Front End Devloper

As a Front End Developer, you would work on globally diverse, cross-functional, Agile teams that experiment often and iterate quickly to deliver experiences that our customers will love.

About Bitt

Founded in 2014, Bitt  is a small, multinational, fintech, startup providing blockchain-based digital currency solutions for Central Banks and other Financial Institutions. Our Mission is to create trustworthy digital currencies to promote financial empowerment, social inclusion and economic growth for nearly two billion unbanked people around the world. Bitt is an agile development shop, leveraging a variety of languages and a complete CI/CD pipeline to deliver a broad suite of mobile applications and cloud-deployed containerized software for our clients. We strongly believe in the principles of continuous improvement, collaboration and the best idea wins.  Primary languages include Kotlin, Swift, Go, Elixir, JavaScript and Python. In a world first achievement , Bitt designed, developed and is currently piloting a Central Bank Digital Currency in partnership with the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank; learn more here.

With a workforce dispersed across several territories across the world, Bitt prides itself on cultivating a highly productive remote work environment and diverse work culture. Our Leadership team and Advisory Board are examples of the Bitt's ethos working at its best

Job Summary

As a Front End Developer, you would work on globally diverse, cross-functional, Agile teams that experiment often and iterate quickly to deliver experiences that our customers will love. You will play an active role in identifying and resolving our standards in performance, usability and accessibility. You should have prior professional experience working with front end technologies like HTML, CSS, JavaScript and React. You will assist other developers through pair programming and mentoring opportunities to help the team grow. You will have a desire to learn and apply new skills as part of your own personal growth and to help the growth of the team and the company. 

Job Requirements

Minimum Job Requirements 

• 5+ years of professional website coding experience 
• Strong JavaScript Skills are a must.​ 
• Must have a passion for clean markup, with an attention to detail. 
• Have a good understanding of UI design, Usability, and Accessibility. 
• Must be CSS proficient, with full understanding of specificity and cascade. 
• Must understand cross browser compatibility. 
• Proficiency in web performance standards and industry wide best practices. 
• Ability to work well independently and in an Agile team environment.
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Preferred Job Requirements 

• Prior Mentorship experience 
• Deep understanding of React including React-hooks and recent experience working on a React project.​ 

Skills

Mastery of

• HTML/CSS/Javascript
• Basic coding concepts (readable, clean, concise, reusable)
• Front End Build Processes and Package Management (Yarn, NPM)
• Unit Test creation and implementation
• Debugging and bug fixes
• Version Control (git) and participation in a productive code review process.
• Deployment Process
• Backend/API Integration
• Browser Performance and Compatibility

Proficient in

• UX Principles and User Centered Design, Accessibility
• Automation Test Creation
• Cross team and Department collaboration
• Understand and Utilize Frameworks for Javascript including React
• Translate UX designs to workable solutions

Familiar with 

• Informal Leadership, training, and mentoring
• CI/CD Integration
• Architecture and Design Principles
• Refactoring / Re-architecture of Legacy Code
• GraphQL
• Agile and Scrum principles and practices