Senior Software Development Engineer - (Front End Vue, Angular, AWS)
Cape Town, South Africa
Technology – Engineering /
Permanent, Full-Time /
Hybrid
AnyVan makes moving anything anywhere, easier, more affordable and greener for everyone. With Over 8 million customers across the UK and Europe since our launch over a decade ago, we’re proud to be known as the largest, fastest growing tech company in the logistics industry.
Like many popular marketplaces, we’re asset light – i.e., we don’t own any vehicles or employ any drivers. We work with our transport partners and use technology to disrupt the entire delivery and moving process to optimise the most efficient journeys.
Sustainability is a core part of AnyVan’s mission. We’re proud to say we’ve achieved carbon-neutral status on all our transport moves, and we won’t stop here!
So if you want to move your career forward we'd love to hear from you!
Our Engineering team is highly collaborative, organised as cross-functional squads with product, data engineering, data science and software engineering working in partnership to deliver value to our customers. We run 100% in AWS, with high levels of automation, infrastructure as code and increasing usage of serverless technologies.
As a Front End Senior Software Engineer you’ll understand what good code looks like and have the ability to contribute to good architect software and systems. You’ll also be able to take technical elements and translate them into a more relatable language for our non-technically minded stakeholders to ensure full engagement with and delivery of projects.
What you'll be doing:
- Help us grow our business by writing and maintaining an efficient and maintainable codebase in the following languages - JS Frameworks, e.g. Vue, Angular, CSS, AWS.
- Perform code reviews, providing constructive feedback and act as a mentor to less experienced members in the team
- Continually look to raise the bar on code quality and our use of frameworks, evangelising best practices and facilitating open discussion for the team to challenge itself
- Focus on the end user experience for our products, adhering to best practices and industry standards
- Follow best-in-class agile processes and promote best practice around UI tasks
- Drive for use of accepted design patterns to allow for autonomous and iterative development and future scaling needs
- Understand the business context to allow you to anticipate and minimise the cost of future change
What skills and experience would set you up for success in the role:
- Solid experience working with web front end technologies (JS Frameworks, e.g. Vue, Angular, AWS)
- A proven mobile first approach to front-end development, with an excellent understanding of the impact of code construction on page load speeds
- Genuine passion for the end product and delivering outstanding customer experiences through delivering pragmatic, logical and maintainable code
- Some familiarity of working with API’s
- An in-depth understanding of web development practices and technologies and tools
- A broad understanding of the software development lifecycle and practical hands-on experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery & QA
- Experience working in and driving an Agile development environment
Company Benefits
- Highly Competitive base salary with scope for progression
- Medical Aid contribution ZAR1000 per month
- 5% employee, 5% employer pension fund
- 20 days holiday a year plus public holidays
- Transport home
- In-house barista
- Friday drinks and regular social activities
- The chance to work for a fast-growing disruptive technology business
DE&I
In our pursuit of fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace, we invite individuals from all backgrounds to join us in our mission. Together, let's create a culture where every voice is heard, every perspective is valued, and every person is empowered to thrive.
Please note if we are able to support visa sponsorship it will be highlighted in the requirements section of the job advert.
Working Patterns
We are extremely proud of our culture and believe in the many benefits that being in the office provides - all our roles require regular time in our office in the central business district in Cape Town.
We do not offer fully remote roles but we support hybrid working wherever possible (3 days in office, 2 days from home). However, to meet the needs of our customers and business operations many of our Operational and Commercial roles are fully office based.
Our Values Are Own, Drive, Deliver:
Own - Have fun, get it done
Work hard, play harder
Satisfaction in results
Do the right thing
Drive - Progress Over Perfection
Innovate and disrupt
Curious and adaptable
Work quick, learn quicker
Deliver - One Team Thinking Big
Collaborate and communicate
Celebrate wins
Embrace challenges
