Software Engineer: UI at Clickatell

Clickatell is a global leader in mobile messaging and transaction services, which enable its customers to connect, interact and transact with their business partners and communities on the mobile phone. Video: Ontbytsake (Breakfast Matters) Profile of Clickatell Clickatell's global footprint means that it can deliver short message services (SMS) through it’s next-generation Clickatell Message eXchange (CMneXt) to over 960 mobile networks in over 220 countries and territories, with the potential to reach 6 billion mobile phone users - more than 80 percent of the world’s population. In addition, with Clickatell Transaction eXchange (CTX), it provides the essential link between mobile consumers and their financial institution, with services like airtime top-up. More than 15,000 enterprise, government, medium and small business customers and application developers have embraced Clickatell’s technology solutions. Founded in 2000, Clickatell is headquartered in Redwood City, California, USA.

Responsibilities of the Role

• Work with an awesome geographically distributed team of developers and product designers timplement the next generation of products and/or features
• Work independently and collaborate on projects developing applications/features from scratch
• Build applications that can scale (millions of transactions/requests per day)
• Develop highly maintainable software iteratively and deliver working code with each iteration, including authoring relevant documentation and test cases
• Apply best software development practices tcoding software solutions

Be responsible for:

• Implementing, debugging, and testing of new product features, or enhancements on existing features, or assisting customers and vendors with implementing and troubleshooting end-to-end solutions
• Implementing a test-driven development using unit tests and integration tests in an Agile environment
• Sustaining implemented features once delivered intproduction through maintenance and support
• Accurate and detailed documentation of relevant design artefacts (use cases, user stories, sequence diagrams etc)
• Working closely with key stakeholders particularly with team leads and software managers
• Partake in architecture discussions, design recommendations and implementations
• Adhere tpolicies and standards as applied by the team and directed by the reporting manager
• Participate in supporting production releases as needed

Requirements of the Role

Qualifcations

• Computer Science degree or equivalent diploma from a reputable school
• Active participation in code and design reviews
• Proven track record of working in relevant roles of 4 years or more
• Proven industry experience in Financial or banking, or telecommunications is an advantage
• Experience working in an Agile methodology an advantage
• Strong communication skills with a team player attitude
• Experience working with other integrated applications within the Clickatell ecosystem or
• For success in this role, following are some desirable technical requirements:
• Software development experience with HTML/CSS (SCSS)/JS, Angular, React, Redux, and Typescript
• Have significant experience developing Enterprise Grade applications at scale
• Experience writing unit tests with Jest, Cypress, etc
• Experience with source code management tools such as Git, GitLab, etc
• Experience with integration of data from various back-end services and databases
• Experience with various dependency management tools Compose, bower, NPM, etc
• Solid understanding of development lifecycle, wire-framing, UI/UX enhancements, communication
• The professional will play a vital Web Application Development role where he/she will take the designs created and convert them tfunctional deliverables
• Translate UI designs intwell-organized and structured HTML/CSS compatible with modern browsers and use open-source tools & frameworks timprove the structure and maintainability of the front-end code
• Have excellent technical documentation and communication skills
• Texcel in this role, following are some nice-to-have technical requirements:
• Experience with MySQL and NoSQL databases such as Cassandra
• Bonus points for experience working with WebSockets (industry standard for real-time applications)
• Experience with DataDog for metric monitoring
• Innovative and takes risks; not shy texperiment; does not follow the crowd and does what needs tbe done tsucceed
• Works independently, with a high degree of responsibility and ownership
• Passion for technology, attention tdetail, assertive nature and self-driven
• Lives up tthe Clickatell values - Be Curious. Be Collaborative. Be Courageous. Be Creative. Be a Champion.

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