Remuneration: | Market related |
Location: | Northern Suburbs, Cape Town |
Job level: | Junior/Mid |
Type: | Permanent |
Reference: | #CF-420 |
Company: | Capfin |
Job description
We are searching for a skilled software developer, with experience in front-end development, who is eager to join our software development team. Our environment is fast moving, focused, structured and collaborative. As a senior software developer, you will form a vital part of a team of developers who are responsible for critical business processes. You will report to an Agile Lead and senior management. To excel in our environment, you would need a thirst for continuous learning and be a creative thinker with experience in user experience definition and user interface design.
Requirements
Key Performance Areas:
- Support business development by contributing UX perspectives and concept development as needed
- Strong creative front-end skills to develop product ready web applications, functional prototypes and interactive demos for a variety of web and mobile-based initiatives
- Develop functional and appealing web- and mobile-based applications whilst consuming WCF services and RESTful API’s created by back-end developers
- Provide website maintenance and enhancements
- Create quality mock-ups and prototypes on tight timelines
- Assist back-end developers with coding and troubleshooting
- Create cascading style sheets (CSS)that are consistent across all browsers and platforms
- Maintain digital standards and branding throughout the product’s interface
- Stay up-to-date on emerging technologies
- Promote usability best practices
Qualification:
- Three-year tertiary qualification in Information Technology (B.Sc. Information Science or National Diploma/B Tech Information Technology) from a recognised institution
Experience:
- Minimum five years’ experience in a software development role and environment
- Minimum three years’ experience developing interactive web and mobile applications
- Minimum three years’ experience with JavaScript libraries, JQuery, HTML and CSS3
- Minimum three years’ experience with WCF and RESTful API’s CSS systems such as LESS and SASS to compile style files
- Proven experience with one of the popular PHP MV* / MVC frameworks (like Cake or Code Ignitor)
- Ideally has experience with Microsoft MVC
- TFSVC (Team Foundation Version Control) or other version control system
- Analytics solutions, such as Google Analytics
- Developing for search engine optimisation
- CMS platforms such as Expression Engine and WordPress
- Creation of unit tests and implementation of mocking frameworks such as Moq
Functional competencies:
- Proven experience with one of the popular PHP MV*/MVC frameworks (like Cake or Code Ignitor)
- Proven experience with cross-browser compatibility, fluid layouts and adaptive layouts
- Fluency in the principles of user-centred design methods, information architecture, usability, and interface and interaction design
- Deliver best-in-class HTML5/CSS3/JQuery front-end code across a broad array of interactive web and mobile projects
- Develop and test across multiple browsers, platforms, and devices, including smartphones and tablets
- A firm grasp of a range of UX tools, processes, and outcomes
- Understand Agile methodology and processes
Behavioural competencies:
- Information gathering and problem analysis
- Applying professional/specialist/technical expertise
- Creating and innovating
- Quality and detail orientation
- Team focus
- Leading and supervising
Closing date for this position is 27 April 2018.
Posted on 13 Apr 15:09
Capfin
Capfin is the South African brand of the global Southern View Finance (SVF) group of companies, based in the northern suburbs of the Western Cape. The SVF Group of companies conducts an international unsecured lending business, offering technologically driven, responsible and friendly loan products to the mass market.
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