Senior Front-End Developer

Cape Town, Western Cape
Permanent
Full-time

9 days ago
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ABOUT USLongdue is an independent narrative game studio incubated within HyperionDev. We create psychologically rich, story-first RPGs that challenge players to think, feel, and reflect. Our debut title, Hopetown is in early development, blending branching dialogue, surreal world-building, and psychogeographic storytelling in the spirit of games like Disco Elysium.HyperionDev is one of the largest and most impactful tech education companies in EMEA, delivering human-led coding bootcamps with partners like Imperial College London, LSE, and Stellenbosch University. Backed by nearly 2000 investors and supported by Meta, we’ve helped thousands of students break into tech — and we’re just getting started.Together, Longdue and HyperionDev share infrastructure, support, and a belief that storytelling and technology can create meaningful change.ABOUT THE ROLEThis role is for an experienced and ambitious front-end developer who can progress the quality of our websites, landing pages, and online and on-site coding bootcamp products.A key responsibility of the role is to ensure that our website and digital assets better convert leads into satisfied students and customers. In addition, the role will oversee the user experience of our online student portal and how students interact with our mentors and teaching assistants at scale to improve the quality of progression for thousands of students seeking to transition into a career in tech.The front-end developer will also ensure that landing pages are high speed and mobile optimised for our paid media campaigns and SEO optimised to scale organic impressions.In this role, you will work cross functionally with Product, Marketing and the various specialists in the Engineering team. We are looking for committed individuals who can impress us with their skills, ambition and ability to launch and drive their own projects.RESPONSIBILITIES

Creating the structure, template or layouts of new projects using frameworks and libraries like Bootstrap, Angular, Ember, React, Vue, Django, Jquery and material design
Creating dynamic page layouts based on api information
Developing responsive, mobile-first web applications and PWAs
Cross browser support for all modern browsers
Implementing basic SEO
Identifying and suggesting user experience improvements
Provide mentorship to peers and team members
Participate in code reviews and contribute to the teams continuous upskilling

Reproducing and locating source of reported bugs and issues

Participating in product design and feature development
Optimize applications for maximum speed, scalability, and user experience
Establish best practices, suggest new technologies, and design high-quality solutions

RequirementsMinimum:

Relevant qualifications
3+ years experience in a front-end role using the following:

HTML / HTML5
SCSS / CSS3
jQuery / Javascript
Bootstrap 3 / 4
React
Ability to transform designs (Photoshop XD, Sketch, Figma etc) into flawless cross-device implementations
Understanding of SEO principles, web accessibility, and technical writing (bonus)
Experience with CI/CD pipelines (bonus)
Good understanding of web standards
Good understanding of site performance and site optimisation
Good understanding of Git and versions control
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Meticulous attention to detail
Fast learner enthusiastic to train on new stacks/technologies
A problem-solving and positive attitude
Start-up mentality and the desire to see HyperionDev succeed
An interest in the future of education and online learning
Strong teamwork and collaboration skills

Preferred

Web Analytics / Google Analytics
Google Tag Manager
Google Search Console
Coding / writing for SEO
Django and MVT architecture
Webpack / Gulp / Grunt
Experience in template languages, Django, Python, etc.
Prior tech startup experience in a high-growth and ambitious environment
Worked on SEO, CSS and website optimization projects

BenefitsFlexible & remote working: We are a remote-friendly organisation and offer flexible work options. However, this role may require a once a week presence at our offices in London and travel within the UK.Generous annual leave and medical benefits: We provide up to 25 annual leave days as part of our leave policy, as well as health insurance, medical aid and life cover benefits for our staff.Learn new tech skills: We offer our employees the opportunity to enrol part-time in our Coding Bootcamps.Join the heart of tech in Africa, Europe and the US: You'll work with the best of the best and rub shoulders with the world leaders in edtech, developer education, and developer assessments. Join one of the most ambitious and highest performing tech companies in the space, with a management team that draws their former experience from companies such as Google, Amazon, GetSmarter/2U, Zando and Yoco.Life-changing work: Solve real problems that make education and tech careers accessible to those who need it most: you're allowed to brag about it.OUR VALUESWe're a people-forward company with a purpose that underlines everything we do. We're obsessed with the potential in people and challenge them to do their best work. We embrace a culture of growth and learning to deliver on our vision and ours is a relentless quest for improvement.

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