The Role: A major client within our organization is searching for a Velocity Frontend Developer to join their team for a review and present proposed system solution to IT Project Manager / Leader, User Management or System owner and develop systems solutions in line with quality and delivery requirements.Essential Function:
- Rapidly experiment with multiple solutions.
- Implement pixel perfect UI designs.
- Implement re-usable HTML and JS logic.
- Ensure all code is readable, extendable and scalable.
- Ensure that stylesheets are maintained and adapted where necessary.
- Ensure that all implementations can be passed over to other developers, mid development, with minimum of handover.
- Polish frontend behavior to ensure a great user experience.
- Ensure that the small unseen details of a client-side application is of exceptional quality.
- Ensure that all processes have been investigated / considered in obtaining the specifications of the user requirements.
- Propose and review system design and evaluate alternatives.
- Review and present proposed system solution to IT Project Manager / Leader and User Management or System owner.
- Develop systems solutions in line with quality and delivery requirements.
- Ensure that the following steps in the Development Cycle are executed.
- Preparation of system/technical documentation (as per ISO standards)
- Preparation of user and operation manual.
- User training
- System testing/parallel runs
- System implementation
- System audits/quality assurance
- Maintenance Requests.
Maintenance Requests:
- Review and present proposed system solution to User Organization.
- Ensure that the following steps in the Development Cycle are executed.
- Preparation of system/technical documentation.
- Preparation of user and operation manual.
- User training.
- System testing/parallel runs.
- System implementation.
- System audits/quality assurance.
- User sign-off.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Strong ability to understand and interpret Business needs and requirements with the ability to move concepts through to proposal and finally successful implementation.
- Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills with ability to communicate effectively (both verbally and written) with both technical and non-technical.
Skills and Experience: Qualification Required:
- Degree in IT or relevant experience.
Experience Required:
- Minimum of 3 years working experience in web development using JavaScript primarily
- 3+ years?? Experience
- Agile working experience (Mandatory)
- At least one Relational Database experience.
- At least one Document Database experience.
- Mobile Development Experience.
Key Accountabilities: Technical Skills:
- JavaScript
- Typescript
- Node.js
- AngularJS
- Angular 5+
- HTML 5
- CSS (SCSS)
- AJAX & REST
- API
- JSON & XML
- POSTGRES, SQL
- MONGO, ELASTIC
- (beneficial)
- JAVA (beneficial and optional)
- Micro Service Development
- AWS (beneficial)
- Freestanding Component Development (POLYMER etc.)
- Familiar with Agile methodologies, including JIRA and Confluence.
Personality and Attributes: Soft Skills:
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Strong ability to understand and interpret Business needs and requirements with the ability to move concepts through to proposal and finally successful implementation.
- Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills with ability to communicate effectively (both verbally and written) with both technical and non-technical colleagues / users.
- Should be willing to deal with (talk to) our customers. In most cases they will be foreign customers and language barriers might exist.
- Ability to work as part of a team, inter dependent as well as independently and submit deliverables on time and in excellent quality. SELF STARTER.
- Above board work ethics ?? this is of utmost importance.
- Flexibility to take up different tasks in the project.
- Ability and willingness to coach and give training to fellow colleagues and users when required.
- Willing and able to travel extensively, for up to 2 weeks at a time (international).