Lead Front End Developer - Cape Town

at  Tangent Marketing Services

What we are looking for
You will be a good communicator, with a strong understanding of front-end web development and comfortable making decisions on the company’s approach and direction regarding front-end development. You will have experience in, or be happy to take on, managing the time of yourself and your team, delegating tasks when necessary, and reviewing the work of others to help them improve.

Key responsibilities include:

• Developing high quality front-end code for new builds, and maintaining and developing existing sites
• Being part of a digital agency, working with project managers; UX/UI designers; internal, near-shore and off-shore development and QA teams
• Being client facing and providing demos to external stakeholders
• Building performant, progressive and SEO friendly front-ends that work across a range of browsers and devices
• Ensuring front-end applications match the design across desktop, tablet and mobile, and animations, as well as working closely with the UX/UI teams to assess the feasibility of the proposed designs
• Contributing to the general high standard of front-end across the business, and taking ownership of improving and maintaining a best practice approach
• Working in an agile development team; implementing industry best practice coding standards to ensure quality, whilst delivering projects to time/budget
• Providing estimates for future work
• Reviewing the work of others to maintain a good standard of work throughout the department
• Planning, designing, and writing automated tests including unit (using JEST) and integration tests
• Effectively mnaging a front-end team and being the point of contac t for any escalation required .

Documenting and coordinating code releases
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Key requirements :

• Minimum 4 years professional work experience, including experience working in a digital agency
• Strong front-end knowledge, including responsive web development
• Experience building custom animations and parallax scrolling front-end applications
• Solid understanding of pre-processors, such as SASS/LESS
• Solid JavaScript /TypeScript programming skills such as ES6, vanilla JavaScript, object-oriented coding
• Sound working knowledge of React, React Native, Next.js
• Knowledge of Node.js
• Sound working knowledge of GraphQL (e.g., Apollo Client)
• An understanding of code splitting
• Strong understanding of version control, ideally Git
• Awareness of the importance of efficiency and optimisation on the web, particularly regarding mobile devices
• Awareness of the pitfalls of older browsers, and the capability to incorporate graceful degradation
• Understanding of various factors contributing to accessibility on the web

Understanding of continuous integration and deployment
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Bonus points if you have

• Degree in Computer Science/Engineering
• Experience with Azure (Cloud, DevOps) or similar
• Experience with Vue.js/ Nuxt or Angular
• Experience with Vercel hosting
• Experience with Sitecore/JSS
• Experience with Storybook
• Experience running virtual environments using Docker/Vagrant
• Experience working with traditional CMS solutions as well as headless (e.g., Umbraco, ContentStack , Sanity,io and Contentful , etc.)

At Tangent our aim is to create a working environment where every single member of the team has the opportunity to be themselves. We are an equal opportunities employer and will welcome and consider all applications regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion, sex and sexual orientation

• Developing high quality front-end code for new builds, and maintaining and developing existing sites
• Being part of a digital agency, working with project managers; UX/UI designers; internal, near-shore and off-shore development and QA teams
• Being client facing and providing demos to external stakeholders
• Building performant, progressive and SEO friendly front-ends that work across a range of browsers and devices
• Ensuring front-end applications match the design across desktop, tablet and mobile, and animations, as well as working closely with the UX/UI teams to assess the feasibility of the proposed designs
• Contributing to the general high standard of front-end across the business, and taking ownership of improving and maintaining a best practice approach
• Working in an agile development team; implementing industry best practice coding standards to ensure quality, whilst delivering projects to time/budget
• Providing estimates for future work
• Reviewing the work of others to maintain a good standard of work throughout the department
• Planning, designing, and writing automated tests including unit (using JEST) and integration tests
• Effectively mnaging a front-end team and being the point of contac t for any escalation required