Front End Developer

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

·       Working with technical architects, able to convert the architecture into design and code in Java (Spring Boot), AngularJS, and NodeJS.

·       Able to generate LLD documents.

·       Ability to write Quality code with minimum defects.

·       Unit Test and following the coding standards.

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PREFERRED QUALIFICATION AND SKILLS:

·       5+ years strong programming and logical skills in Java (Spring Boot), AngularJS, Object Oriented Java script, NodeJS and HTML5

·       Hands on Experience on Java (Spring Boot), and MySQL is mandatory. Must have completed at least 2 full projects using Spring boot and AngularJS.

·       Excellent knowledge and experience in Spring JPA, RESTful webservices implementation.

·       NodeJS experience is value add

·       Should have participated in, and be familiar with, Agile (Scrum) project methodology and practices.

·       Must be able to mentor and guide junior technical resources.

·       One who is proactive and come forward with technology related initiatives. Motivated self-starter. 

·       Good Communication skills. English - Oral and Written.

Principal Software Engineer

Opportunity in this role / Why should you join here?

You will enjoy working with us if you are looking to work in a stimulating, flexible, open environment. You will experience ownership and independence at the same time providing technical solutions that work.

You will be part of the madness and thrill of growing the business from scratch. You get to make decisions, fail fast and learn fast. You get to contribute, add value to the organization by thinking like an entrepreneur. You are supported by the best talent in the industry and work with creative teams. You are rewarded as you go on proving yourself.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering/Computer Science or related field
• At least 6+ years of experience with at least 4 years of software application design experience
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• A full stack generalist with experience in both front-end and back-end technologies
• Proven experience in high-level programming languages, like Java and Development of scalable Web Applications and Web Services
• Experience in JavaScript frameworks like Angular, React, NodeJS
• Passion for delivering products end-to-end, from ideation to implementation
• Proven experience building complex web applications and micro services
• Strong experience with Spring Boot stack (spring cloud, spring-data)
• Extensive experience in developing and consuming REST APIs
• Experience in PHP is a plus advantage

Responsibilities:

• Participate in design reviews and recommend improvements
• Provide technical guidance in software design and development activities
• Recommend new technologies to ensure quality and improve productivity
• Support in all phases of SDLC and ensure delivery of high-quality products
• Analyse business requirements and design/develop most effective technical solution
• Analyse and troubleshoot application issues in a timely fashion
• Work with other engineers in planning, prioritising and executing assigned tasks within deadlines

x• Work with QA team in preparing test cases and assist in automation

• Mentor other Engineers as and when required
• Assist in maintenances and upgrades of existing software applications
• Assist in risk assessment and mitigation activities.
• Assist in technical audits and make sure to implement audit recommendations.

The ideal candidate is a self-motivated, multi-tasker, and demonstrated team-player. You will be a lead developer responsible for the development of new software products and enhancements to existing products. You should excel in working with large-scale applications and frameworks and have outstanding communication and leadership skills. 

Responsibilities

• Writing clean, high-quality, high-performance, maintainable code
• Develop and support software including applications, database integration, interfaces, and new functionality enhancements
• Coordinate cross-functionally to insure project meets business objectives and compliance standards
• Support test and deployment of new products and features
• Participate in code reviews
• Technical Lead experience exploring other open source frameworks and technologies and integrating with project

Qualifications

• 5+ years of development experience at least two or more of the following languages (Python, Ruby, javascript and Java)
• Expertise in object oriented design and design patterns
• Experience releasing highly scalable enterprise products full lifecycle
• Experience mentoring and training others on complex technical issues
• Experience with implementing algorithms to solve complex real world problems
• Solid coding practices including good design documentation, unit testing, peer code reviews
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• A proven ability to learn and adapt to new, complex development environments with deep dive analytical skills
• Strong object-oriented programming skills, knowledge of design patterns, and an uncanny ability to design intuitive module and class-level interfaces
• Experience in algorithm design and problem solving
• Experience leading small teams of engineers
• Experience with technologies like MongoDB, DynamoDB is highly desirable
• Experience developing full stack web applications using Perl, Java, Python or PHP
• Experience in any of the top JavaScript MVC frameworks, like Backbone, Angular, Ember, Spine or Knockout
• Passion for creating efficient, scalable, highly usable web interfaces
• Candidates from  Product Start-up companies would be highly preferred.

What you need to have:

• • 3+ years of web development experience using LAMP stack or Node.js or similar web technologies 
• • Well-versed with front-end code in HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, React.js with familiarity in various frameworks and template languages 
• • Possess strong understanding of Object-Oriented Programming, especially in PHP 
• • Proficient with database design, optimization and tuning in MySQL or MongoDB 
• • Experience in design patterns, unit testing, automation techniques (Selenium WebDriver) 
• • Exposure to Amazon Web Services (EC2, S3, EBS, RDS, SQS, Redshift, etc.) 
• • Exposure to Docker and Kubernetes 
• • Exposure to collaborating tools like GitHub, JIRA, Confluence 
• • Experience in frameworks such as Symfony 2, Express.js, or proven ability to learn on the job 
• • Experience in Microservices and REST architecture 
• • Exposure to Scrum methodology and XP technical practices such as unit testing, pair programming, test-driven development, continuous integration or continuous delivery 
• • Self-motivated, fast learner, detail-oriented, team player and a sense of humor 

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Work on a remote cross-functional team where you’ll play a critical role in designing, planning, development, deployment and observing your code in production.   
• Develop high performance, highly scalable and accessible web applications. Our web app is used by over 20 million educators, students and parents worldwide.  
• Meet tight deadlines in a rapid application development environment.  
• Collaborate with Product Management, Design, and Operations teams to create and deliver tested features to production.  
• Collaborate with specialists across web, mobile, and operations to achieve a better user experience for our product.  
• Be able to assess and bring in industry information into your decisions and learn new technologies: AWS is releasing new tools every day, there are new open source libraries to vet and you will be a party to helping us vet and pick the best tool for the job.  
• Be willing to work in any area of the codebase if needed, this can include JavaScript/TypeScript/Node, PHP, Java or other technologies.  
• Help staff, build, and form the culture around a team of 5 engineers, a product manager, designer, QAs and associated supporting roles.

Qualifications include:

• Strong CS fundamentals including familiarity with data structures and especially the asynchronous challenges that face JavaScript developers today.   
• Experience developing in at least 2 server side languages (PHP, node.js, …)  
• Experience developing in at least 1 client side JS framework (ReactJS, Angular, …)  
• Experience testing software in alignment with the Test Pyramid.  
• Experience with datastores, either SQL (MySQL preferred) or NoSQL, and the ability to talk deeply about them.  
• Able to identify the source of complex problems occurring as a result of multiple systems interacting (experience with observability tools such as datadog/newrelic is a plus).   
• Experience working on a team of 5 engineers plus supporting roles (e.g. QA, design, etc), preferably as a Senior Software Engineer.  
• Experience with code review, being able to sign-off on another team member’s code ensuring high quality standards.  
• Be self-sustained even when tackling the highest profile, most difficult work across the organization.  
• Willingness to accept responsibility and be accountable not only for your own work but the work of the team as a whole.  
• Experience working with other people’s code, how to dig into it and make tactical changes with minimal side effects.  
• A solid understanding of how to break down user stories and give estimates that include accessibility and security requirements.  
• Be able to see roadblocks far ahead, across many vectors of risk  
• Be a true team player! Ensuring their knowledge and expertise is shared amongst other team members and even cross-team and be willing to seek out opportunities to mentor teammates.  
• A commitment to learning about anything you don’t know on your own and without much supervision.  
• Superior communications, organization and relationship building skills — you’re going to be working on cross-team efforts, so this is essential.  
• Self-motivation as well as ability and desire to learn new technologies, applications, processes, and environments.  
• A belief that delivering code to production is just one step in the process. Observing and owning the code you wrote goes hand in hand with construction.  
• A desire to take on whatever challenge is most important. This could be tackling something you are familiar with, or it could require a deep dive into a whole new world. The key is having the right attitude.   

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Program daily in Node.JS, Angular2+/React JS, Express, Bootstrap, MongoDB and others.

Build web-based and mobile-first front-end GUIs to support workflows.

Integrate with REST APIs and relational databases.

Build out new features and iterate on existing features.

Design and implement low-latency, high-availability and performant applications.

Help define architectures and design patterns.

Participate in code reviews.

Must have experience in Deployment

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

Real world web and service development experience.

Deep Experience with modern frameworks such as Node.JS, Angular2+/ React , Express & MongoDB.

Experience with server-side languages like Jade, EJS, etc

Experience with HTML5 & CSS3 frameworks such as bootstrap.

Experience with web services API integration (Rest, JSON, XML).

Experience in anyone one these Docker, Kubernates, AWS, Azure

• 2+ years of experience participating in the delivery of technology services.
• A proven ability to learn new applications & innovate in technology
• Strong Experience in technologies like Node, Webservices and Microservices
• Experience with cloud components and services and containerization technologies is desirable
• Exposure to ReactJS mandatory
• Experience working with multiple types of datastores: Mongo DB, SQL
• Experience in integrating, designing and developing solutions is desirable
• Experience with CI/CD and TDD is desirable
• Frameworks - Express , Hapi , feathers
• Strong knowledge in Javascript