Job Title: Front-end, Back-end Engineer and Accounting Intern Needed at Oystr Finance

About Oytsr: We are creating a world of financial inclusion where the underserved have access to financial services in Africa. Our Financial Identity as a Service platform analyzes mobile money data to build financial identities for over 600 million African populations regarded as financially underserved.

Why we started

As a fintech platform for the underserved, Oystr seamlessly integrates low-income Africans into the global economy. We transform the lending industry’s ecosystem by enabling financial institutions to lower costs and enhance revenue performance while giving customers access to a secure, seamless, and convenient banking experience.

We are building a financially inclusive future where individuals and small businesses, including micro-and nano-businesses, are able to access the capital and resources they need to grow.

Our integration with global financial institutions helps transactional services such as loans, insurance, investments, and other services easily accessible to their customers in Africa.

 You Will Also Be Responsible For

You will ensure the alignment of web design and user experience requirements, optimize web pages for maximum efficiency, and maintain brand consistency across all web pages.

• Developing new user-facing features using Reacts
• Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use
• Translating designs and wireframes built in Figma into high-quality code
• Optimizing components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browser

REQUIREMENTS (FRONTEND)

• Proficient understanding of web markup, including HTML5, CSS3
• Basic understanding of server-side CSS pre-processing platforms, such as LESS and SASS
• Proficient understanding of client-side scripting and JavaScript frameworks, including jQuery
• Good understanding of advanced JavaScript libraries and frameworks, such as AngularJS, KnockoutJS, BackboneJS, ReactJS, DurandalJS
• Good understanding of asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, and AJAX
• Basic knowledge of image authoring tools, to be able to crop, resize, or perform small adjustments on an image. Familiarity with tools such as Gimp,Figma, Photoshop is a plus.
• Note: A UI/UX designer is expected to deliver finished resources for the developer to incorporate into the app. However, quite often a front-end web developer needs to make some small adjustments.
• Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as {{Git / Mercurial / SVN}}
• Good understanding of SEO principles and ensuring that application will adhere to them

REQUIREMENT (BACKEND DEV.)

• Building reusable code and libraries for future use
• Optimization of the application for maximum speed and scalability
• Implementation of security and data protection
• Design and implementation of data storage solutions
• Seamless data collection, storage and synchronization between all products.

HOW TO APPLY:

Send your cv to business@oystrfinance.com

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