Job Title: Remote Frontend Engineer Needed @ The Bulb Africa

We are looking to hire a great JavaScript developer highly proficient with React.js. Your primary focus will be on developing user interface components and implementing them following Redux workflows. You will be working with and building components that are reusable and easy to maintain.

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:

• 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

ABOUT THE BULB AFRICA:

We are a platform for African tech talents leveraging technology. We create employment opportunities, help startups scale, mold young Africans into tech experts and provide communities to foster growth and career advancements.

We are driven by impact:

Our goal is to provide exceptional learning experiences to equip African tech creatives with the skills required to compete in the fast-changing world of technology. We incubate, accelerate, and co-invest in startups that can proffer efficient solutions capable of transforming the continent.