Angular6 Developer

Senior Software Engineer - Frontend (IC - Staff)

Bangalore

About

We are building analytics on natural language to help product development teams learn from large-scale customer feedback. Since our inception in 2020, we have been backed by top-tier VC firms from Silicon Valley and India. Today, we are proud to partner with some of the fastest scaling Product Led Growth companies. We are growing really fast and excited about having more people join us on this journey

Roles & Responsibilities

As an early-stage member of the team, some of your responsibilities will include:

• Working closely with founders to build the frontend and iterate product features at a rapid pace.
• Identifying and driving innovative solutions to address the most critical needs of our customers.
• Work in close collaboration with cross-functional partners in data science, design and backend functions.
• Drive architectural changes on frontend architecture by profiling, improve UX, and build with the design system.
• Constantly improve our live site with frontend monitoring and automation
• Build accessible experiences sensitive to the needs of all users

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience in Web Application Development.
• Understanding of engineering best practices, frontend design principles, interface guidelines and principles of system design
• Proficiency with any part of our technology stack: React, TypeScript, Tailwind, Next.js, Graphql
• Experience with network communications on web platforms, making synchronous and asynchronous web service calls.
• Hands-on experience in using versioning systems like Git.
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with automated test suites
• Strong interpersonal skills and a desire to work collaboratively to achieve objectives
• Excellent organisational and analytical abilities

Benefits and Perks

• Autonomy and Ownership
• Smart, Humble and Friendly peers
• Competitive remuneration package with equity options
• Generous vacation
• Maternity and Paternity leaves
• Learning & Development resources
• Initial grant to setup home-office 
• Monthly stipend for coffee / nutritional supplements

Equal Opportunities

We are an equal opportunity employer. We ensure that none of our employees or prospective employees receives less favourable treatment as a result of age, sex, disability, marital status, colour, race, religion or ethnic origin. Equally we aim to ensure that no such employee is disadvantaged by terms and conditions of employment which cannot be justified.

COVID-19 Considerations

Due to the current health crisis related to COVID-19, we are open to a fully remote work setup till it is safe to work in person.

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering
• A background in front-end web development and/or API development.
• Demonstrated competency in one or more of the following: JavaScript, TypeScript, React/Redux, AngularJS,  or comparable JavaScript MVC framework.
• Demonstrated competency in one or more of the following client-side build tool: Webpack, gulp, jspm
• Have a good understanding of what good UX and UI design are.
• Experienced in client-side framework/technologies before such as: React, AngularJS, jQuery, HTML, CSS
• Experienced in using client-side build tools such as gulp, WebPack, JSPM, NodeJS, and other CLI is a plus
• Understand how to get good performance on UI implementation (time to interaction, bundling, and splitting resources)
• Some previous work portfolios would be great.
• Good knowledge of how to use source control systems like git and GitHub.

About Us:

Aakash EduTech Pvt. Ltd. (AEPL) is the digital learning arm of Aakash Education Services Ltd. (AESL). AEPL is a rock solid team of 800+ passionate individuals within 2 strong online learning brand names, under its umbrella:

Aakash Digital(digital.aakash.ac.in) geography access to education in the test-prep segment by removing barriers of geography, income, safety or time. Our unique digital offerings i.e. Aakash Live - live online classes, Aakash iTutor - recorded video lectures and Aakash Practest - integrated test series facilitate right guidance to students preparing for competitive exams from the safety and comfort of their homes. We have a reach in almost 7+ countries and 750+ cities world-wide.

Role Summary:

We are looking for a Front-End Web Developer who is motivated to combine the art of design with the art of programming together with our team of engineers.

The role includes translation of the UI/UX design wireframes to actual code that will produce visual elements of the application. It also includes Creating quality mockups and prototypes, ensuring high-quality graphic standards and brand consistency 

The  Candidate should be fluent in frontend language and also an exceptional problem solver with great communication skills 

What We Are Looking At :-

• Translate UI designs and wireframes into high quality code ensuring cross browser compatibility, responsiveness and performance
• Write semantic, modular front-end code using HTML5 and CSS3, CSS, and JavaScript
• Develop new user-facing features
• Designing, developing, and testing UI for mobile and web applications
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use
• Accurately translate user and business needs into functional frontend code

What Makes You Eligible :

Your Current Profile:

• Strong grasp of computer science fundamentals and excellent problem solving skills
• Good understanding of software engineering practices, Data Structures & Algorithms
• Good programming skills in JavaScript
• Expert in any one of the modern JavaScript MV-VM/MVC frameworks (AngularJS, JQuery, NodeJS, ReactJS/AngularJS/VueJS
• Strong sense of ownership and accountability
• 3-7 years of experience in product driven organisation

Qualification

• A Bachelors or Master's degree in engineering from a reputed institute

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We are looking for top-notch, motivated engineers to come join our growing team at IK.

Who you are

• You have 2 - 7 years experience.
• You love the buzz of a highly productive and fast moving team.
• Strong product and design sensibilities and an obsessive attention to detail.
• You have a get-things-done attitude and deep empathy for users and fellow teammates.
• You can write testable, maintainable code that’s easy to understand.
• You love coding and look forward to taking on complex, abstract features.
• You don't care about front end, backend kinda titles. You like working anywhere in the "stack".
• You are looking to grow fast with a company that's on a rapid growth path.

What will excite us

• Previous startup experience or experience being part of early teams.
• Experience with the Django & Python universe.
• Experience with both Relational and NoSQL DBs.
• Competitive Programming experience.
• A keen desire to problem solve, brainstorm and debate during the interview.

What will excite you

• Complete ownership
• Experiment, fail and learn.
• High pedigree, high caliber team.
• Contribute to every area of our business. Have a real impact with your work.
• Top of the line compensation.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience developing modular front-end components using HTML, CSS, JavaScript/Jquery, JSON and micro formats.
• 2+ years of experience in React.
• Played with Webpack and Modular architecture.
• Solid understanding of user-centered design principles.
• Experience in cross-browser compatibility.

Our interview process is designed to help you show the best version of yourself. Once your candidature is finalized, we'll send you a short video explaining the interview process.

Look forward to speaking with you soon!