Job Vacancy: Front End Developer

About Us

Emergent Payments Ghana Limited is a payment facilitator for large-scale digital merchants expanding into emerging markets. EPGL has been connecting financial institutions, businesses, and government agencies (digital merchants) to payment systems over the last five years, allowing them to offer more services to their clients. Clients can leverage technology to make payments, access cash, transfer funds and apply for loans. Headquartered in Accra, Ghana, Emergent Payments Ghana is a subsidiary of Emergent Technology Lim

Job Brief: We are looking for a qualified Front-end developer to join our IT team. You will be responsible for building the ‘client-side’ of our web applications. You should be able to translate our company and customer needs into functional and appealing interactive applications.

If you are interested in creating a user-friendly environment by writing code and moving forward in your career, then this job is for you. We expect you to be a tech-savvy professional, who is curious about new digital technologies and aspires to combine usability with visual design. Ultimately, you should be able to create a functional and attractive digital environment for our company, ensuring great user experience.

Roles and responsibilities

A Front End Developer’s main goal is to combine technology and design to create inviting, easy-to-use websites and applications for our consumers. In order to accomplish this goal, they need to be able to handle the following day-to-day duties

• Development and Integration of USSD Application
• Use markup languages like HTML to create user-friendly web pages
• Maintain and improve website
• Optimize applications for maximum speed
• Design mobile-based features
• Collaborate with back-end developers and web designers to improve usability
• Get feedback from, and build solutions for, users and customers
• Write functional requirement documents and guides
• Create quality mockups and prototypes
• Help back-end developers with coding and troubleshooting
• Ensure high quality graphic standards and brand consistency
• Stay up-to-date on emerging technologies

Requirement

• Proven work experience as a Front-end developer
• Proven experience in application development- USSD
• Familiarity with browser testing and debugging
• In-depth understanding of the entire web development process (design, development and deployment)
• Understanding of layout aesthetics
• Knowledge of SEO principles
• Familiarity with software like Adobe Suite, Photoshop and content management systems
• An ability to perform well in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent analytical and multitasking skills
• BSc degree in Computer Science or relevant field

Skills

• Proficiency in a website programming language such as HTML. C#, CSS, Python, C++ and JavaScript
• Hands on experience with markup languages
• Frameworks and Libraries
• Version Control
• Soft Skill and Non-Technical Skills

Qualified applicants should send CVs to seth.awudi@emergenttech.com and copy joyce.gadze@emergenttech.com