Senior Front End Developer

Our esteemed client, a thriving Durban-based company with over 52 years of excellence in the export of FMCG products to more than 55 countries worldwide, is seeking a skilled and experienced Front-End Developer (Angular) to join a team of passionate developers working on a next generation solution for international trade. Their software solution (Gateway) has been developed and deployed as an online ordering and logistics platform to cater for container exports with a particular focus on simplifying consolidated mixed FMCG consignments.

Development of significant new application interfaces and features

• Interface for suppliers to access and maintain their inventory and pricing.
• Improve product search and redesign workflow to bring products front and center (current workflow requires a number of steps before users see products)
• Improve various aspects of the UI and UX to simplify and enhance the platform.
• Revamp of the current application dashboard for a more intuitive user experience as well as presenting users with targeted product information and marketing content.
• Developing enhancements to existing functionality and features to make the use of the application more efficient.
• Enhancing our platform with pixel perfect, flexible styling.
• Work with relevant stakeholders in the business to feed into the UX and UI design of new application features.
• Standardise existing code base (layouts / styling / components) where necessary.
• Create administration interfaces for a number of config tables that don’t yet have a UI.

Skills & Experience

JavaScript

• UI and UX design flair
• 3- 5 years of development experience (preferred experience in ecommerce, online ordering, logistics platform or similar)
• Angular/Sass and AngularJS/Less front-end
• .NET Core WebAPI back-end
• SQL Server database

Experience with AdobeXD/Figma/Inkscape or similar

Qualifications

Matriculation (Strong Mathematics)

BSC Engineering or Computer Science Degree

Ideal characteristics

• Pixel perfection, detail orientated, meticulous, disciplined to keep outputs to a high standard
• Creative, enjoys a challenge and is stimulated to push the boundaries of what is possible
• Good communicator, able to work in an onsite team environment