The Front-end Developer role requires strong front-end development, analytical and design skills. You are responsible for helping the team achieve the company’s mission and vision by creating high quality user interfaces and API consumers that are easy-to-use and maintain.The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of user-centered design principles, excellent visual design skills, and the ability to translate user needs into engaging interfaces. You will collaborate with product managers, developers, QAs, business analysts and other stakeholders to create intuitive and effective user experiences.

The Company

Promotexter is a dynamic engineering focussed messaging business utilizing the latest cloud based technologies including Kubernetes, Kafka and Machine Learning. We offer remote working but have a beautiful office in BGC you will love to visit. We have mature processes but welcome innovation and change - you will feel valued and able to explore your ideas in a supportive environment.

The Team

The team you will be working with is composed of highly collaborative and result-oriented people. We value the growth of each individual and thus help each other through mentorship and peer reviews. There is no politics in the team as each and every individual contribution is transparent up to the highest management level. As such, good work results are greatly rewarded. 

• Wireframing and Prototyping: Create wireframes, prototypes, and interactive mockups to visualize design concepts.
• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including developers, product managers, QAs, business analysts and product owners, to ensure design feasibility and consistency.
• User Interface Development: Translate UI/UX designs into responsive web applications using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Iterative Design: Iterate on designs based on feedback from product owners and team members to continually improve user experience.
• Performance Optimisation: Consistently optimize application performance to ensure that page load times and consuming apis are as efficient as possible.
• Documentation: Maintain design documentation and style guides for consistency across products.
• Stay Updated: Keep up with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies in UI/UX design.
• Security Awareness: Implement security best practices in frontend development to protect user data and ensure secure interactions (e.g., preventing XSS, CSRF, proper use of headers and other vulnerabilities).
• Version Control: Utilize and maintain proper version control of the codebase

• Mandatory: 
• Strong understanding of front-end development technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript).
• Familiarity with responsive design principles and frameworks (e.g., Bootstrap).
• Familiarity with UI/UX Concepts and Design Patterns
• Knowledge of accessibility standards and best practices.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Strong problem-solving abilities and attention to detail.
• Proficiency in design tools such as Adobe XD, Canva, Sketch, Figma, or similar.
• A good understanding of version control systems such as GIT
• Highly self-motivated, goal-oriented and results-driven
• Proactive and can work independently with minimal supervision

• Desirable:
• Familiarity with PHP and Codeigniter Frameworks (e.g.: Zend, Yii, Laravel, CakePHP, Symfony)
• Familiarity with AngularJS or similar frameworks (e.g.: Backbone, Meteor, Knockout, Vue)
• Kubernetes/Containerization for setting up and maintaining your local environment

Note: The job responsibilities in this document are indicative and do not exclude other functions which will assist in achieving your overall objectives. This Job Description may be reviewed at any time. You are required to act responsibly and flexibly as per instructions of your Supervisor.