About almentor: We are the leading Video-Learning Platform in Arabic! Established in 2016, we produced over 1000 online courses for individuals, corporations, and government entities across Egypt and the Gulf. Our platform is a hub of knowledge, fostering lifelong learning and growth for individuals around the globe. We are a purpose-driven team. Our most important asset is an intellectual team that can innovate and execute. It’s what moves us forward!

Our Mission: 🚀 almentor is on a mission to increase accessibility to affordable quality education for Arabic-speaking communities.

Job Purpose

We are currently looking for Frontend Developers who will be responsible for building our web application. Your duties will include translating our company needs into a functional and appealing digital environment, ensuring great user experience. We expect you to be a tech-savvy professional, who is curious about new digital technologies and aspires to combine usability with visual design.

As a Senior Frontend Developer, you will be in charge of:

• Develop new user-facing features.
• Develop a flexible and well structured frontend architecture
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use.
• Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs.
• Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability.
• Support for good coding standards and coding best practices
• Contribute actively and proactively to optimize applications, processes and methodologies
• Work in a team-based development environment with modular code base, peer reviews and pull requests, with disciplined use of source code control and documentation

The ideal candidate will have

• 5+ years' experience of working on a Frontend Developer position
• Proficiency in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (ES6)
• Proficiency level in Angular framework/ Angular Material
• Understanding of design patterns in the Frontend development
• Good understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues
• You are ideally familiar with agile methodologies, e.g. Kanban or Scrumban
• Good understanding and experience with Git and Git workflows (TBD is a plus)
• Good problem-solving skills, and ability to give clarity and communicate well with the team
• Excellent analytical and multitasking skills with an ability to perform well in a dynamic environment

Nice to have/ Bonus points:

• Knowledge and experience working with React/TypeScript
• Experience with media streaming over web and web players ex. VideoJS / Shaka
• Knowledge and experience of agile practices (eg Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment, Refactoring)
• Experience implementing feature toggles for continuous deployment
• Familiar with service workers for when and how to use them

Why join us?

• Flexible work arrangements, including remote options
• Family Medical insurance
• Full access to a wide range of courses on our platform