Senior React Developer

Winning Form; Durban; On-site; ZAR 300 000 - 450 000; Full time

Job summary

A tech-focused company in Durban seeks a React Developer with over 3 years of experience. The role involves developing front-end applications, mentoring junior developers, and ensuring adherence to coding standards. Candidates should have a strong background in React, RESTful APIs, and relevant front-end frameworks. This position encourages adaptability and innovation within a collaborative team environment. Ideal for those ready to make an impact in a vibrant tech culture.

Qualifications

• Experience with state management using React Hooks & Redux.
• Solid knowledge of writing unit tests.
• Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools.

Responsibilities

• Make use of reusable components and front-end libraries across platforms.
• Mentor Junior and Intermediate React Developers.
• Stay up to date on emerging code standards.

Skills

Strong understanding of Unit Testing practice

Adapts to change

Decision Making

RESTful APIs

Knowledge of CSS, HTML, and other front-end languages

Education

3+ years commercial experience with React

Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles and frameworks

Experience with RESTful APIs

Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements

Tools

Jest

React-Testing Library

Kubernetes

Job description

Job Info

• Job Identification 192
• Job Category Information and Communication Technology
• Posting Date 09/02/2025, 07:19 AM
• Apply Before 12/31/2025, 07:19 AM
• Job Schedule Full time

Skill Set

• Strong understanding of Unit Testing practice
• Adapts to change
• Decision Making
• RESTful APIs
• knowledge of CSS, HTML, and other front-end languages

Responsibilities

Technical Outputs

• Make use of reusable components and front-end libraries for use across our platforms.
• Stay up to date on emerging code standards.
• Maintain and implement code and design standards.
• Mentor Junior and Intermediate React Developers.

Adaptably Resilient

• Adapts to change and is open to new ideas and willing to take on new responsibilities.
• Able to handle pressure and can effectively adjust plans to meet changing needs/demands.
• Changes his/her interpersonal style and approach based on the circumstances.
• Adapts behaviour to maintain cooperative relationships with others.
• Accepts changes to task, plans and procedures in order to align with strategic direction of the organization and appropriately adjusts behaviour and activities to changing conditions.
• Maintains a positive attitude in the face of change.

Decision Making Quality

• Makes confident, timely, fact-based decisions drawing on a broad range of resources through collaboration with others.
• Ensures others understand the decision before moving forward.
• Considers short- and long-term implications of the decision.
• Able to logically defend and explain judgements and decisions.
• Takes steps to accurately define the problem before seeking a solution.
• Bases decisions and evaluations on a careful and systematic review of relevant facts and information.

Resourceful and improving

• Generates new ideas and challenges the status quo, takes risk, supports change and encourages innovation.
• Searches for opportunity to create new ideas and innovate or improve efficiencies wherever possible
• Solves problems through questioning the status quo

Living the spirit

• Actively drives a culture of collaboration and open communication within the team.
• Actively promotes authenticity and drives the spirit of diversity, inclusion, equity and belonging within the team.
• Actively drives a culture of versatility and adaptability by modelling and encouraging Team Members to support each other not only within the department, but within the business as a whole.
• Actively become a change agent and drive continuous learning within the team thus ensuring that the team approaches all tasks or challenges with enthusiasm and proactivity.

Qualifications

• 3+ years commercial experience with React
• Experience with RESTful APIs
• Solid knowledge of CSS, HTML, and other front-end languages
• Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles and frameworks
• State management experience with React Hooks & Redux
• Solid, working knowledge of writing unit tests (Jest, React-Testing Library).
• Strong understanding of Unit Testing practice
• Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token
• Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements

Advantageous

• Working in a Scrum / Agile environment
• Experience with Kubernetes

Required Skills

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