Sr. Front-end Engineer

The Role – Senior Front-End Engineer

The role will be responsible for delivering and maintaining world-class integrated products for the FinTech operational world. As the Senior Front-End Engineer, you will report to the Head of Engineering and will work closely with the Business leaders and technical teams to understand their needs are currently met and evaluated and defined for future changes relating to any mobile/web applications to fulfil customer needs. You will help drive ideas to fruition and identify areas for improvement. The focus is on the best mobile focused user experience to meet the needs of our customers whilst enabling use of 3rd Party tools or developing best of breed frameworks that are sustainable.

Ideal candidate is someone who enjoys working in fast-paced agile environments.
We are paying close attention to setup a great team culture and looking for open-minded, humble, and ambitious people to join us. This role is suitable for a senior front-end developer who would like to step up to a lead role progressively. Initially, you will work with 1 other offshore front-end engineer and will grow into a tech lead role as the team expands.

Who you are:

• 6-7+ years of software development experience purely focused on front-end development.
• Strong background on modern JavaScript frameworks.
• Great knowledge on responsive web design, cross-browser compatibility, and security best practices.
• Strong grasp on designing reusable front-end components and UI design patterns.

• Demonstrable unit-testing experience.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Technical Skills:

• React.JS

• Redux

• JavaScript, HTML, CSS

• Bootstrap

• Webpack

• Git

• CI/CD

• Unit Testing (Enzyme and Jest)

• OWASP Security Principles

• JIRA

Nice to have:

• Azure DevOps

• Postman

• Swagger

• Rest API

Other Skills & Attributes

• Strong Analytical Skills

• Strong Interpersonal Communication

• High Level UI Design

• Stakeholder review of product design

• User Story Breakdown/Writing and estimation of requirements

• Backlog Prioritization (Stories)

Originally posted on Himalayas