Software Technologist (UI)

Main Responsibilities / Accountabilities:
Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable Java code based on User Stories.

Develop software using agile methodologies, adhering to team/company standards.

Participate in planning sessions with team members to analyze requirements and provide design options, work breakdown and estimates of work.

Demonstrate a focus on quality, through unit testing, integration testing and peer reviews, ensuring software meets requirements.

Create, review, and maintain all required technical reference material to ensure supportability and reuse.

Actively participate in team status meetings, providing timely status updates for areas of individual responsibilities within projects to supervisor.

Key Relationships:

Senior Management / Architectural Group

Development Manager / Development Team Lead

Business Analysts.

Agile team members.

Essential Skills/Experience Required:
Experienced (12+ years experience) software engineer with excellent knowledge of TypeScript, VueJS, React, Node for building dynamic user interfaces
Familiarity with other languages including Java and Python, and the ability to put that familiarity into practice.
Solid technical background with understanding of programming styles, frameworks, design patterns and unit testing.
Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around such issues
Understanding of security implications and secure coding
Familiarity with front-end build tools, such as Grunt, Gulp.js and Webpack and code management tools such as Git or SVN
Good understanding of browser rendering behavior and performance
Superb communication skills, both verbal and written
Skill for writing clean, readable code and reusable components
Experienced in or a strong desire to work in a formal agile software development lifecycle.
Familiar with continuous build and integration
Experience with Test Driven Development and / or Behaviour Driven Development

Desired Skills/Experience Required:
TypeScript
Web-Components and Google Polymer
Cloud technologies

Education/ Certifications:

A good relevant degree is desirable, but experience and the right approach to work are just as important.