Frontend Engineer (Bulgaria)
Kuda Technologies Ltd, Bulgaria
Job Description
Kuda is a money app for Africans on a mission to make financial services accessible, affordable and rewarding for every African on the planet.
We’re a tribe of passionate and diverse people who dreamed of building an inclusive money app that Africans would love so it’s only right that we ended up with the name ‘Kuda’ which means ‘love’ in Shona, a language spoken in the southern part of Africa.
We’re giving Africans around the world a better alternative to traditional finance by delivering money transfers, smart budgeting and instant access to credit through digital devices.
We’ve raised over $90 million from some of the world's most respected institutional investors, and we’re rolling out our game-changing services globally from our offices in Nigeria, South Africa, and the UK.
We’re on the lookout for a passionate Frontend Engineer who is a creative problem solver and excited about to disrupting banking in Nigeria.
Responsibilities
- Meeting with the development team to discuss user interface ideas and applications
- Reviewing application requirements, interface designs and identifying web-based user interactions
- Translating designs and wireframes into high-quality code
- Troubleshooting interface software and debugging application codes
- Developing and implementing front-end architecture to support user interface concepts
- Monitoring and improving front-end performance
- Documenting application changes and developing updates
- Developing new user-facing features using React.js
- Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use
- Optimizing components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers.
Requirements
- In-depth knowledge of JavaScript, CSS, HTML, and front-end languages
- You can comfortably work with CSS preprocessors such as Sass and Less
- Can write readable and logically sound Javascript
- Possess strong experience with user interface design
- Have great experience working as a React.js Developer
- Pocess the knowledge of REACT tools including React.js, Webpack, Enzyme, Redux, and Flux
- Familiar with task runners like Grunt, Webpac and work on large-scale/complex front-end projects
- Empathize with the many different types of users who use Kuda
- You can think through product requirements to come up with ways of quickly solving problems
- You care deeply about performance, accessibility, and application design
- You can articulately communicate what you’re working on to non-technical stakeholders
Benefits
Why join Kuda?
At Kuda, our people are the heart of our business, so we prioritize your welfare. We offer a wide range of competitive benefits in areas including but not limited to:
- Pension
- Competitive annual leave plus bank holidays
- Group life insurance
- Health insurance
- Lamp;D training
- We are advocates of work-life balance and offer a 3 day per week remote working option
Kuda are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and anyone seeking employment at Kuda is considered based on merit, qualifications, competence and talent.
We don’t regard colour, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry, citizenship, sex, marital or family status, disability, gender, or any other legally protected status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.