Software Engineer - Frontend

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JOB DESCRIPTION / ROLE

Employment: Full Time

MBC Group is the largest satellite TV and radio network based in Dubai Media City. It broadcasts a portfolio of Arabic and Western entertainment channels as well as managing the Al Arabiya news channel. The Group currently requires an Software Engineer – Frontend to work within the Technical Operations Department; based in our Jordan offices to support in enhancing the Web Operations of the MBC websites and to improve productivity and output, thus improve user experience and increase traffic.

Job Objective:
- Develop, Test and Maintain high-quality user-facing features
- Ensure technical feasibility of UI/UX tasks you work on and that they are clearly defined in collaboration with the product teams including prototyping activities
- Engage and coordinate with other engineering teams (QA, Dev-Ops, Backend, Call Centre) with development and troubleshooting.
- Contributing to the company development standards working closely with team lead and architects.
- Providing accurate timing estimates on work
- Assist back-end developers with coding and troubleshooting
- Build responsive applications for maximum browser compatibility.

REQUIREMENTS

- Experience working within a successful team environment
- Willing to learn new technologies and accepting its challenges
- Proactive, creative problem solving skills and able to work self directed
- Familiarity with browser testing, debugging, and cross-browser compatibility issues
- Understanding of DOM Manipulation, CORS, AJAX

Preferred Skills & Requirements:
- Javascript frameworks like AngularJS, React, Ember, CSS frameworks like Foundation or Bootstrap
- CSS preprocessors like Sass and LESS
- JS-based build tools like Grunt, Gulp, and Bower
- Libraries like jQuery or Backbone.js
- Understanding of version control and branching strategy
- Development for connected devices, mobile devices
- Good understanding of Web Accessibility
- Knowledge of SEO principles

ABOUT THE COMPANY

MBC GROUP is the largest media company in the Middle East & North Africa region that enriches people’s lives through information, interaction and entertainment. In 2002, nearly a decade after the launch of MBC1 in London, in 1991, MBC GROUP moved its headquarters to Dubai Media City, United Arab Emirates.

Today, MBC GROUP includes over 17 leading TV channels: MBC1 (general family entertainment); MBC2 & MBC MAX (24-hour western movies); MBC3 (children’s edutainment with a mix of both local productions and western acquisitions); MBC4 (entertainment for young families with a female-focus); MBC ACTION (an indigenous adrenaline-packed channel targeting young males with local and homegrown productions); MBC VARIETY (Western films and general entertainment with uninterrupted broadcasting); MBC DRAMA (24/7 Arabic drama) & MBC+ DRAMA (a joint pay-TV channel between MBC and OSN); MBC PERSIA (general family entertainment dubbed and subtitled in Farsi); WANASAH (24-hour Arabic music channel); MBC MASR & MBC MASR2 (general family entertainment geared towards the Egyptian family); MBC BOLLYWOOD (delivering the freshest in Bollywood content geared towards the region via an Arabized interface); MBC USA (on “Dish Network” in the US); MBC IRAQ (a premium channel aimed at the entire Iraqi family), MBC5 (new satellite channel dedicated to the Maghreb); all of them benefit from MBC STUDIOS which produces the region’s most compelling premium content for cinema, television and on-demand platforms. MBC GROUP also includes two FM radio stations: MBC FM (Gulf music) and Panorama FM (contemporary Arabic hit music).

Furthermore, part of MBC GROUP is Shahid and its premium subscription-based service Shahid VIP, the world’s leading Arabic streaming platform, home to highly rated original productions from the Arab world, a wide range of exclusive movies and premieres, as well as the top watched live Arab TV channels.

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