Role purpose

The Senior Frontend Engineer is responsible to implement the frontend code, including testing and documenting.  For mobile and web.

Amused Group

Amused Group specialise in end-to-end product creation that leverages intuitive design, disruptive technologies and an agile framework.​ We disrupt, we innovate, we are at the cutting edge of the wagering sector.​ Pushing the boundaries of tech today to build the solutions for tomorrow, we are building an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and difference.

Technologies we use:

• React, React Native
• TypeScript, Storybook
• Webpack
• Babel, Jest
• C# dotnet core and terraform.
• Azure
• Detox

Key accountabilities

• Design, code, test and deploy modern React-based customer experiences across both web and mobile using React and React Native.
• Produce high-quality reusable, effective and scalable TypeScript / JavaScript code, components and libraries.
• Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs.
• Optimise application for maximum speed, scalability and responsiveness.
• Contribute to a maintainable, high quality, and performant codebase.
• Implement new features in a highly collaborative environment with product managers and engineers.

Key selection criteria

Technical expertise

• Strong JavaScript, React/React Native knowledge.
• Firm grasp of the JavaScript language and its nuances, including ES6+ syntax.
• Experience across TypeScript, GraphQL (Apollo or GraphQL Mesh)
• Demonstratable skills in writing high performing front end code.
• Experience with popular UI Frameworks such as Material UI and Bootstrap.
• Experience with Azure cloud integration.
• Understanding of Git flow, Azure DevOps and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience working in a start-up, wagering industry, or heavily regulated environments.

Knowledge and skills

• 5+ years’ experience in Software Development
• Strong frontend development skills and experience with React/Context API/ Hooks/ Redux or similar client-side store library.
• Proficient understanding of web markup, including HTML5, CSS3 as well as server-side CSS pre-processing platforms, such as LESS and SASS.
• Excellent competency of client-side scripting, JavaScript frameworks and asynchronous request handling

Desirable Skills

• Exposure to high traffic / distributed software systems
• Exposure to high throughput mission critical systems

Who you are

• You are committed – You strive to produce, exceptional, risk free, fully tested solutions in all the platforms you build.
• You can think on your feet - with experience building platforms which resolve fast paced, ever changing success measures.
• You are team player– you enjoy working in a collaborative, innovative and customer first driven environment
• You know APIs and RPCs – from designing to building REST APIs and gRPC calls.
• You are a passionate problem solver – You love digging deep and brainstorming with colleagues in order to come up with the best solution for a problem

Qualifications

1. Bachelor’s degree – computer science or information technology
2. Master's degree – computer science or information technology (Bonus)
3. Azure certifications (Bonus)