Senior Developer

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POSITION INFO:

We are looking for senior developers or team leaders to form part of a new development team in the Financial Services industry. Operating remotely, but the ability to regularly join us in our Cape Town

(Plattekloof) office is strongly preferred.

We value taking ownership and delivering a complete, end-to-end solution to problems.

Our current technology stack consists of Typescript, React, GraphQL, NodeJS, Kubernetes, RabbitMQ, and PostgreSQL. In some cases we''re quite advanced, in others we''ve barely begun to scratch the surface of what is possible with our tools.

We''re light on process, and we''re learning quickly, so come make your mark by joining our mission to advance financial services through technology.

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Senior Full-stack developer

What you''ll do:

• Build impactful features for our customers or internal teams by designing, testing & shipping front-end Typescript and React) and back-end
• Typescript and NodeJS code.
• Help design, architect and improve back-end system capabilities ranging from financial transaction tracking and scheduling to task-based workflows and authentication systems.
• Work with a range of stakeholders to understand and deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Uphold and improve our engineering standards and processes. Debug critical production issues up and down our stack.
• Teach and learn from your peers with code reviews, pair programming, and technical discussions.

What we''re looking for:

• 5+ years of software development experience.
• At least 2 years experience with an MVC framework (such as Rails, Express, etc.) in a production environment.
• At least 1 year experience with a front-end framework such as React, Vue, Angular, etc. in a production environment, preferably utilising advanced features of the framework.
• Excellent problem-solving and reasoning abilities.
• Ability to clearly communicate with team members and others outside the technical environment.
• Experience with databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL.
• Bonus: experience with Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, as well as RabbitMQ or other message queues, GraphQL.

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Senior Front-end developer

What you''ll do:

• Build impactful features for our customer or internal teams by designing, testing & shipping front-end Typescript & React Hooks) code.
• Maintain and improve our front-end projects, bringing and keeping them to a high standard of usability and code quality.
• Help design front-end capabilities ranging from complicated state management, websockets and realtime telephony integration, to intuitive searching and task-based workflows.
• Work with a range of stakeholders to understand and deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Uphold and improve our engineering standards and processes.
• Teach and learn from your peers with code reviews, pair programming, and technical discussions.

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What we''re looking for:

• A strong desire to become an expert in front-end engineering, not as a stepping stone to back-end roles.
• 4 years of software development experience.
• At least 2 years experience with advanced usage of a front-end framework such as React, Vue or Angular in a production environment.
• Experience with CSS-in-JS or alternative CSS maintenance systems. Excellent UX skills.
• Ability to clearly communicate with team members and others outside the technical environment.
• Bonus: experience with GraphQL, explain the pros and cons of various CSS libraries such as TailwindCSS or Emotion.

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