BackboneJS ReactJS developers/Leads

Frontend Developer

We are inspiring the next generation of young innovators and entrepreneurs in India. We're an education startup co-founded by a Computer Science grad from MIT/Harvard and the former CEO of Apple India. We started out as code school, offering creative tech boot-camps on topics like Drone Programming, Android App Development, Game Programming, Full-Stack Web Development to k-12 students across the nation, and now we're building web and mobile products to deliver powerful learning experiences to students online, at scale.

Job Description

We are looking for a Front End developer who is excellent with JavaScript (React.js + Redux). Some proficiency with Node.js preferred as you’ll be hooking up your front-ends to APIs and occasionally writing your own.

Your primary focus will be to develop the UI/UX for highly interactive / social / multiplayer learning platform, across the Student Product, Parent Product, Teacher Product, Virtual Classroom, and more.

Responsibilities

• Translating designs and wireframes into high quality React code
• Styling re-usable components with pixel perfection and mobile responsiveness
• Structuring state and information flow across your front-end app using Redux
• Optimizing your code for SEO and maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers

Skills / Required Experience

• 3+ years of hands-on experience with React.js
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with Redux
• Bonus: past experience with Socket.io and WebRTC
• Writing and consuming REST APIs with Node.js 
• A knack for benchmarking and optimization
• Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools

position Summary

§  Title: UI Developer

§  Location: Bangalore

§  Type: Full Time

§  Qualifications: Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in computer science/Information Science

§  Experience: 4to 7 years

Development skills

§  Top-notch programming skills and in-depth knowledge of modern HTML/CSS, JavaScript

§  Hands-on experience in React JS, ECMAScript (ES5,ES6/above)

§  Experience in Unit and E2E test automation (preferably Jest &Cypress)

§  Knowledge of web components and different component patterns

§  Experience using a state management library (Redux, Context API)

§  A solid understanding of how web applications work including security, session management, performance, and best development practices

§  Adequate knowledge of Object-Oriented Programming and web application development

Methodologies

§  Git, Jenkins

§  Test driven development

Good to have

§  Very good at programming and debugging for cross- browser compatibility and accessibility code

§  Unit testing experience on tools such as chai, mocha, jasmine

§  Reusable components development that can be used across web/ mobile applications.

§  Build tools such as webpack, grunt, gulp, babel

Other skills

§  Collaborate with business partners to gather requirements, implement new functionality, and drive continuous improvements

§  Excellent written, communication & presentation skills

§  Strong analytical skills and enjoys solving complex technical problems.

§  Participate in all phases of software life cycle including architecture, technical design, implement, test, and launch

§  You enjoy wearing multiple hats and roles, and titles are not important to you.

§  You enjoy doing it right first time and utilize tools & techniques to constantly excel in what you work to deliver it on time.

§  You are comfortable working under strict confidentiality agreements and often behind the-scenes.

§  You are self-organized and manage time and resources well.

§  Work independently and as part of a team

§  You are constantly growing your own knowledge, and helping to grow the knowledge of others

Description:

Looking for a great JavaScript developer who is proficient with React.js. primary focus will

be on developing user interface components and implementing them following well-known

React.js workflows with Redux.

Requirements:

Experience with web technologies (REACT, REDUX, AJAX, SCSS/LESS/CSS,

Hooks,HTML)

Excellent conceptual understanding of DOM, JavaScript, HTML/CSS and cross browser

rendering, behavior and performance. The candidate should have high level knowledge

on user experience, asset loading, browser rendering, responsive design, state

management, JavaScript asynchronous patterns, request handling, partial page updates, and REST APIs

with AJAX

Experience implementing static typing in JavaScript (Babel, Typescript)

Familiar with TDD practices. Comfortable with Jest, Jasmine, Cypress, Webdriver.io,

and other automation frameworks to develop and keep the test suite up to date.

Familiarity with front-end build/publish tools, such as npm. Grunt/Gulp.js, Webpack,

browserify.js

Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as GIT.

Job for Front end Developer

WFH

Lead Front end engineers

Skill sets are:

• Typescript
• Javascript
• React
• Redux - global state management experience.

Good to have Back End Javascript experience as well as there might be times when the front end team has to do some back end work (which is the bulk of engineering work).

• Front End Lead (who is a PM / Scrum Master)
• Sr. Front End person who can do Client Interaction i.e. good Communication Skills.
• UI Engineer / Architect who has evolved as a Manager who can take care of Delivery of Front End team only.
• This role will interact with the Product Team to understand the product requirements so that he can be the point of contact for Product Requirements.

Experience- 3 to 8 years 

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Developing new user-facing features using React.js
• Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use
• Translating designs and wireframes into high quality code
• Optimizing components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers

REQUIREMENTS

• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model
• Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles
• Experience with popular React.js workflows (such as Flux or Redux)
• Familiarity with newer specifications of EcmaScript
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs and sockets
• Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token
• Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools
• Experience with common front-end development tools such as Babel, Webpack, NPM, etc.
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
• A knack for benchmarking and optimization
• Familiarity with code versioning tools
• Experience with PWAs and React Native is a huge plus

The Role

• Create fast and functional and intuitive interfaces.
• Create mobile responsive web pages that work on desktop, tablets and smart phones.
• Create well-written JavaScript, as well as expanding current JavaScript code.
• Create and maintain web forms that integrate with our CRM.
• Assist with API integration for dynamic email/web prospect and customer communications.
• Translate designs and style guides provided by the UI/UX team into functional user interfaces, ensure cross-browser compatibility and performance.
• Create functional pages and banners from design mock-ups.
• Test code across platforms and browsers.
• Document work and communicate issues when they arise.
• Assist troubleshooting production issues.

Requirement:

• Associate degree in a technology-related field required (bachelor’s degree preferred).
• 3+ years of experience in front-end development in a start-up or similar work environment.
• 1+ experience with Front End frameworks such as Angular 2.0/React JS/React Native.
• Knowledge of web standards and accessibility (W3C and s508).
• Ability to create production-quality CSS, SASS, and HTML for web applications with support for mobile and tablet devices.
• Good understanding of web-based application architecture.
• Designing/coding to overcome browser/platform constraints.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and JavaScript Knowledge.
• Ability to learn new tasks outside immediate range of skills.
• Able to collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical colleagues
• Deadline oriented and able to multi-task in a fast pace environment.
• Knowledge of unit test frameworks like karma, Jasmine, Mocha, Chai etc.