DIGITAL JOBS

 

About Company: Radio Africa Group is a leading media business that manages some of Kenya’s major brands including The Star, Kiss 100, Classic 105,Radio Jambo, East FM, XFM and KISS TV.

 

The company is committed to a complete transformation of its current business model and will be launching a range of digital products as well as refreshing its current offerings.

 

 

1.    Position : DRUPAL, HTML, JavaScript, CSS  & UI Developer

 

Job Description: 

This role bridges the creative, user experience and technical aspects of project delivery.

An expert who can deploy Drupal for enterprise use as an editorial workflow system and CMS and well as re skin the front end completely. You also need to be an HTML expert who can make custom and highly complex but presentable web interfaces. Your specialties should include knowledge of all web UI technologies and frameworks (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JSP, ASP, PHP).

 

Duties and Responsibilities.

 

• Deploy Drupal for web systems and reskin into an entertprise editorial workflow system
• Knowledge of Ecommerce Websites, CMS, Shopping Cart, CMS & Application development.
• Develop complex rich Internet Applications, Macromedia Flash and AJAX, particularly technical and coding aspects such as Object Oriented Programming, Action Script, Flash Remoting, Data Binding, Components, etc.
• Program web interfaces using emerging HTML5 specification. Program web interfaces and applications using CSS 3 specification.
• Optimize web pages for mobile display.
• Standards-based web development.
• Develop and test web applications across multiple browsers, platforms, DOM implementations etc.
• Optimize presentation layer performance.
• User Interface Design, Information Architecture, graphic design with Adobe Photoshop. Illustrator and Dreamweaver.
• Any other responsibilities as assigned.

 

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• Ideal candidate has 3-4 years' experience designing and developing web applications using various technologies and languages, and you must have proven experience with Drupal as well JavaScript, HTML 5 and frameworks such as jQuery, YUI, Dojo, etc.  
• A Bachelor's Degree is required (preferably in Computer Science, Engineering, etc.)
• Knowledge of native mobile application development (iOS, Android).
• A seamless ability to used jquery, CSS, HTML, Javascript and various perks.
• Experience with payment gateways is a plus.

 

 

2.    Position: SENIOR PHP Programmer

 

We are seeking a talented senior PHP Programmer responsible for the creation and implementation of a wide variety of Web-based products using PHP, JavaScript, MySQL and AJAX

 

         Duties and Responsibilities                                                        

• PHP Development work (involved in coding after getting necessary inputs of design and Architecture).
• Prototype development using the requirements.
• Modification of open source software including SugarCRM and OpenBravo among others
  
• Daily status update of the work with tangible milestones. 
• Documentation of the module developed and coding according to industry best practices.
• Troubleshooting the code developed
• Capable to handle projects independently
• Performance Optimization (server, client, and db)
• Any other responsibilities as assigned.
  

 

Additional Requirements

• Must have at least 3+ years’ experience working with PHP
• A Bachelor's Degree is required (preferably in Computer Science, Engineering, etc.).
• Strong experience working in a LAMP & Unix environment.
• Experience implementing Drupal as a major editorial system
  
• Experience with CodeIgniter, Zend or Symfony PHP frameworks preferred.
• Transact-SQL, writing and optimizing SQL queries, stored procedures, and developing databases.
• Proficiency with HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, Ext JS, AJAX
• Experience in creating, implementing, testing, and maintaining full-featured "web 2.0" dynamic database-driven web applications
• Experience in team-based web development
• Adherence to web design accessibility standards and cross-browser compatibility
• Experience with payment gateways is a plus.