Posted:7 hours ago
By:Hiring Kenya
Company Details
Industry:
Retail
Description:
Tushop is a venture-backed technology-enabled company operating in Kenya. Our mission is to strengthen the welfare of communities by giving them more value with their groceries. We do so by aggregating communities’ demand for groceries to help them access wholesale prices and provide convenient delivery to end-customers. Additionally, we work with Community Leaders, who earn an additional income for the work that they do in their communities.
Job Description
The Senior Frontend Engineer is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining the frontend of Tushop's products, including mobile and web applications. This role involves working with product managers to define the product roadmap, collaborating with other engineers to implement features, and ensuring that the frontend is scalable and reliable across different platforms. Proficiency with Flutter and React.js is imperative, as is experience with mobile frontend development.
Key Responsibilities:
- Play a leading role in the design and development of software solutions for both web and mobile applications, with a focus on Flutter-based mobile applications.
- Translating designs and wireframes into high-quality code for web and mobile platforms.
- Diagnose and fix bugs and performance bottlenecks for performance that feels native on both web and mobile.
- Conduct code reviews for web and mobile components.
- Collaborate closely with the back-end developers and other team members to establish objectives and design more functional, cohesive code to enhance the user experience on both web and mobile.
- Mentor less experienced software engineers in both web and mobile frontend development.
The profile we're likely to hire:
- Possesses a minimum of 4 years of frontend development experience.
- Experience in both web and mobile development.
- Has in-depth knowledge of Flutter (Dart).
- Has experience with Figma or the ability to convert wireframes/designs into HTML/CSS/SCSS/React/Flutter pages.
- Utilizes markup languages effectively.
- Familiar with browser testing and debugging tools like Playwright or Cypress.
- Understands layout aesthetics and design principles.
- Follows best practices for code quality, testing, and code reviews.
- Thrives in agile (scrum) environments and is familiar with JIRA.
- Adapts to an environment characterized by continuous feature development and deployment.
- Bonus: Experience with SCSS, Ionic, and expertise in securing single-page applications.
- Previous experience at a tech startup is a plus
Education: Degree, Diploma
Employment Type: Full Time
