Front-End Engineer

Posted 20 January 2021
SalaryNZ$80000.00 - NZ$90000.00 per annum
LocationAuckland
Job type Permanent
ReferenceJN -012021-72459_1611135211

Job description

ABOUT THE COMPANY:

This organisation is on a mission to reinvent their industry through its cutting edge digital platform. Since their launch just over 3 years ago, they have gone from strength to strength and are on the cusp of starting to scale internationally.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

We are seeking an outstanding Front-end Engineer with a strong emphasis on UI/UX design implementation to work within this successful product team.

The product team is responsible for all proprietary technology within this business, facilitating many millions of dollars in transactions. They develop and maintain three leading-edge React/GraphQL applications with the back-end mostly written in Go and mostly hosted with AWS.

This business is at an exciting stage of growth, which means the work you ship now will substantially impact the success of the business as they build a world-class platform.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Implementing UX and UI in React applications with precision and attention to detail
  • Writing automated tests so the team can build and deploy with confidence
  • Communicating with GraphQL APIs and contributing towards schema changes
  • Implementing a polished user interface that provides a rich and interactive user experience
  • Developing code with consideration of the user experience, best practice methodology, browser and device performance, and accessibility
  • Writing documentation
  • Sharing knowledge amongst the team

ABOUT YOU:

  • At least 2 years of commercial front-end web development experience
  • Experience implementing modular styles in a React web application.
  • Experience implementing responsive layouts for multiple device resolutions.
  • Experience building data-driven React applications with state management and persistence.
  • Experience writing unit and component tests.

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?

  • Diverse and supportive workplace
  • Great working environment - awesome office space in a trendy location
  • Upskilling and career progression opportunities
  • Join a business on the cusp of scaling internationally

WHAT'S NEXT?

Please apply online, or for more information, please contact Claire Lowe on or 021 206 5083