Who are we? IOHK, is a technology company focused on Blockchain research and development. We are renowned for our scientific approach to blockchain development, emphasizing peer-reviewed research and formal methods to ensure security, scalability, and sustainability. Our projects include decentralized finance (DeFi), governance, and identity management, aiming to advance the capabilities and adoption of blockchain technology globally.
We invest in the unknown, applying our curiosity and desire for positive change to everything we do. By fueling creativity, innovation, and progress within our teams, our products and services are designed for people to be fearless, to be changemakers.
About RealFi: IOG's RealFi Tribe is a venture that combines crypto/Web3/DeFi innovations with traditional finance (TradFi) to make borrowing and lending services more transparent, efficient, and available to a broader population. The venture aims to build a marketplace to syndicate tokenized debt assets globally in a fully compliant manner. While the initial focus is on Africa, RealFi has global applicability.
What the role involves: As a Front-End Developer, you will help support the efforts to establish this venture during its incubation phase. You will bring significant experience from the financial sector in writing high-quality code for our applications, with a strong focus on users' needs. You will report to the Lead Front-End Developer and must effectively and efficiently collaborate with the back-end developers, solutions architects, product managers, QA engineers, and other team members to ensure that the GUI meets all technical and design requirements.
Write clean, straightforward, efficient code that satisfies agreed acceptance criteria and specifications. Participate in the front-end development process, including planning, scheduling, and tracking the progress of GUI projects. Follow Agile software development practices. Review specifications produced by architects. Contribute to the design of algorithms. Cover code with unit, property and integration tests when applicable. Review the pull requests of the team mates. Test the GUI to ensure that it is working as expected, using automated and manual testing techniques to identify and fix bugs. Responsible for emergency fixing of severity 1 issues on deployed apps. Integrate software components and third-party libraries. Verify and deploy programs and systems. Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade existing software. Document the front-end code. Draft technical user manuals. Communicate with other stakeholders to ensure that the front-end development process is smooth and efficient. Keep up-to-date with the latest trends in front-end development. Who you are: Bachelor's degree or higher in a quantitative/technical field (e.g. Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering). Solid understanding of TypeScript, HTML, and CSS, and the ability to write clean, modular, and maintainable code. Strong proficiency in React (React.js workflows such as Flux or Redux) with a minimum of 5 years of professional experience in front-end development. Experience with Node.js/Express.js frameworks. Familiarity with RESTful APIs and GraphqlAPIs. Knowledge of GraphQL APIs and experience in integrating front-end applications with back-end services. Experience with at least one of the testing frameworks / libraries such as Jest, Mocha, Chai, Jasmine. Experience in building responsive and mobile-friendly user interfaces that work seamlessly across multiple browsers and devices. Demonstrate competency with requirements elicitation, analysis, specification, verification, and management practices and the ability to apply them in practice. Develop productive relationships with a variety of levels and roles and manage user expectations effectively. Have a keen interest in blockchain and cryptocurrency technology developments. Ability to work remotely with minimum supervision. Proven ability to work and deliver end-to-end projects independently. Team spirit and good communication abilities. Good organizational skills and attention to detail. Proficient in version control systems, such as Git, Github and familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, such as CircleCI. Experience with common front-end development tools such as Babel, Webpack, NPM, etc. Familiarity with AWS infrastructure. Nice to have: Familiarity with blockchain technologies, smart contracts, and decentralized applications (dApps). Understanding of web3 technologies, such as Metamask, Web3.js/ethers,js, IPFS, and Infura/Alchemy/Quicknode. Experience within DeFi/crypto assets/blockchain/Web3/FinTech, or similar industry. Are you an IOGer? Do you find yourself questioning the status quo? Do you tinker with ideas and long to turn those ideas into solutions? Are you able to spark thoughtful debates, bringing out the inquisitiveness in others? Does the promise of continuously growing excite you? Then get ready to reimagine everything you thought wasn't possible because that's what it means to be an IOGer - we don't set limits, we break them.
Remote work Laptop reimbursement New starter package to buy hardware essentials (headphones, monitor, etc) Learning & Development opportunities Competitive PTO At IOG, we value diversity and always treat all employees and job applicants based on merit, qualifications, competence, and talent. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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