Senior Front-End Engineer - (React) "Financial Service"

Team: Financial Services

Location: Cairo, Egypt, Alexandria, Egypt

Commitment: Full-time

Workplace Type: hybrid

About the role

We are looking for a senior front-end developer to join our team and support our growth and expansion. You will be part of the engineering team, working with a high-quality code base and the latest tools, and you will promote your skills to be an expert in complex frontend development in React.JS. Your primary focus will be the development of web applications and their integration with back-end services. You will be working alongside other engineers and developers working on different layers of the infrastructure.

About your role as Front-End Engineer - (React)

Design and build web applications using React.js

Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications

Collaborate with a team to define, design, and ship new features

Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs

Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization

Participate in brainstorming sessions and contribute ideas to our technology, algorithms and products.

Work with the engineering and design teams to understand end-user requirements, formulate use cases, and then translate that into a pragmatic and effective technical solution

Dive into difficult problems and successfully deliver results on schedule

About your experience

• BSc/MSc in Engineering, Computer Science or relevant field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in a similar role
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize, self-start, contribute under pressure and meet tight deadlines
• Highly organized, creative and critical thinker
• Comfortable working in an entrepreneurial environment
• Solid OOP and software design knowledge – you should know how to create software that is extensible, reusable and meets desired architectural objectives
Must have technical skills:

Language: Javascript

Framework: React.JS, Express.JS

Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notification

Web architecture: Rest and restful APIs, micro-services

Version control: GIT

Containers: Docker, Kubernetes

Caching, Redis server

Scaling, Web load balancing

Why you should join Yassir

😎 You will be part of one of the first Algerian startups to go through the Y Combinator program and one of the fastest-growing tech companies in North Africa. We are current in +60 cities (Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, and Senegal)
💸 Attractive salary and you even get a stake in the company
🚉 Subsidized public transit pass
🤙🏽Have a lasting impact on our company's culture
🚀 Perfect timing with renowned investors to build something great
📈 Extremely steep learning curve with own responsibility and intensive guidance
💯 Make a real impact on the world by helping us bring affordable financial and on-demand services to millions of Africans