Frontend Software Engineer (SWEII) - Travel

About Us
Swvl (NASDAQ listed) is a transformative tech-enabled mobility platform based
in Dubai that enhances the safety, reliability, and convenience of mass
transit in some of the world's most challenging and complex emerging markets.

It is uniquely positioned to capitalize on the $1tn global mass transit market
opportunity with daily commuting, inter-city retail travel, and TaaS
transportation solutions.

Swvl currently operates in ‎135 cities across Europe, Africa, Asia, the Middle
East, and Latin America.The differentiated proprietary technology stack
features dynamic routing and pricing for both driver supply and customer
demand; smart assignment technology that optimizes the driver experienceOur
main goal is not just to facilitate commuting, but a hunger to strive for
solutions, encourage the contribution of youth in innovation, and inspire
change.
We are looking for an engaged and enthusiastic Engineer to join our team of
talented engineers that share a common interest in distributed systems, their
scalability and continued development.
About the Tribe
We're re-imagining cross-cities mass transportation, helping people get to
beaches, business trips, or visiting their families on holidays.
We're always aspiring to maintain maximum customer satisfaction by tailoring
each and every aspect of the travel experience. Come join us in the journey of
reshaping how we help customers discover the best Swvl ride for them helping
them reach their dream destinations.
Responsibilities and Duties
* Influence and contribute to Swvl's platform & system architecture.
* Drive best engineering practices within your team and the frontend chapter.
* Work hands-on in a squad.
* Contribute to the vision and long-term strategy of the frontend chapter.
* Debug and solve complex issues by translating business problems into technical solutions.
* Create frameworks and abstractions that are reliable, reusable, and avoid surprising outcomes.
Qualifications
* ‎2+ years of experience developing, shipping, and maintaining web applications and systems.
* Excellent communication skills: Demonstrated ability to explain complex technical issues to both technical and non-technical audiences.
* Familiar with software design patterns.
* HTML/CSS experience, including concepts like layout, specificity, cross-browser compatibility, and accessibility.
* Practical experience with JavaScript, including concepts like asynchronous programming, closures, and es6.
* Solid experience in developing web applications using React.
* Familiar with browser APIs and optimizing frontend performance (e.g. code-splitting, three-shaking, lazy loading assets, using CDNs, caching, compression, etc..)
* Understand the importance of testing front-end components and has experience with creating unit and integration tests related to the front-end components they develop.
* Familiarity with server-side rendering, experience with Next.js is preferred.
* Movie geeks, experienced gamers, bookworms, petrol heads, and melophiles are all welcome.