Web Front-End Developer

Media Recruiters Truckee LLC; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 500 000 - 700 000; Full time

Job summary

A digital solutions company in Cape Town is seeking a skilled web developer with over 5 years of experience to lead the front-end development of engaging products. The ideal candidate will have a deep-seated love for pixel-perfect design and seamless transitions. Responsibilities include building automated tests, designing dashboards, and collaborating closely with the Design/UX team. Knowledge of MVC frameworks and fluency in Coffeescript are essential for this role.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in web development.
• Strong preference for a specific MVC framework.
• Ability to automate JavaScript tasks.

Responsibilities

• Lead the creation of engaging front-end experiences.
• Design transparency dashboards.
• Build automated tests and CI workflows.
• Collaborate with Design/UX teams.

Skills

Web development

Responsive design

MVC frameworks

JavaScript automation tools

Coffeescript

Git and GitHub

Tools

Grunt.js

Gulp.js

Job description

Responsibilities

• Lead the creation of an engaging, informative front-end experience for our products
• Design dashboards to provide transparency into our systems
• Build automated tests (Unit/Acceptance) and continuous integration workflows
• Staying up to speed on evolving technologies to improve the customer experience.
• Work closely with the Design/UX team to iterate on designs and user experience.
• Capture & interpret analytics to better understand user workflows

Requirements

• 5+ years of web-dev with a love for pixel-perfect responsive design and smooth transitions.
• Experience with MVC frameworks, one of which you have a strong preference for.
• Use tools (like Grunt.js or Gulp.js) to automate JS concatenation and compression.
• Can pick up different languages, frameworks, and techniques with ease.
• Craves clean code filled with good design-patterns.
• Fluent in Coffeescript and obsessively follows the evolution of CSS
• Fluency with source control in git and github

NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive and will not be the final and formal template. Employees may perform other related duties as negotiated to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.

Equity Statement

We are committed to Employment Equity when recruiting internally and externally. It is company policy to promote from within wherever possible. Therefore, please be aware that internal applicants will be considered first before reviewing external applicants, provided that this supports achievement of our Employment Equity goals.