Velocity Frontend Developer

SUMMARY:
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.

Qualification Required:

• Degree in IT or relevant experience.

Experience Required:

• Minimum of 3 years working experience in web development using JavaScript primarily
• 3+ yearsâ?? Experience
• Agile working experience (Mandatory)
• At least one Relational Database experience.
• At least one Document Database experience.
• Mobile Development Experience.

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.

 

 

 

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 â?? 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).

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