Reporting into 

• Head of Engineering

Indirect Reports 

● Head of Product and Technology 

● Product Manager

Key Responsibilities

Technical: 

● Design and implement new features and enhancements using modern JS, HTML, CSS and PHP 

● Experience with Blade templates and Laravel an advantage

● Fix bugs assigned during the sprint planning process. 

● Design code, innovate and solve complex problems inherent in operating a high scale classifieds platform. 

● Play a key role in reviewing and approving the work of your peers as part of the software development process. 

● Use prescribed tools and work according to the established ROAM software development process. 

● A functional understanding of theory, and excellent debugging skills. 

● Proficient knowledge of ES6 and modern JavaScript 

● Familiar with React and Redux 

● Experience with Gulp and Webpack build tools 

● Ability to optimize application code for web performance and accessibility

Organizational: 

● Team player and willing to go beyond the call of duty when the need arises, including ad-hoc longer work hours as per business requirements 

● Work closely with UI and UX team to translate designs into code.

● Participate in the scrum process and daily stand-ups. 

● Deliver high quality software according to agreed timelines

● Seasoned communicator as regards technical and business/ functional aspects of assigned work. 

● Be comfortable working in an agile and fast-paced environment.

● Tenacity and the ability to solve complex software bugs. 

Functional: 

● Keep abreast with industry trends, new technologies and best practice in the software development space. 

● Constantly innovate and raise the bar of software quality.

● Proactively improve products, systems, processes

Key Relationships

● Head of Engineering 

● Product Manager 

● Quality Assurance team 

● UI and UX team. 

● Team mates

Skills and competencies

● Minimum 3+ years experience in software development

● Firm grasp of Laravel framework (v5.0 and later) with a focus on Blade templating and highly competent in software design patterns

● Understanding of Tailwind CSS framework. 

● Grasp of Vue.js and/or React javascript frameworks 

● Proficiency in MySQL, Redis, Memcached and related storage technologies advantageous.. 

● Experience with Continuous Integration, Git and Linux. 

● Strong interpersonal skills 

● Able to work with a diverse team which includes remotely located staff and developers. 

● Ability to explain technical matters to non-technical staff