SOFTWARE DEVELOPER - NextJS React (MID-LEVEL)

About Baobab Web Services (BWS)

Founded in August 2016, BWS is headquartered in Durbanville, Cape Town. Since its inception, BWS has been steadily growing, in terms of staff complement, the number of customers, and the products offered. BWS offers customers a one-stop, ever-expanding, all-encompassing set of tools to empower small and medium businesses to succeed with their online presence and communication needs. BWS wants to remove the complexity of doing business online and have customers focus on their core business.

Currently, the company has four core focus areas:

• Bespoke platform development and consulting services.
• Cloud-based web hosting/server management (shared and custom server solutions).
• Web Communication - SMS and Email.
• Content delivery network (CDN).

At BWS, we are a team of technologists, passionate about earning the trust of our customers.

About the role

BWS is looking for an Intermediate Developer to join their team on a full-time basis. The role has a strong focus on front-end technologies including but not limited to NextJs and React. The successful candidate will work with some exciting and well-known brands.

Key Responsibility Areas

• Migrating, building, extending and maintaining platforms built in NextJs and React.
• Mentoring less experienced developers in the team.
• Development work aligned to the BWS coding methodology.
• Support of applications and environment.

Required Skills/Experience

• Proficient with React and ideally NextJs.
• Good understanding and Design sense on website designing and CSS styling and mobile responsive.
• Experience on tailwind CSS is an added advantage.
• Experience building public-facing websites that work elegantly across commonly used browsers.
• Experience interacting with API integration.
• Understanding of SQL databases such as MySQL.
• Familiarity with Version Control Systems such as Git, Bitbucket and AWS Code Commit.
• Passionate about automating the deployment process and testing code.
• Prior working knowledge of Content Management Systems.
• Able to demonstrate an excellent understanding of Object-Oriented development methodologies.
• Have excellent communication and technical documentation skills.
• Familiar with Agile and Scrum methodologies and embracing their values and principles.
• Comfortable quickly adapting to dynamic timelines and requirement changes.

Skills/Experience not required, but beneficial

• Experience with AWS technologies will set the candidate up for success.
• Proficiency with Linux (i.e. Ubuntu, CentOS).
• Experience with PHP and Laravel.

Experience and Education

• 4+ years of software development experience.
• Diploma in Information Technology, BTech (IT) or Computer Science, or equivalent.
• Degree a significant advantage.

Personal Characteristics

• Customer-first perceptive.
• Thinking at scale approach to challenges.
• A self-starter and should be self-driven.
• Must exhibit a passion for Technology.
• An excellent communicator that shares knowledge freely.
• A positive outlook on life.

If you want to join BWS on their exciting journey, send your CV to Recruitment@BWSCloud.tech. We look forward to hearing from you.