Block.co – SENIOR FRONT-END DEVELOPER at University of Nicosia

About the Job

The University of Nicosia (UNIC) is the largest university in Cyprus and the largest in Southern Europe that teaches primarily in English, with more than 12,000 students from over 70 countries, a diverse community of faculty and staff, and an expanding worldwide network. UNIC is driving educational innovation in the wider region, with activities like our dynamic global initiative in blockchain technology and centres of excellence in medicine and online/distance learning. UNIC is ranked among the top 100 universities in the Emerging Europe and Central Asia Region for 2019 by QS World University Rankings.

Block.co is a University spin-off company seeking an experienced Front-End / Web Developer who will be responsible towards any front-end technical implementation required.

Job Purpose
Reporting to the Block.co CTO and Project Manager, the Senior Front-End / Web Developer will be responsible to take full ownership or delivery of any technical implementation component required.

Main Accountabilities
• Gather technical requirements and propose solutions based on the product needs.
• Work with our creative team to create “Proof of Concepts” that implement intuitive interfaces following the latest UI trends, utilizing all available tools to enhance the user experience.
• Develop technical plans, implementation targets and take full ownership or delivery.
• Collaborate with prospective customers during product demos/evaluations.
• Scale architecture with modern technologies leveraging cloud infrastructures.
• Interact onsite at customer locations for workshops and meetings as needed.
• Write efficient, scalable and testable code (with Documentation).

Frond-end / Web Development Qualifications
• 3+ years of Software Engineering experience.
• 3+ years of experience in UI / Web development.
• 1+ year of experience with Python.
• Proven track record of successfully developing Web portals and integrating with Web services (integration with Back-end).
• Have a varied portfolio of projects that show different types of problem solving.
• Experience in working in an Agile (Scrum/Kanban) Environment.
• Experience in working with JavaScript, Node.js, PHP, Typescript, Angular 5, HTML5, CSS, SCSS.
• Experience in working with Restful or SOAP based web services, JSON/ XML etc.
• Experience with Modular JS, JS Design Patterns and jQuery using modern MVC based frameworks.
• Experience with modern testing/debugging frameworks.

Desired Skills
• Demonstrate experience with Git.
• Bitcoin/Blockchain knowledge
• Implementation experience with Smart Contracts (i.e., blockchain developer will be considered as an advantage).
Personal Characteristics
• Ability to work in a multinational environment and willingness to travel.
• Able to working collaboratively with designers, product managers and developers.
• Habitual to write test cases first and then code.
• Ability to learn fast (Blockchain is a rapidly evolving field of work)
• Well-organized with multi-tasking skills.

Please submit your CV accompanied by a cover letter through our online recruitment system http://vacancies.unic.ac.cy/ by the 31st of March, 2019.