Senior Front-End Developer Job at Wakanow

Wakanow is Africa's leading, full-service online travel company. At Wakanow, we understand that everyone likes easy and affordable travel services, so we provide our customers with a one-stop booking portal for Flights, Hotels, Visa Assistance, Holiday Packages, Airport Transfers, an international Travel SIM, a Prepaid Travel Card, a Loyalty program, and much more.  

We are recruiting to fill the vacant position below: 

Job Position: Senior Front-End Developer

Job Opening ID: WKN/18/JB
Job Location: Lekki

Job Description

• We are currently sourcing for a FrontEnd Developer who will write codes that'll translate beautiful designs wireframes into interactive User Interface and User Experience into life.
• You will work with the UI/UX designer and bridge the gap between graphical design and technical implementation, taking an active role on both sides and defining how the application looks as well as how it works.
• You will also work with the team of back-end developer, and communicate with the API using standard methods.

Responsibilities

• Develop brilliant user-interface for wakanow web and mobile services.
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use
• Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs
• Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability
• Assure that all user input is validated before submitting to back-end
• Ensuring high performance on mobile and desktop
• Writing tested, idiomatic, and documented JavaScript, HTML, and CSS
• Coordinating the workflow between the graphic designer, the HTML coder, and yourself
• Cooperating with the back-end developer in the process of building the RESTful API

Skills And Qualifications

• B.Sc in Computer Science preferred
• Minimum of 7 years experience as a developer
• Proficiency with JavaScript, HTML, CSS.
• Deep understanding and knowledge of advanced JavaScript libraries and frameworks, such as AngularJS, KnockoutJS, BackboneJS, ReactJS, DurandalJS, HTML, CSS, ASP.NET, MVC etc.
• Knowledge of ASP.NET, MVC Framework.
• Thorough understanding of the responsibilities of the platform, database, API, caching layer, proxies, and other web services used in the system.
• Creating configuration, build, and test scripts for Continuous Integration environments
• Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them.
• Basic knowledge of image authoring tools, to be able to crop, resize, or perform small adjustments on an image.