Job offer : oftware Engineer – Web and Mobile

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 & payment aggregation, retail payments, agent banking, corporate & 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 Frontend developer (JavaScript & TypeScript) 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 user interface applications.

You will develop well designed and tested code to solve various business problems for our line of business applications in the payment and fintech sector, while upholding our high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits.

You shall participate in code and peer-reviews of solution designs and related code as well as in the package and support deployment of releases to pre-production and test environments

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 and applications using JavaScript (React.js, Vue)Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future useTranslating designs and wireframes into high quality codeOptimizing components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsersEnsuring quality by implementing automated quality assurances measuresDiagnose and fix bugs and performance bottlenecksReach out to the open source community to encourage and help implement mission-critical software fixesMaintain 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 & coding, testing support, infrastructure estimation & 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 pipelineRequirements
Qualifications and Experience
MUST: Excellent command of English & French Language: Reading, Writing, SpeakingYou have at least 2+ years of experience in a comparable role in a fast-growing/scale-up environment where you have worked on a variety of projectsStrong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object modelExpertise 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 TokenKnowledge of the responsive design techniques and the ability to deliver cross-browser and cross-platform solutionsExperience 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)A documented track record for using APIs using various authorization and authentication concepts (OAuth, JWT)Strong Object Oriented Programming skills in general and experience with software designExpertise in working with RESTful (JSON) API services/ JSON Web TokenAbility to write well-documented, clean codeExperience with software design and development in a test-driven environment and automated testing suitesKnowledge of building and deploying applications as containers using DockerExperience working with CI environments like JenkinsYou thrive in a fast-paced environment and you’re not afraid to be “hands-on” to get it done.You have a passion for learning, innovation and finding new efficiencies.You are of the M-Shaped Type with deep as well as broad knowledge and experience in multiple areasYou have strong organizational skills and attention to detail and can balance multiple demands and competing and changing priorities.You are proactive and you take ownership.You are comfortable with collaboration tools and technologyExperience in JAVA, GO and PHP are an advantage (nice to have)Benefits