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Software Engineer – Frontend at Safaricom PLC

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Job Overview
Employment FullTime
Location Nairobi Kenya
Experience At least 4 years
Education Level Bachelor's Degree
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Brief Description

Reporting to the Software Engineering Lead – Web, the position holder will architect and deliver the client-side of web applications, translating complex UI/UX design wireframes into high-performing, functional, and aesthetically appealing interactive applications. This role is critical in ensuring a user-friendly environment and achieving an exceptional user experience that aligns with the company’s strategic vision and customer needs.

Responsibilities

  • Design Implementation & Technical Feasibility: Translating UI/UX designs to frontend code and actively bridging the gap between graphical design and technical implementation. This includes ensuring the technical feasibility of all UI/UX designs.
  • Performance & Optimization: Optimizing web applications for maximum speed and scalability  to meet defined performance metrics and enhance customer experience.
  • Component Architecture & Reusability: Developing and maintaining highly responsive and reusable user interface components using React concepts , building a scalable code library for future use.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration & Integration: Collaborating with backend and other engineers to define front-end and backend architectures that are well-structured and flexible. This includes integrating with REST and GraphQL APIs.
  • Quality Assurance & Maintenance: Writing unit tests for new and high-failure-rate legacy code , maintaining and updating project dependencies, and resolving conflicts.
  • Version Control & Documentation: Proficiently utilizing version control (Git) and documenting all web application changes and updates. 

Qualifications

  • Professional Experience: 4+ years of professional software development experience, with 3+ years specifically working as a frontend web engineer.
  • Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software development or a related technical field is preferred.
  • Front-End Core Proficiency: Proficient understanding of HTML, CSS and Javascript , essential for developing the client-side of web applications..
  • React & Component Architecture: Good understanding of common programming paradigms and fundamental React principles such as React components, hooks, and the React lifecycle. Essential for developing and maintaining highly responsive and reusable user interface component.
  • API/Data Handling: Good understanding of Node.js and GraphQL and the integration patterns necessary to consume data effectively via APIs.
  • Quality & Version Control: Good understanding of writing unit tests. Proficient understanding of version control (Git) , used for tracking and documenting web application changes.
  • Cross-Browser Compatibility: Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and effective strategies and ways to work around them.

How to Apply

If you feel that you are up to the challenge and possess the necessary qualification and experience, kindly proceed to update your candidate profile on the recruitment portal and then Click on the apply button. Remember to attach your resume.


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