Senior Angular Developer

Overview

DVT Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

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DVT is a global custom software development and data engineering company offering remote and hybrid options.

You will have the opportunity to work alongside experienced developers with the latest technologies.

DVT is committed to continuously training staff and supports a culture of learning, including internal speaking and training and sponsorship of technical events from DevConf to GDG.

Responsibilities

• Developing production-ready web applications, functional prototypes and interactive demos for web-based and mobile-based projects
• Consuming APIs created by back-end developers
• Providing website maintenance and enhancements
• Assisting back-end developers with coding and troubleshooting
• Performing development testing, debugging and enhancements on new and existing code bases
• Building responsive applications supporting multiple browsers and platforms
• Maintaining digital standards and branding throughout the product’s interface
• Staying up-to-date on emerging Front-End technologies
• Promote user experience best practices
• Promote reusable code and libraries
• Validate the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs
• Optimise application performance and scalability
• Follow input validation practices
• Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders
• Look after the technical well-being of the team

Minimum Experience Required

• 6+ years’ experience in Front-end software development
• A tertiary qualification would be beneficial
• Experience in the banking, insurance or telecoms industry would be highly beneficial
• Experience in SDLC methodologies such as AGILE (SCRUM)

Technical knowledge

• Understanding and implementation of the SDLC and design patterns
• Experienced in functional programming and Object Oriented Programming
• JavaScript frameworks/libraries Angular with a focus on MERN, as well as vast experience building complex web user interfaces using best practices
• Web development fundamentals – HTML, CSS / SASS / LESS, JavaScript, TypeScript, State management strategies, DOM manipulation, Routing and Single page applications
• Backend NodeJS development experience and exposure
• Unit testing, integration testing, and functional testing
• Competent in version control systems including advanced topics (Cherry Picking, Rebasing Workspaces and Bisecting)
• Understanding of Solution Architecture
• Agile Software Methodologies
• Exposure to a backend technology outside of JavaScript is beneficial - .NET Core, Java Spring Boot and/or Python
• Performance Profiling – Google Lighthouse and other browser-based tools
• Web Sockets – Socket.io / SignalR
• Service Workers
• PWA / TWA
• Analytics
• Containerisation (Docker)
• Knowledge of web security (OWASP etc)
• Authentication strategies
• Consuming HTTP EndPoints
• Able to maintain a CI/CD Pipeline
• Exposure to AWS / Azure Cloud-based technologies would be beneficial

Software Architecture

• Can define application architectural requirements
• Can define project layout and coding standards
• Can define code standards enforced on pull requests
• Can extract user requirements from business documentation and generate correctly structured Epics, Features, User Stories, and Tasks
• Estimation and Backlog Refinement of all of the above
• Including Technical debt
• Delivering incremental software requirements
• Balancing business requirements versus following best practices
• Correctly apply design patterns – SOLID Principles
• Effective management and prioritisation of technical debt

Behavioural competency

• Enthusiastic, committed and motivated
• Able to understand your own strengths and areas of growth and position yourself to leverage your strengths effectively
• Work without supervision
• Work in a team environment - able to treat individuals on an individual basis and cater to their requirements for leadership and guidance without sacrificing the time of the client and their deadlines
• Capable of peer mentorship – able to assist others in their individual and technical growth
• Ability to work under pressure
• Delivery focused
• Able to work to tight deadlines
• Professionalism (Conduct and Appearance)
• Show initiative
• Awareness of environment
• Ability to achieve excellence without overshadowing the work and efforts made by others

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Information Technology
• Industries IT Services and IT Consulting