sprint events including planning, refinements, and demos.
• Develop IT products and perform unit tests per customer wishes.
• Design, build and test IT products with functional, performance and security tests.
• Set up IT environment and deploy products on infrastructure.
• Monitor IT product usage and improve continuous delivery processes.
• Resolve incidents related to frontend products and their stack.
• Collaborate with designers, SMEs and Product Owner during user story development.
• Work in an agile/scrum environment and ensure sprint commitments.

Skills

React

HTML/CSS/SCSS

JavaScript

Responsive design

RESTful APIs

Unit/integration testing

Agile methodologies

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Git

Job description

Job Purpose

• Key Result Areas

• Uses his/her technical expertise and experience to contribute to all sprint events (planning, refinements, retrospectives, demos)

• Consults with the team about what is needed to fulfil the functional and non-functional requirements of the IT product to be developed

• Develops the IT product, performs the unit test in line with the customer’s wishes and IT area’s internal ambitions and reviews colleagues’ IT products.

• Designs, builds and tests IT products (functional, performance, resilience and security tests) and automates them.

• Performs Life Cycle Management (including decommissioning) for IT products under management

• Improves the Continuous Delivery process

• Resolves incidents and problems relating to IT products under management (including stack)

• Sets up the IT environment, deploys the IT product on the IT infrastructure and implements the required changes

• Sets up monitoring of IT product usage by the customer

Operating Environment, Framework and Boundaries, Working Relationships

• The Front End developer is responsible for transforming the design and the product vision into working products and will directly influence how users will interact with the system. The Front End developer works hard to stay on top of fast changing technology and invests a lot of energy in learning new tricks. They are not only caught up on industry trends in client development frameworks but also know what the near future will bring. A love for clean interfaces and a passion for great user experiences goes without saying

• Works within a multidisciplinary team or in an environment in which multidisciplinary teamwork is carried out.

• Is primarily responsible for the production (or technical configuration) of software applications.

• The range of tasks includes the following:

• the analysis and design of the application (or the technical configuration);

• coding applications and/or package integration in one programming languages, scripting languages and frameworks:

• HTML, CSS/LESS/SCSS/etc., JavaScript, and responsive design

• Mobile development experience with either native or web-to-native tooling and frameworks

• JavaScript frameworks and libraries specifically React

• Understanding of RESTful APIs and how use them in practice

• Knowledge of Object-Oriented programing

• Continuous Delivery (Compile, Build, Package, Deploy);

• Test-Driven Development (TDD) and test automation (e.g. regression, functional and integration tests); debugging and profiling;

• software configuration management and version control.

• Be an active participant in grooming and planning, to ensure that acceptance criteria are clear

• Sit together with designers, SMEs and Product Owner while user stories are developed, bringing input

• Work in an agile/scrum environment, meeting sprint commitments and contributing to the agile process

• Maintain traceability of testing activities

Problem Solving

• Ability to handle challenges and multi-task, in a high pressure & demanding environment

Decision Making Authority & Responsibility

• Take ownership of key decisions, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and stakeholder expectations

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Past experience as a frontend developer building modern JavaScript-based web applications

• Expert experience with HTML, CSS/LESS/SCSS/etc., JavaScript, and responsive design

• Mobile development experience with either native or web-to-native tooling and frameworks

• Experience using JavaScript frameworks and libraries specifically React

• Understanding of RESTful APIs and how use them in practice

• Knowledge of Object-Oriented programing

• Ability to write effective unit, integration, and end-user automation tests

• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies

• Experience as a Developer on a cross-functional agile team preferred

• Strong communication skills with ability to communicate complex technical concepts and align organization on decisions

• Sound problem-solving skills with the ability to quickly process complex information and present it clearly and simply

• Utilizes team collaboration to create innovative solutions efficiently

• Passionate about technology and excited about the impact of emerging /
  disruptive technologies

• Wants to unleash inner self-starter and work in an environment that fosters entrepreneurial minds

• Believes in culture of transparency and trust

• Open to learning new ideas outside scope or knowledge skillset

• Problem Analysis

• Professional expertise/market focus