We are KingMakers, a customer-centric tech startup, dedicated to creating innovative products that entertain our customers and keep them engaged both online and through our agency operations.
Since the successful launch of our first product, BetKing, in 2018, we have continued our momentum and will soon be introducing our newest offering, SuperSportBet, in South Africa. In partnership with the Multichoice Group and SuperSport, SuperSportBet enhances the passion that sports fans have for the game with a world-class sports betting and casino experience.
As our Kingdom expands, we proudly stand as the leading Sports and Digital Entertainment platform in Africa, and we are still actively hiring an exceptional team of Creators and Innovators across Africa, the United Kingdom, Europe, and the Middle East.
There has never been a better time to join our Kingdom than today!
What you need for this role:
- Develop and maintain user interface components: Utilize your expertise in JavaScript frameworks, such as React and TypeScript, to create and manage UI components that align with project requirements.
- Proven experience integrating web applications: Demonstrate your proficiency in integrating web applications seamlessly using RESTful APIs, showcasing your ability to build robust connections between front-end and back-end systems.
- Proven experience building high-performance and responsive web applications: Highlight your track record of creating high-performance web applications with an optimal user experience across various devices and screen sizes.
- Proven experience using CSS: Showcase your skills in using CSS to style web pages, emphasizing your ability to create visually appealing and user-friendly interfaces.
- Proven experience with JavaScript Unit testing: Experience in implementing and maintaining effective unit tests using tools like Jest to ensure code reliability.
- Strong Architectural knowledge and experience with patterns: Illustrate senior-level proficiency by demonstrating a deep understanding and experience with architectural patterns like SSG, SSR, Islands, and Streaming SSR.
It would be great if you had experience with:
- Proven experience using a CMS: Working with dynamic content provided by a CMS, like Strapi or Umbraco.
- Experience in hosting web applications: Experience in hosting web applications using platforms, such as Cloudflare or Vercel, demonstrating a holistic understanding of the deployment process.
- Familiarity with package managers: Experience with package managers like PNPM and Yarn to facilitating efficient package management within the development workflow.
- Experience with Application Performance Monitoring (APM): Showcase the value of experience with APM tools like Kibana and Elastic to monitor and optimize application performance.
How you do it – Expectations for fulfilling your role:
As a general rule at KingMakers we want people to be:
- Customer Focus: We keep the customer at the center of everything we do.
- Passion & Dedication: We are passionate about what we do, employing only smart, honest, dedicated, and results oriented team players.
- Openness, Honesty & Directness: We embrace a culture of candor and work together towards the right solution whilst being open, honest, and willing to give and receive feedback, judgment-free. We play the ball, not the person.
- Innovation & Big Thinking: We always look for ways to innovate whilst not losing sight of what's important. The bigger we think, the more we inspire, the better the outcome.
- Ownership & Accountability: We think like owners. If we see a problem, we find a solution. We are pragmatic and always strive to do more with less.
- Speed & Focus: We plan, we strategize, but mostly, we DO. Without doing, there is no progress, we can always change direction but only if we start moving. Fast beats slow.
- Low Ego: The best solutions are achieved when we leave our egos at the door. We always seek opportunities to learn in every situation. No job too small.
- Fun: On balance, we believe in having fun whilst working. We maintain perspective as best as we can, and together, we celebrate our successes.
Beyond our great company benefits and competitive salaries, we recognize that to grow sustainably and thrive positively we need to engage the right talent because our people are a merit to our success. We have an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive and where everybody has a seat at the table.
So, what are you waiting for? Click apply and join our Kingdom today!
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What We Do
KingMakers is the leading sports and digital entertainment platform company across the African continent.
We are focused on creating opportunity. Opportunity that allows individuals and communities to realise their dreams – to be the best they can be. Opportunities to grow, to change, to build a business, to make a difference. Opportunity for individuals. Opportunity for our communities.
Our proprietary technology, delivered through our agency and online platforms, brings sports fans and their communities closer to the games they love.
We do this by building products and content experiences that delight our customers daily, that empower our partners and sustain their communities.
That’s why at the heart of KingMakers is a passion to empower individuals and to give back to the community. We do this by allowing agents in our network to grow their own business and in so doing enrich the communities in which we operate.
Our goal is always to put the customer first : by combining technology, customer insight and talent we strive to give African sports fans a superior, more rewarding and engaging experience, online, offline 24/7.
Our Values:
• Customer Focus
• Passion & Dedication
• Openness, Honesty & Directness
• Innovation & Big Thinking
• Ownership & Accountability
• Speed & Focus
• Low Ego
• Fun
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