Front-End Developer

WE’RE HIRING A

Our in-house dev team started in 2015, the GLI family started in 2004 and has been a competitive force in the ever-evolving iGaming industry ever since. We encourage a culture of empowerment, creative expression and a positive work-life balance. We offer our employees flexible working hours, remote working options, and Medical Aid contributions. If you’re looking for great coffee, challenging projects and our traditional weekly waffles, then this is the place for you!

Our Dev House is a full-stack workforce that functions within an agile environment. Using our evolving processes, we conceive, specify, design, develop, test, and maintain software applications, frameworks and platforms.

The Front-end Developer will work in a multi-disciplinary team with the goal of designing and developing world-class experiences, delighting users and transforming businesses. The Front-end Developer will work closely with UX and UI designers to produce front-end solutions and prototypes. We are seeking driven individuals who strive to create world-class industry leading code.

Essential duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

Develop new user-facing features with a focus on responsive solutions
Front-end development through reusable, testable code and libraries
Detailed documentation of all developed code and its day-to-day processes
Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs
Optimise application for maximum speed and scalability
Assure that all user input is validated before submitting to back-end
Ongoing evaluation and optimisation of systems
Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders
Development of personal skill set in-line with industry trends to meet company objectives
Growing the front-end team

Skills and Qualifications

Excellent understanding of HTML and CSS
Excellent understanding of JavaScript Programming Fundamentals
Excellent understanding of AngularJs and Angular.
Excellent understanding of WordPress
Good understanding of Reactive Programming RxJS (Reactive Extensions for JavaScript)
Advanced CSS / SASS essential
Basic competence with PHP and its surrounding technologies
Responsive/adaptive development for web and mobile experience.
Knowledge of front-end build tools (e.g. Grunt / Gulp)
Knowledge of front-end dependency management (e.g. NPM / Bower)
Basic knowledge of image authoring tools, to be able to crop, resize, or perform small adjustments on an image. Familiarity with tools such as as-as Gimp or Photoshop is a plus.
Proficient understanding of cross-browser and mobile compatibility issues and ways to work around them.
Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
5+ Years’ experience in Front-end Web Development

How Vacancies Work:
Once we have received your resume, our HR Team will review it shortly. If you’ve reached the interview stage, you’ll then hear from us via email or phone within two weeks. Unfortunately, due to application volumes we can’t give feedback to all applicants. But be sure to keep an eye out, as new job opportunities are posted here regularly.

OUR OFFICE

Our office is ideally located in the Century City hub and we rub shoulders with the numerous companies that call it home.

Right next to Canal Walk Shopping Centre, we have access to all the shops, restaurants and cafes you will ever need. Need to get some fresh air and sun at lunch time? A stroll around Intaka Island is a stones throw away from us.

GIVE US A CALL:

+27 21 422 2884

SEND US SOME MAIL:

[email protected]

VISIT OUR OFFICE:

One on Estuaries, 2nd Floor,
No 1 Oxbow Crescent, The Estuaries Way
Century City, Cape Town,
7441

APPLY NOW

Psst! If your skill set is aligned to what we’re looking for – Apply now!

Please send the relevant information to [email protected]

Please note we have a number of applicants applying for this position, and therefore we may not be able to contact all applicants individually so if you have not heard from us in 2 weeks please consider your application unsuccessful.