The developer designs and implements user-facing features for websites and applications using React.js. The incumbent is responsible for the performance of our websites or applications to ensure a seamless experience for users

Skill Set

• Mentorship

• Strong understanding of Unit Testing practice

• Adapts to change

• Decision Making

• RESTful APIs

• knowledge of CSS, HTML, and other front-end languages

• Scrum / Agile environment

Responsibilities

Technical Outputs:

• Develop & Maintain user-facing features using React.js.

• Make use of reusable components and front-end libraries for use across our platforms.

• Optimize components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices & browsers.

• Stay up to date on emerging code standards.

• Maintain and implement code and design standards.

• Mentor Junior and Intermediate React Developers.

Behavioural Outputs:

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.

Job Requirements

• 3+ years commercial experience with React

• 5+ years JavaScript

• Experience with RESTful APIs

• Solid knowledge of CSS, HTML, and other front-end languages

• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model

• 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