Front-End Software Engineer – Build Scalable AdTech UI

About the role

Suss Ads is seeking a Front-End Software Engineer to create intuitive, high‑performance user interfaces for its pan‑African advertising platform. You will work closely with product, design, backend, data and QA teams to deliver modern web applications that simplify campaign management and enable AI‑driven advertising.

Key responsibilities

• Develop scalable, responsive web applications using modern JavaScript frameworks.
• Translate UI/UX designs into production‑ready code and reusable components.
• Build complex dashboards, forms, workflow tools, and self‑service features for campaign creation, reporting, budgeting, audience targeting and more.
• Optimize performance by improving Core Web Vitals, reducing bundle sizes, and implementing lazy loading, code splitting and caching.
• Integrate with REST and GraphQL APIs, authentication services, real‑time data streams, WebSockets, payment gateways and AI/ML services.
• Contribute to a shared design system and ensure accessibility across all products.

Required profile

• Strong engineering fundamentals with a focus on user experience and performance.
• Ability to collaborate across cross‑functional teams from concept to deployment.
• Product‑oriented mindset, capable of turning business requirements into elegant UI solutions.

Required skills

• JavaScript and modern JavaScript frameworks (e.g., React, Angular, Vue).
• HTML5 and CSS3.
• REST APIs and GraphQL APIs.
• WebSockets and real‑time data integration.
• Authentication and authorization mechanisms.
• Payment gateway integration.
• AI and machine‑learning service integration.
• Design system development and accessibility best practices.