Senior Frontend Software Developer

Who are we?

• AgUnity is an award-winning tech start-up with a super app and blockchain platform that enables trust and cooperation for smallholder farming communities. By using AgUnity, farmers can create secure, immutable transactions, enabling them to trade on a fairer basis and increase their incomes

What do we do?

• We deploy low-cost smartphones loaded with our app all around the world, from East Africa, to SE Asia, to the Pacific. We work alongside farmers and cooperatives to find out their issues, training them to use our app and help them develop their businesses.

Where are we located?

• Although our head office is on the Gold Coast, our people and projects are spread over 16 different countries. We are predominantly a remote based company, working over several time zones. The role of Senior Frontend Software Developer will be a remote role with a preference for applicants located between the time zones GMT+5:30 (India) through to GMT+10 (Australia)

What is the job?

• We are looking for experienced developers with a keen eye for design for the position of Senior Frontend Developer. In this role you will be responsible for ensuring the alignment of web and mobile app design and user experience requirements, optimising pages for maximum efficiency, and maintaining brand consistency across all web and mobile apps, among other duties. You will be required to work in teams alongside Backend Developers, Graphic Designers and UX Designers to ensure all elements of web and app creation are consistent. This role will also require mentoring of our junior front-end developers.

Who are we looking for?

• A structured, tenacious and values-focused person with a passion for learning. Is self-sufficient and is looking for the next step in their career. This position is ideal for an experienced developer looking to step into a lead role.
• At least 4+ years’ experience working as a Front-end or Full Stack Developer
• Experience with web front end technologies – HTML 5, CSS, JavaScript, Typescript
• Strong Knowledge of at least one of the following – Angular, Ionic, React.JS
• Strong experience and desire to work with agile development methodology
• Strong knowledge of working with web APIs, including both request and streaming variants
• Strong experience delivering public facing web and mobile applications
• Experience working within a DevOps culture
• Knowledge of Reactive app design
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Proven problems solving and analytical skills
• Passionate about emerging technologies
• Strong level of curiosity
• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in a technical field (information systems, computer science, engineering, statistics, mathematics, science etc)
• Nice to have skills
• Database proficiency, including traditional SQL & Document Databases
• Experience with Azure/other cloud platforms
• Development team leadership experience
• Responsibilities:
• Work with our CTO to manage requirements for our app suite
• Determine the structure and design of our web and mobile app pages
• Alongside our product team, develop our apps to provide a consistent user experience
• Develop features to enhance the user experience, striking a balance between functional and aesthetic design
• Ensure our web design is optimised for smartphones
• Building reusable code for future use
• Optimizing web pages for maximum speed and scalability
• Utilizing a variety of markup languages to write web pages and applications
• Maintaining brand consistency throughout design
• Mentor and review code of your fellow front-end developers

What are we offering?

• A permanent a fully agile, fast-paced position with meaningful responsibilities and room for growth. This role is suitable for someone looking to truly put their stamp on an organisation and make a real difference in the world. We offer flexible working arrangements and are happy to work with the needs of successful applicants. You can enjoy being a part of a supportive team of like-minded professionals.

Diversity & Inclusion

• At AgUnity we believe that ‘the strength of the team is each individual member, and the strength of each member is the team’. In recruiting our team, we believe in giving equal opportunities and in doing so look to learn from each other’s life experiences, knowledge, perspective, talent and achievements. Our values unite us irrespective of education, race and cultural background, nationality, social class, gender identity and expression, religious beliefs, disability, sexual orientation, or age.