Senior Web Engineer at Kuda Bank

Kuda is a full service, app-based digital bank. Our mission is to be the go-to bank not just for those living on the African continent, but also for the African diaspora wherever they might live, anywhere in the world. Kuda is free of ridiculous banking charges and great at helping customers budget, spend smartly and save more. We raised the largest seed round ever seen in Africa, and completed a Series A funding round in February 2021, led by some of the world's smartest venture capital investors. With offices in London (our HQ), Lagos and Cape Town, and further offices opening across Africa during 2021, Kuda is fast becoming recognised as the leading 'Neobank' for Africans.

To help us grow into the company that can bring meaningful change to the way people across Africa get access to great financial products and services in order to take control of their personal finances, we are actively looking for bright, talented, driven people who are excited by our mission. If this sounds like a great way to spend your valuable time, then please get in touch with us.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Web Engineer

Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full Time

Role Overview

• We are in search of a Senior Web Engineer to help us grow into a company that can bring meaningful change to the way people across Africa get access to great financial products and services in order to take control of their personal finances. We are actively looking for bright, talented, driven people who are excited by our mission. If this sounds like a great way to spend your valuable time, then please get in touch with us.
• Web Engineers are responsible for ensuring the alignment of web design and user experience requirements, optimizing web applications for maximum efficiency and maintaining brand consistency across all web pages, among other duties.
• Web Engineers are required to work in teams alongside Backend Engineers, Product Managers and UX Designers to ensure all elements of web application creations are consistent. This requires excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Write code to implement visual elements into various web applications
• Translate designs and wireframes into high quality code
• Maintain web applications and implement any necessary additions or enhancements
• Identify and troubleshoot various web application issues and coding problems
• Collaborate with members of the team, including designers and back-end engineers, to consistently improve functionality and user-friendliness of web applications.

Requirements

• 4+ years of working experience using React
• A keen interest in UX and understanding of key design principle
• Experience with Redux and Context API and building reusable components for future use
• Experience with micro front end applications is a bonus
• Familiarity with newer specifications of EcmaScript
• Proficient understanding of server-side CSS pre-processing platforms, such as LESS and SASS
• Good understanding of SEO principles including web analytics and ensuring that application will adhere to them
• Write functional requirement documents and specifications.
• Willingness to troubleshoot and solve complex problems
• Good interpersonal skills.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.