Summary
Date Posted: Saturday, September 18, 2021 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Job title : Senior Front-End Engineer.
Location: Nairobi, Kenya /Dakar, Senegal |/London, UK /Lagos, Nigeria .
Reports to: Senior Engineering Manager
Number of Positions: 1
Industry : Engineering .
Category : IT engineering.
Education : Not specified.
Experience : A minimum of 5 years working as a Senior Frontend Engineer
Work eligibility : All nationalities

Job Description. Who we are.
Our client is an established provider of currency trading and cross-border payment solutions which accelerate global access to frontier markets through an innovative infrastructure. By leveraging cutting edge technology in their flagship products, the company is able to significantly lower the cost and increase the speed of business payments to, from and across frontier markets.
They make international Payments, FX and Treasury through their web and API platforms easier and better for enterprises doing business in Africa. All directed by their expert team, who bring decades of experience in frontier markets, fintech and financial services to your business.
Their partners utilise their hybrid financial infrastructure and deep local knowledge to manage liquidity and send payments to dozens of bank networks, mobile money operators and payments aggregators across Africa.
Licensed by the UK’s FCA and the Bank of Spain, the company is a market-maker in every major African currency. The company was founded in 2013 and now has offices in Nairobi, Lagos, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Kampala, Accra, Durban and Dakar.

Responsibilities:
The client's team are passionate technologists who believe in making a difference to the lives of those living in emerging markets. They aim to change the landscape of finance and remittance.
Their development team is a group of skilled self-reliant engineers that have the ability to work together to solve complex problems and provide simple solutions for their customers. They are looking for an Operations Engineer to join their rapidly growing team in one of their offices.
● Innovate, Develop, Maintain and Contribute to the existing client’s codebase and it’s associated applications.
● Work closely with the engineering leads to aid with architecture decisions for the application and supporting infrastructure.
● Mentor, train and support other engineers in order to develop their in-house frontend development skills.

Experience & Qualifications:
Required:
● Preferably someone who has worked as a Senior Frontend Engineer for a minimum of 5 years.
● Proven proficiency Javascript, Typescript specifically React.
● Good knowledge of working with APIs and specifically using them as data sources for frontend applications.
● Familiarity with deploying and managing frontend applications on the cloud in an automated way.
● Good knowledge of current Javascript standards (ES6+).
● Proven proficiency using automated Javascript testing frameworks.
● Proficient with CSS3 and related tools/methodologies such as Less and/or Sass, CSS modules, CSS-in-JS etc.
● A strong and flexible work ethic.
● Excellent communication skills.

Desired:
● Good knowledge of software deployment tooling and orchestration.
● Good knowledge of software deployment tooling and orchestration.
● Good knowledge of cloud providers, especially AWS.
● Good knowledge of source control using Git.
● Familiarity with logging, monitoring and alerting tools.
● Familiarity with the agile development methodology specifically Scrum.
● Familiarity with DevOps principles, especially the 12 Factor App and Infrastructure as Code.
● Familiarity with container architecture, especially Docker.
● Preference to participate in pair-programming and using GitHub pull requests to review code of others.
● Confidence in refactoring and working with both new and existing codebases.

Benefits
● A competitive salary and benefits package.
● Global / regional network / exposure in FinTech / Blockchain industry.
● One of the hottest, fastest scaling start-ups in Africa.
● Casual work environment.
● Great work-life balance.
● They value autonomy.
● Opportunity for growth for all employees.
● Opportunity to work hard and play hard.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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