Frontend Developer (React.js)

Allan Gray|Posted 29 days ago

Skills and experience

Role:Frontend engineer

Experience in role:4+ years

Language proficiency:English

Must-have skills:

React

TypeScript

Node.js

Location and salary

Remote policy:Hybrid

Location of job:City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Visa requirements:Authorised to work in South Africa With status of citizen/passport holder or permanent resident

Visa sponsorship:Unable to sponsor visa

Employment type:Permanent

Role description

Join Allan Gray in building our next generation of React and Node-based web applications. You'll be part of a team delivering highly customer-focused applications and modern user experiences to our vast network of clients. We're looking for someone to help us build a strong culture of automated testing, progressive application architecture, continuous integration, DevOps, and enhanced user experience.

In this role, you'll guide and participate in technical analysis, write elegant production code for single-page web applications, create automated tests, mentor peers, optimize system performance, and troubleshoot issues. We're seeking a developer with 5 years of experience, proficiency in React, ES6+, HTML5, CSS3, Node, Express, and TypeScript, and a background in full development lifecycle environments.

At Allan Gray, we offer a unique work environment where hierarchies don't exist, and everyone contributes throughout the software development lifecycle. We prioritize quality over quick turnarounds, support continuous learning, and celebrate impactful contributions. Join us to solve problems using best-of-breed tools, make a positive social impact, and grow in a performance-driven yet supportive environment that values work-life balance and employee well-being.

About Allan Gray

1000+ employees

WHO ARE WE?

We are first and foremost a financial services company, but we also see ourselves as leading technologists.

WHAT DO WE DO?

We build software solutions that make our clients’ and our own lives easier.

WHAT TECH DO WE USE?

Our environment consists of a diverse range of open and closed source technologies. Whether it's open source or commercial, we will evaluate all of the options available to us and choose the best tool for the job at hand.

Our backend microservices are built using Golang or Scala. We use Node for our public facing gateways, and on the client use a React/Typescript stack to build out a suite of performant single page applications.

Our backend architecture consists primarily of RESTful APIs, built and deployed on an elastic containerized infrastructure supported and managed in house through Kubernetes.

We are looking for smart, passionate people, whether you are a backend or frontend specialist, or a full stack developer.

WHAT DOES OUR INTERVIEW PROCESS LOOK LIKE?

Our interview process is role dependent, but all of them take some time - on average two weeks from engagement to offer (this also depends on how quickly you respond to requests) The typical interview process for a developer is:

Technical interview (1hr)
Coding assignment (3 hours) - at home in your own time
Technical face to face interview (1 hour ) and soft skills face to face interview (1 hour ) - via video call
Psychometric tests (1 hour 30 mins) - Completed online in your own time
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Credit and Criminal checks
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The total time is approximately 8 hours and 30 minutes. We realise this is quite a commitment, but we believe that each interaction also allows you to decide whether or not Allan Gray is the right place for you. You are also able to speed up or relax your process as best suits you. Candidates can spend a week in the process before getting an official offer, or a month. The choice is yours!