GSDH / the factory is looking for a Full-Stack Developer

What do you get when you combine 15+ years’ of experience in Digital Marketing with innovative and state-of-the-art digital production management?

Campaigns that perform.
Productions that are run effectively and efficiently.
Projects executed in scope, on a large scale.

In short, you get expertise and professionalism.

Meet GSDH / the factory.

GSDH is a digital agency based in South Africa and Switzerland. Passionate about the conceptualisation and creation of digital campaigns for a host of renowned clients, GSDH has become synonymous with producing quality and creativity.
The small, agile and international team, consists of creative Designers, Concept experts, skilled Copywriters, passionate Front and Back-end Developers and experienced Project Managers.

In 2016, the fast-growing production house for Digital Display Production "the factory" was founded and today, operates together with GSDH.
GSDH / the factory are looking to expand their team by included a skilled Full-Stack Developer.


Why is this an exciting career opportunity?

GSDH / the factory offer career growth, an international and challenging work environment and flexi-hours.
We are looking for an outstanding Developer who is able to work in a high-pressure environment while enjoying a collaborative work culture. The successful applicant will have to be able to write, update and maintain code which is required to be usable and dynamic. Attention to detail in the code is a crucial pre-requisite. In addition, the candidate will have to have a profound knowledge of design patterns.

Required Competencies:

- 4 - 5 years’ experience in following disciplines: PHP, MySQL, HTML5, JavaScript / jQuery, CSS, OOP / MVC frameworks such as Laravel and
Wordpress
- Knowledge of NPM / Bower / Grunt / Gulp are a plus
- Ability resolve de-bugging issues with code and the ability to refactor the code
- Experience in reviewing the code of developer peers
- Ability to build websites and apps from kick-off to completion
- Ability to integrate processes and solve complex issues

We are looking for following qualities in the ideal candidate:

- Proactive and self-driven
- Great attention to detail
- Accountability
- Trustworthiness, approachability and open-mindedness
- Excellent time-management skills

We can offer the successful applicant following benefits:

- Run and manage own projects from kick-off to completion
- Opportunities for career development and external training
- A high degree of responsibility- Flexi-hours
- Medical Aid contribution
- Annual leave above and beyond industry norms