Job Description

Role Purpose

Primarily working with software developers within the Product Development department, be part of a team responsible for researching, developing, implementing, and maintaining software solutions and products according to provided specifications. Using markup languages like HTML and XAML, build and extend web-based product suite that offers optimized, professional, and user-friendly interfaces.

Education

• Relevant tertiary qualification (BSc Computer Science, BCom IS, IS Diploma)

Experience

• At least 8 yearsxe2x80x99 experience as a Front-end Developer

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve various product user interfaces, applying best-of-breed web application principles and standards
• Ensure reusable, consistent approach and application of concepts across range of products
• Design and build responsive web systems
• Ensure applications for are optimized for maximum speed
• Collaborate with back-end developers and web designers to improve usability
• Document and update technical guides to ensure transfer of concepts and technologies to new or future developers
• Create quality mock-ups and prototypes to facilitate discussions for product features
• Help back-end developers with coding and troubleshooting
• Ensure high quality graphic standards and brand consistency
• Analyse requirements to ensure system build according to specifications
• Liaise and collaborate with team members and stakeholders to facilitate producing best-of-breed web applications
• Assist with the construction and approach to application Test Plans, as well as execute systems and program test plan to verify correct operation of completed system
• Conduct web-page performance testing and benchmarking
• Document and formalise completed work and practises applied to ensure code maintainability
• Actively keep abreast with and drive emerging technology and framework trends and emerging technologies

Knowledge and Skills

• Solid and demonstratable experience with HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, Bootstrap, and jQuery
• Extensive experiences using markup languages, JSON, XML and XSLT
• Excellent ability to perform browser testing and debugging
• Web Development Experience using MVC
• Web and Mobile User Interface Design experience
• Azure DevOps using TFS and GIT
• Solid understanding of user-interfaces layout aesthetics

Beneficial knowledge and skills

• Experience building scalable systems
• Knowledge of WPF, XAML and Xamarin Forms & Razor
• Experience developing Single Page Applications using either Angular, React and/or Blazor Web Assembly
• Exposure to Mobile Application development
• Experience in UX Design

Behavioural Competencies

• Well Organised
• Self-Starter
• Hardworking and conscientious, takes accountability.
• High attention to detail (accuracy imperative)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Innovative
• Able to work in teams and collaborate with others (internal and client teams)
• Multitasking

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