Applications developer - freelance/part-time - Pretoria

Monday, 1 August 2016

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City: Pretoria, Gauteng

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Hey there!
We’re a new, dynamic digital agency on the lookout for an incredibly talented, reliable, and motivated APPLICATIONS DEVELOPER to join our young, fast-paced and innovative digital team. Preference will be favoured to candidates with; excellent web development skills, under the age of thirty five (35), of colour (non–Caucasian), and if possible female. Males, you too can become a part of our team. Could this be you?!
Qualifications & Experience:
•Relevant diploma or degree will be beneficiary (though moderately unnecessary)
•Minimum one year software or web development experience
Job Description:
•Plans application design by clarifying goals; designing functionality
•Develops application content and graphics by coordinating with copywriters and graphic designers
•Prepares application by installing and configuring server software; installing language support, configuring virtual hosts
•Ensures cross-platform capability, whilst sticking to app standards
•Undertakes application maintenance and upgrades for content, graphics and performance
•Identifying and evaluating improvement options; introducing new technology.
•Protects application by designing and installing security precautions.
Skills:
•Silverlight and/or WPF / HTML 5 / JQuery / JSon.
•Moving into the mobile space, basic knowledge of Java, and actual iOS and / or
•Android development experience.
•Advanced OO and Patterns knowledge
•Infragistics Web Controls Experience
•Systems are purely cloud-based.
•VERY agile development methodology
•Solid experience required and examples of Projects during interview
Requirements:
•Create user interface using web mark-up including HTML5, CSS3, jQuery & JavaScript
•Basic understanding of server-side CSS pre-processing platforms, such as LESS/SASS, Grunt and Gulp
•Good understanding of Bootstrap 3
•Proficient understanding of client-side scripting and JavaScript frameworks, including jQuery
•Proficient Photoshop and Illustrator skills
•Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them
•Proficient understanding of code version control tools, such as Git and TortoiseGit
•Stay up-to-date on emerging technologies
•Proficient knowledge of responsive design techniques for desktop, tablets & mobile with and without grid frameworks
•Self-motivated with the ability to work independently
•Ability to change directions quickly and to frequently reorder priorities
•Build reusable code and libraries for future use
•Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs
•Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability

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