Front End Engineer

Job Summary

Up to present, Peach Cars has worked with external providers to build out and maintain our tech stack, inclusive of a public website, internal tooling, and more. We’re at a positive inflection point in the business, though, and our needs are outpacing the ability of external providers to deliver results in an effective, timely manner. As such, we’ve decided to bring product efforts in-house and build a product team that will build innovative, elegant products to support our value creation and delivery to customers in new and exciting ways. Subsequently we are looking for a Front-End Engineer to join our team who will be responsible for building and integrating product interfaces with our external Tech consultants. You will work closely with designers, back-end engineers and a product manager to implement the product interfaces. You will be translating design into interactive and responsive interfaces, ensuring the technical feasibility of the UI/UX designs and optimizing applications of maximum speed and scalability.

Job Details

• Building and maintaining web applications: You will be responsible for creating and maintaining web applications, including user interfaces and interactive elements.
• Implementing features and functionality: You will be responsible for implementing new features and functionality in web applications, as well as maintaining and improving existing ones.
• Writing clean, modular, and maintainable code: You will be responsible for writing code that is easy to read, modify, and maintain, while following best practices and coding standards.
• Ensuring cross-browser compatibility and accessibility: You will need to ensure that web applications work on different browsers and are accessible to all users, including those with disabilities.
• Optimizing web applications for speed and scalability: You will need to optimize web applications to ensure that they load quickly and can handle large amounts of traffic.
• Collaborating with other team members: You will need to work closely with other team members, including designers, back-end engineers, and project managers, to ensure that web applications are delivered on time and meet the project requirements.
• Testing and debugging: You will need to test web applications to identify and fix errors, as well as ensure that they meet the project requirements and specifications.
• Keeping up-to-date with industry trends and technologies: You will need to stay informed about the latest trends and technologies in front-end development, and continuously improve your skills and knowledge.

Requirements

• Proficiency in HTML, CSS and JavaScript 
• Knowledge of front end frameworks - React, VueJS
• Experience in API integrations  
• Good understanding of UI/UX principles and design tools
• Debugging and problem solving skills 
• 3+ years of active experience as a front end  or full stack developer
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Benefits

• Competitive Salary 
• Health insurance cover 
• Flexible work plan/ hybrid work plan 
• Business related expenses covered

About Company

Peach Tech Limited

https://peachcars.co.ke/

<p>Peach is building the infrastructure to power improved trust, transparency, and customer experience in the growing used-vehicle market across Sub-Saharan Africa to revolutionize car ownership.</p>