Full Stack Web Developer (NextJS/React) Job Sportserve

Full Stack Web Developer (NextJS/React) Job. IT Jobs In Kenya

We are looking for a Full Stack Web Developer to work as part of a new Payments Ecosystem Scrum team to help shape and build the future of our tools and products in the Payments area. You will be creating new and maintaining existing React/NextJS backoffice applications, taking part in architectural design decisions and communicating closely with backend API developers, testers and product owners.

It’s a green field project (no legacy software), so you can expect to work with cutting-edge technologies. You will work in a multi-cultural and geographically distributed team where most of the communication is happening online using audio and video conferencing tools.

The role will require a certain level of flexibility as your teammates may be working in different time zones, primarily in Europe and the Philippines. We are building the product, which we are maintaining over its lifetime, so we expect you to be ready to join an OOH on-call tech support rota.

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Responsibilities

• Working in payments back-office development area providing development, maintenance, and support.
• Working as part of squads and occasionally solo developments as the business needs arise.
• Discuss/Meet business stakeholders to understand the problems they wish to address.
• Liaise with architects, analysts, business representatives, and infrastructure specialists to jointly develop proposals for technical solutions, including implementation, deployment, support, and troubleshooting overviews.
• Scope and conduct needed Proof of Concepts when necessary.
• Help identify probable causes and provide an immediate solution during an incident.
• Work as part of an Agile development team (Scrum): attend team meetings, report on assigned tasks’ progress, participate in sprint planning, and task estimation.
• Complete tasks & deliver projects on time and according to company standards.
• Contribute ideas for making the applications better and easier to use.
• Assist with other developers/projects as needed.
• Be flexible to support your applications outside of working hours during major sports events (in rota with your peers and teammates).

Skills & Experience Requirements:

• Strong knowledge of JavaScript and TypeScript.
• OOP and design patterns, separation of concerns – controller, services, repository patterns.
• Microservices architecture.
• Good knowledge of HTTP and REST
• Bash and Linux in general, SSH, Git
• Markdown (for documentation)

Core frontend technologies:

• Next.js, React, hooks
• Working with npm scripts
• Bundlers – Rollup and Vite for some utility libraries
• TailWindCSS

Core backend technologies:

• Node.js / Nextjs apis

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or any related technical field.
• At least 3 years of working experience as a full-stack web developer working on varied types of software development projects.
• Creative, analytical, and with strong problem-solving skills
• Excellent command of the English language – written & spoken.
• Attention to detail and commitment to quality.
• Collaborative team player.
• Highly organised with a strong ability to prioritise across multiple projects.
• Experience with Agile methodology and tools like Jira.
• We warmly invite applications in English.

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