Brief
We are looking for a qualified Front-end developer/UX Analyst to join our team. You will be responsible for designing & building our web and mobile applications. You should be able to translate our company and customer needs into functional and appealing interactive applications.
We expect you to be a tech-savvy professional with a keen eye for design, who is curious about new digital technologies and aspires to combine usability with visual design.
Ultimately, you should be able to create a functional and attractive digital environment for our company, ensuring great user experiences.
Key Responsibilities
Responsibilities
Define audience needs and translate those into concepts for compelling interactions and user experience.
Plan user research activities such as participant recruiting and scheduling, materials production, and other logistics; translate research findings into actionable, prioritized recommendations.
Use markup languages like HTML to create user-friendly web pages and mobile-based features; maintain and improve website and optimize applications for maximum speed.
Collaborate with back-end developers to improve usability and help with coding and troubleshooting.
Build solutions for, users and customers and write functional requirement documents and guides
Create quality sketches, mockups, prototypes and ensure high quality graphic standards and consistency with the Interswitch brand.
Facilitate design, concept, and prototype sessions; develop an effective and efficient prototyping/storyboard process to communicate user experience visions to stakeholders.
Stay up-to-date on emerging technologies
Core Requirements
Proven work experience as a Front-end developer/UI-UX Analyst.
Experience with HTML5, JavaScript (ES6-ES8), CSS for React Native Style sheets and jQuery
Hands on experience with markup languages, responsive and adaptive design and REST API implementation
React navigation framework
Understanding of stack-, Tab-, Drawer Navigator
In-app routing
Asynchronous function handling
Understanding of Redux principle (Dynamic app state updating)
Basic understanding of nom module handling (node)
Component based app development (creating reusable code)
Familiarity with browser testing and debugging
In-depth understanding of the entire web development process (design, development and deployment)
Experience with React Native
Experience with animation in React Native
Knowledge of Intractable Library from Wix for React Native
Native experience for either iOS or Android or both
UI/UX experience
Familiarity with software like Adobe Suite, Photoshop, Marvel, Sketch, Proto, Flinto and Content Management Systems like Drupal and WordPress.
Understanding of layout aesthetics and setting up of icon fonts
Experience with Vector icon generation
Knowledge of SEO principles
An ability to perform well in a fast-paced environment
Excellent analytical and multitasking skills
Self-development skills to keep up to date with fast-changing trends
Development tools
Visual Studio Code (IDE for React Native)
Xcode (required for iOS builds)
Android studio (not as development tool, only for SDK management and final store builds)
Github
Terminal/Console
Chrome (live debugging from simulator to device)
Postman (testing API call
Academic Qualification(s)
Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in any discipline; degrees from Computer Science, Engineering or other relevant fields would be an added advantage.
Professional Qualifications
Any relevant professional qualification
Experience
Minimum of Two (2) years
