Front-end Web developer at Safaricom Kenya

Job Description

Front-end Web developer at Safaricom Kenya

We are looking for a qualified Front-end web developer to join our IT team. You will be responsible for building the ‘client-side’ of our web applications. You should be able to translate our company and customer needs into functional and appealing interactive applications.

If you’re interested in creating a user-friendly environment by writing code and moving forward in your career, then this job is for you. We expect you to be a tech-savvy professional, who is curious about new digital technologies and aspires to combine usability with visual design.

Ultimately, you should be able to create a functional and attractive digital environment for our company, ensuring great user experience.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Your responsibilities will include translation of the UI/UX design wireframes to actual code that will produce visual elements of the application. You will work with the UI/UX designer and bridge the gap between graphical design and technical implementation, taking an active role on both sides and defining how the application looks as well as how it works.

Responsibilities

• Reviewing application requirements and interface designs.
• Developing and maintaining highly responsive and reusable user interface components using react concepts.
• Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs.
• Optimize web applications for maximum speed and scalability.
• Documenting web application changes and developing updates.
• Maintain and update project dependencies as well as fix any conflicts.
• Collaboration with other Javascript Engineers to develop front-end and backend architectures that are well structured and flexible.
• Integrate to Rest and GraphQl API’s.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software development or a related technical field. This is optional, as long as you can showcase what you can do.
• Proficient understanding of HTML, CSS and Javascript.
• Good understanding of common programming paradigms and fundamental React principles such as React components, hooks, and the React lifecycle.
• Good understanding of SSR, SSG and CSR.
• Good understanding of asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, and AJAX.
• Good understanding of Node Js and GraphQL.
• Good understanding of writing unit tests.
• Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them.
• Proficient understanding of version control (Git)
• Familiarity with Apollo client and Apollo server is a plus.
• Familiarity with Material UI is a plus.

ABOUT US

We are the leading telecommunication company in East Africa. Our purpose is to transform lives by connecting people to people, people to opportunities and people to information. We keep over 42 million customers connected and play a critical role in the society, supporting over one million jobs both directly and indirectly while our total economic value was estimated at KES 362 Billion ($ 3.2 billion) for the 12 months through March 2021. We are listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) and with annual revenues of close to KES 298 Billion ($2.5 billion) as at March 2022. We were founded in 1997 as a fully owned subsidiary of Telkom Kenya before a 40 percent acquisition by Vodafone Group PLC in May 2000, and a public offering of 25 percent shares through the NSE in 2008. Under the management of Vodafone Group PLC, we welcomed Michael Joseph, as our first CEO, a few months later in July of 2000. He led the company’s growth to accommodate 16.71 million subscribers from the previous 20,000, largely owing to innovative products like M-PESA in 2007.

Front-end Web developer at Safaricom Kenya