Associate - React Native

About the Role

We are looking for a motivated Frontend Developer Intern who is passionate about building modern, scalable, and high-performance interfaces. You will work on production-grade applications built with Next.js, React, Tailwind CSS, and TypeScript, and collaborate directly with senior engineers to deliver high-quality UI components and user experiences.

This internship will give you hands-on exposure to real engineering workflows, version control, code reviews, and agile development.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop responsive and accessible UI components using Next.js, React, Tailwind CSS, HTML, and CSS.
• Work with TypeScript to ensure readable, safe, and maintainable code.
• Integrate APIs and handle client-side state management.
• Collaborate with backend and design teams to implement end-to-end features.
• Maintain component-level consistency, performance, and reusability.
• Write clean, modular code following best practices and coding standards.
• Contribute to improving UI/UX through thoughtful design and user-centric development.
• Work with MongoDB when required for basic CRUD operations or prototype integrations.

Required Skills

• Strong understanding of React.js fundamentals.
• Hands-on experience with Next.js (SSR, SSG, API routes).
• Solid knowledge of Tailwind CSS, HTML5, CSS3, and modern styling practices.
• Basic understanding of TypeScript.
• Familiarity with Git/GitHub workflows.
• Understanding of responsive design principles and accessibility.

Good to Have

• Certifications in Tailwind CSS, CSS, or Next.js (highly preferred).
• Knowledge of component libraries, animations, or design systems.
• Understanding of MongoDB basics.
• Exposure to UI/UX tools (Figma, Adobe XD) is a plus.

Eligibility

• Students currently pursuing a Bachelor's/Master's in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Fresh graduates may also apply.
• Ability to dedicate full-time hours during the internship period.

What You Will Gain

• Mentorship from senior engineers and architects.
• Experience building production-grade frontends for modern SaaS/AI products.
• Opportunity to work in a fast-growing, innovation-driven environment.
• Strong portfolio additions through meaningful project contributions.

Work Mode

• Fully Remote
• Flexible working hours
• Merit-based growth and long-term opportunities

A B.Tech/M.Tech in Computer Sc, an UI specialist should have 5-7 years of experience in UI development. We are specifically looking for a specialist who has:

• in depth understanding of Single Page Application Development.
• high expertise in ReactJS concepts, including the modification and creation of ReactDOM /Virtual DOM elements and testing of ReactJS components (Jest, Enzyme)
• proficiency in JavaScript Functional Programming techniques (JavaScript, Strong Understanding of JS Array functions, Ability to build Pure JS functions, Modular JS Development, Proficient in using Webpack bundling)
• strong understanding of JSX Layout dynamics and Styling (JSX, JSS)
• strong understanding of global state management libraries e.g. Redux
• proficiency in agile development environment under open source gitlab including testing, change management
• exposure to full life cycle of enterprise product development
• [Desirable] high level of skill with UI Frameworks such as Material-UI (React) and Prime React

• Experience with Web Components and Custom Elements
• Understanding of data visualization concepts and technologies (SVG, D3.js)
• Familiarity with JavaScript build tools such as Webpack.
• Git Source Control
• Unit and E2E Testing - Cypress.io / Chai / Karma / Jasmine / etc.
• Experience building responsive interfaces.
• Good sense for building visually appealing products.
• Some Node experience
• Experience using RESTful Web Service Architecture
• Experience working in Agile Environments
• To be considered for this role, you must have:
• A deep understanding of building complex, single-page JavaScript apps using frameworks such as Angular, React, or Vue
• Fluency with JavaScript, TypeScript, CSS and SASS

• In this Senior Front End Engineer position, you will:
• Inherit a well-architected, clean and robust codebase built with TypeScript, Angular, and SCSS/SASS with a modern interface
• Work with our design team and other engineers to make sure our application is performant and intuitive to use
• Evaluate and implement new libraries and components
• Ensure best practices are followed in the design and development of the application
• Contribute to and help manage our open source libraries

Our client is the fastest growing company in the space of student mobility in Asia Pacific as per Financial times.

Job Location : Pune

More about them

- Long-term accommodation booking platform for students (think booking.com for student housing).

- Helps 80M students worldwide, find and book full-time accommodations near their universities, without the hassle of negotiation, nonstandardized and cumbersome paperwork, and broken payment process.

- Leading student housing platform globally, with 1M+ student housing units listed in 6 countries and across 80 cities.

- Growing rapidly and targeting $400M in annual gross bookings value by 2022.

Key responsibilities

Design and Build
Designing and developing user interface components and implementing
them following well-known Javascript (React.js) concepts and workflows.

You will ensure that these components and the overall application are
robust, easy to maintain and scalable.SDE 3 - Frontend Developer 2

Maintain a very high standard of UI Structuring, layout and ensuring a
delightful visual experience for users.

You will coordinate with the rest of the team working on different layers of the infrastructure. Therefore, a commitment to collaborative problem solving,sophisticated design, and quality products are important.

Collaborate and Lead Collaborating within your product streams and team to bring best practices and leverage world class tech stack.

Measurable outcome You will need to set quantifiable objectives that encapsulate quality attributes of a system. The fitness of the application is measured against set marks.

Technical Skills
4+ years of experience, working with frontend technologies.
Experience working with modern Javascript libraries and tools like ReactJS
(mandatory), ES6/ES7, Webpack, Gulp.
Strong knowledge of HTML+HTML5, JS, CSS+CSS3
Experience leading multi-engineer projects and mentoring junior engineers.
UI Performance - should have hands-on experience in optimizing page load,
rendering, caching
Experience with unit testing in any modern javascript libraries
(Jest/Mocha/Jasmine)
Proficient with creating UI components, interaction patterns, task flows,
converting a design to web pages
Keeps an eye on new front-end ecosystem changes

Regards
Team Merito

• You have a strong appreciation for design and interaction, as well as an intimate understanding and appreciation for presentation layer code.
• You love puzzles, problem-solving and have proven in-depth knowledge in a variety of tech stacks.
• You are passionate about being precise in the implementation of designs and do not compromise on quality.
• You are comfortable working in a high-pressure environment and are able to adapt to the needs of the day.
• You are open-minded and curious to learn

Expectations and Responsibilities

• See a project through from conception to finished product
• Strong organizational skills. You should not need someone to “manage” you
• Excellent verbal communication skills
• Good problem-solving skills
• Attention to detail
• Be able to push the boundaries of technology to deliver an unparalleled product
• Able to research and use cutting edge tools to deliver seamless experiences for users

We expect you to have some exposure to the following technologies

• HTML5, CSS, SASS, JS
• CSS Libraries - Boostrap, CSS Grid
• Front-end frameworks (React/Angular/Vue)
• Git

Responsibilities

• Delivering a complete front end application
• Ensuring high performance on mobile and desktop
• Writing tested, idiomatic, and documented JavaScript, HTML and CSS
• Coordinating the workflow between the graphic designer, the HTML coder, and yourself
• Cooperating with the back-end developer in the process of building the RESTful API
• Communicating with external web services

Skills and Qualifications

• Proficiency with JavaScript and HTML5
• Professional, precise communication skills
• Deep knowledge of AngularJS practices and commonly used modules based on extensive work experience
• Creating self-contained, reusable, and testable modules and components
• Ensuring a clear dependency chain, in regard to the app logic as well as the file system
• Ability to provide SEO solutions for single page apps
• Extensive knowledge of CSS and JS methods for providing performant visual effects and keeping the framerate above 30fps at all times
• Thorough understanding of the responsibilities of the platform, database, API, caching layer, proxies, and other web services used in the system
• Validating user actions on the client side and providing responsive feedback
• Writing non-blocking code, and resorting to advanced techniques such as multi-threading, when needed
• Creating custom, general use modules and components which extend the elements and modules of core AngularJS
• Experience with all levels of operation available to the front-end, such as from creating XHRs in vanilla JS to using a custom wrapper around $resource
• Experience with building the infrastructure for serving the front-end app and assets
• Architecting and automating the build process for production, using task runners or scripts
• Documenting the code inline using JSDoc or other conventions
• Writing extensive unit tests using automated TDD tasks
• Creating e2e test suites for all components, and running them with Protractor (or a well reasoned alternative)
• Creating configuration, build, and test scripts for Continuous Integration environments