Senior Front-end Developer

Job Description

Our flagship products are Advance Credit Service (ACS) and Nano: ACS is an airtime or data advance offered to prepaid mobile subscribers at the point of low credit. Nano is a micro cash advance offered to mobile wallet users on demand.

Your qualification

  • BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related field
  • Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model
  • Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles
  • Experience with popular React.js workflows (such as Flux or Redux)
  • Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token
  • Experience with common front-end development tools such as Babel, Webpack, NPM, etc.
  • A knack for benchmarking and optimization
  • Familiarity with code versioning tools
  • Familiarity with database technologies such as PostgreSQL, MongoDB

Nice to Have

  • Knowledge of isomorphic React is a plus
  • Understanding of Mobile development frameworks for Android and IOS
  • Passionate about UI/UX design and development
  • Able to take criticism positively and to learn from mistakes
  • Able to self critique and analyse and be motivated to constantly improve and develop both professionally and personally
  • Show commitment to collaborative problem solving
  • Shows leadership and enthuses others to achieve their potential and create a positive atmosphere.
  • Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements

Work Details

  • Onsite in Nairobi (no relocation package)
  • Permanent Role NOT freelance
  • Medical & Pension, Group Life Cover
  • Starts in June
  • Full-time 40 hours a week
  • 21 days holiday
  • Flexible working environment, exciting projects to work on especially in RnD department. If you like building new stuff, microservices design patterns etc
  • Language: English B1

About the Company

70 Colleagues, 3 Locations, one Mission. From a start-up to one of the leading European platform providers for Subscription Management & Recurring Billing. Over the past years, we at billwerk have developed a unique innovative advantage and competitive edge for you – an open and GoBD-certified platform with a strong REST API and 3rd party integrations. A platform that meets the highest requirements for European data protection and financial accounting. Today, a large number of German and European medium-sized companies trust in the benefits and reliability of our platform