• Application Deadline:
• Position: Associate Product Frontend Engineer


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 3 years


• Location Lagos


• Job Field ICT / Computer 
  

Job Summary:

• The employee will be responsible for development tasks assigned during the Agile sprint.


• This position documents programs, develops and implements new features, and supports critical web applications’ layer architecture and various backend systems supporting the platform and other digital initiatives.


• The position applies some advanced programming techniques and concepts during the solution design and development with best practices.


• The employee will report to the CTO and be required to effectively communicate with and engage colleagues, leadership, and junior colleagues.

Responsibilities:

• Develop new products/features for the web that adhere to best practices, are easy to understand, and are efficient.


• Develop interactive client-side applications and functionality across websites using modern techniques.


• Deliver a hybrid user experience to be easily portable with the web.


• Explore, assess and prototype new technologies to drive innovation and problem-solving.


• Maintain code and write automated tests to ensure the product is of high quality.


• Conduct unit, functional, system, and integration testing activities.


• Collaborate on the technical requirements that are required to develop a product/feature


• Collaborate with Designers, Product Managers, and Backend Engineers to iterate on the design and implementation of our product.


• Partner and collaborate with stakeholders and other technology teams.


• Works closely with a product manager, product owner, and QA to ensure that test coverage for upcoming releases is in place.


• Identify and communicate front-end best practices.


• Ensure the application is robust, and optimally performance capable by periodically performing stress/load tests based on varying inputs.


• Provide mentoring to interns and associate product engineers on the team.


• Review and merge Pull Requests of the team.

Requirements:

• At least 3 years of frontend programming experience.


• A degree in Computer Science or Engineering is preferred, but not a dealbreaker.


• Expertise in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and other frontend technologies.


• Strong knowledge of ReactJS and its ecosystem is required.


• Can work with RESTFul APIs, GraphQL APIs, gRPC, and modern web stacks (transpilers, linters, build and CI/CD tools, etc).


• Strong understanding of Redux, React Query and other state management libraries.


• Experience with testing frameworks such as Jest, Mocha, and Enzyme.


• Proficiency in debugging and profiling frontend applications.


• Familiarity with agile development methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban.


• Strong communication and collaboration skills, and the ability to work effectively in a team environment.


• Good knowledge of Git, Git Commands, and Github is required.


• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, Travis CI, or Gitlab CI is a plus.


• Experience with backend technologies such as Node.js and SQL databases is a plus.


• Ability to “think outside the box” while identifying problems and developing creative solutions.


• Ability to work in a distributed and remote team.