JavaScript Frontend / Mobile Developer (React Js, ReactNative)
Maviance, Cameroon

Maviance PLC is a fast-growing digital financial service provider and technology consulting company. Maviance PLC is part of the Maviance Group which consists of sister companies in Germany, France and the UK. Maviance Group is specialized in delivering customized solutions and value-added services as well as industry specific web and mobile solutions for telecom, utilities and financial institutions, businesses and governments, with a key focus in emerging economies

Maviance PLC is a digital financial services provider that develops, operates and grows a technological platform that focuses on increasing and facilitating access to digital financial services (including bill amp; payment aggregation, retail payments, agent banking, corporate amp; bulk payments) to people, companies and government entities of all income level across Cameroon.

Maviance PLC is engaging in its expansion phase in Cameroon and within the CEMAC (Central African) region with the goal of establishing the company as the #1 leading player in the Fintech and Digital Financial space.

We are looking for a great JavaScript developer who is proficient in building API driven web frontends in React.js as well as mobile apps in React Native. Your primary focus will be on developing and improving our web and mobile user interface applications.

You will be an integral part of the international technology and development team with the responsibility of collaborating with software developers, business analysts, quality engineers, software architects and scrum masters to plan, design, develop, test and maintain maviance PLC development projects, as per Agile process.

You will develop new user-facing features for our applications in the payment and fintech sector, while upholding our high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits.

We’re looking for someone who is energetic and creative; who is persistent and resilient; who likes tackling problems and has a passion for shaping the future and positioning our brand as a thought leader in the B2B space

Your main duties and responsibilities for this role include:

• Developing new user-facing features using React.js for web and mobile (React Native)
• Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use
• Translating designs and wireframes into high quality code
• Optimizing components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers
• You will be involved in the entire life cycle of various projects including requirements gathering, architecture, design amp; coding, testing support, infrastructure estimation amp; deployment
• Reach out to the open source community to encourage and help implement mission-critical software fixes
• Maintain code and write automated tests to ensure the product is of the highest quality.
• Be involved in the entire life cycle of various projects including requirements gathering, architecture, design amp; coding, testing support, infrastructure estimation amp; deployment.
• Use agile methodologies to plan and track work.
• Implement automated code-based quality assurances in our projects to support our Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment pipeline

Requirements

Qualifications and Experience

MUST: Excellent command of English amp; French Language: Reading, Writing, Speaking

• You have at least 4+ years of experience in a comparable role in a fast-growing/scale-up environment where you have worked on a variety of projects
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model
• Expertise in HTML5, CSS3 and experience working with JavaScript (jQuery, Vue, Angular, React/Redux, Ember)
• Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles, experience with popular React.js workflows (such as Flux or Redux) and experience with data structure libraries (e.g., Immutable.js)
• Expertise in HTML5, CSS3 and experience working with RESTful (JSON) API services/ JSON Web Token
• Knowledge of the responsive design techniques and the ability to deliver cross-browser and cross-platform solutions
• Experience with common front-end development tools such as Babel, Webpack, NPM, browserify etc.
• Knowledge of building and deploying applications in React native in Google Play Store (and ideally iOS App Store)
• Experience with software design and development in a test-driven environment
• You are of the M-Shaped Type with deep as well as broad knowledge and experience in multiple areas
• Ability to write well-documented, clean code
• You have strong organizational skills and attention to detail and can balance

Job Rewards and Benefits