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Senior React Developer

Job Description - Senior React Developer

Description

  • Mentorship

  • Strong understanding of Unit Testing practice 

  • Adapts to change 

  • Decision Making

  • RESTful APIs

  • knowledge of CSS, HTML, and other front-end languages

  •  Scrum / Agile environment



Responsibilities

Technical Outputs: 



  • Develop & Maintain user-facing features using React.js. 

  •  Make use of reusable components and front-end libraries for use across our platforms. 

  • Optimize components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices & browsers. 

  • Stay up to date on emerging code standards. 

  • Maintain and implement code and design standards. 

  • Mentor Junior and Intermediate React Developers.


Behavioural Outputs:


Adaptably Resilient 



  • Adapts to change and is open to new ideas and willing to take on new responsibilities. 

  •  Able to handle pressure and can effectively adjust plans to meet changing needs/demands. 

  •  Changes his/her interpersonal style and approach based on the circumstances. 

  • Adapts behaviour to maintain cooperative relationships with others. 

  • Accepts changes to task, plans and procedures in order to align with strategic direction of the organization and appropriately adjusts behaviour and activities to changing conditions. 

  • Maintains a positive attitude in the face of change.


Decision Making Quality 



  •  Makes confident, timely, fact-based decisions drawing on a broad range of resources through collaboration with others. 

  •  Ensures others understand the decision before moving forward. 

  •  Considers short- and long-term implications of the decision. 

  • Able to logically defend and explain judgements and decisions. 

  • Takes steps to accurately define the problem before seeking a solution. 

  • Bases decisions and evaluations on a careful and systematic review of relevant facts and information.


Resourceful and improving



  •  Generates new ideas and challenges the status quo, takes risk, supports change and encourages innovation. 

  • Searches for opportunity to create new ideas and innovate or improve efficiencies wherever possible 

  • Solves problems through questioning the status quo


Living the spirit: 



  • Actively drives a culture of collaboration and open communication within the team. 

  •  Actively promotes authenticity and drives the spirit of diversity, inclusion, equity and belonging within the team. 

  • Actively drives a culture of versatility and adaptability by modelling and encouraging Team Members to support each other not only within the department, but within the business as a whole. 

  •  Actively become a change agent and drive continuous learning within the team thus ensuring that the team approaches all tasks or challenges with enthusiasm and proactivity.



Qualifications

  • 3+ years commercial experience with React 

  • 5+ years JavaScript 

  •  Experience with RESTful APIs 

  • Solid knowledge of CSS, HTML, and other front-end languages 

  • Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model 

  • Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles and frameworks 

  • State management experience with React Hooks & Redux 

  • Solid, working knowledge of writing unit tests (Jest, React-Testing Library). 

  • Strong understanding of Unit Testing practice 

  • Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token 

  •  Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools 

  • Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements


Advantageous: 



  •  Working in a Scrum / Agile environment 

  • Experience with Kubernetes



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