Front End Engineer

• Job Title - Software Engineer - Frontend
• Reports Into - Lead Frontend Web Developer
• Location - Hybrid/Bangalore

A Little Bit about Kwalee….

Kwalee is one of the world’s leading multiplatform game developers and publishers, with well over 900 million downloads worldwide for mobile hits such as Draw It, Teacher Simulator, Let’s Be Cops 3D, Airport Security and Makeover Studio 3D. We also have a growing PC and Console team of incredible pedigree that is on the hunt for great new titles to join TENS!, Eternal Hope, Die by the Blade and Scathe.

What’s In It For You?

• Hybrid working - 3 days in the office, 2 days remote/ WFH is the norm
• Flexible working hours - we trust you to choose how and when you work best
• Profit sharing scheme - we win, you win 
• Private medical cover - delivered through BUPA
• Life Assurance - for long term peace of mind
• On site gym - take care of yourself
• Relocation support - available
• Quarterly Team Building days - we’ve done Paintballing, Go Karting & even Robot Wars
• Pitch and make your own games on Creative Wednesdays! 

Are You Up To The Challenge?

As our Software Engineer - Frontend you’ll be designing and producing excellent web interfaces, working closely with the server and analytics teams. 

Your Team Mates

The frontend team consists of both our frontend developers and designers, we work closely with all parts of the business to create tools that vary across the whole company, from the publishing team to create a portal for people to submit games, the marketing team on things like our website, all the way to our internal teams for things like administration and analytics.

What Does The Job Actually Involve?

• You'll be working directly with the server and client teams to create our games server admin interfaces. And closely with the analytics team developing features for our analytics platform.
• A portion of the work involves maintaining/improving our extensive games server admin interface and our in-house Analytics platform.
• You will be working with a lot of different technologies that make up our worldwide cluster where we support millions of daily players.
• On some projects specific gameplay features rely on server side counterparts and complex web UI interfaces making for a good change of pace from Analytics and Data entry interfaces.

Your Hard Skills

• Minimum 2 years browser-based programming experience
• A proven track record of programming high quality and innovative web pages using Javascript, HTML5 & CSS3 and relevant frameworks (ideally ReactJS but could also be others e.g. AngularJS, NodeJS, Handlebars, jquery, gulp)
• An excellent working knowledge of various programming languages, databases and scripting tools including at least one of bash, MySQL, CouchBase, Python, Java, C#, JSP, PHP
• A creative mindset motivated by challenges and constantly striving for the best
• Interest in mobile games

Your Soft Skills

Kwalee has grown fast in recent years but we’re very much a family of colleagues. We welcome people of all ages, races, colours, beliefs, sexual orientations, genders and circumstances, and all we ask is that you collaborate, work hard, ask questions and have fun with your team and colleagues. 

We don’t like egos or arrogance and we love playing games and celebrating success together. If that sounds like you, then please apply.

A Little More About Kwalee

Founded in 2011 by David Darling CBE, a key architect of the UK games industry who previously co-founded and led Codemasters, our team also includes legends such as Andrew Graham (creator of Micro Machines series) and Jason Falcus (programmer of classics including NBA Jam) alongside a growing and diverse team of global gaming experts.

Everyone contributes creatively to Kwalee’s success, with all employees eligible to pitch their own game ideas on Creative Wednesdays, and we’re proud to have built our success on this inclusive principle.

We have an amazing team of experts collaborating daily between our studios in Leamington Spa, Lisbon, Bangalore and Beijing, or on a remote basis from Turkey, Brazil, Cyprus, the Philippines and many more places around the world. We’ve recently acquired our first external studio, TicTales, which is based in France. 

We have a truly global team making games for a global audience, and it’s paying off: - Kwalee has been voted the Best Large Studio and Best Leadership Team at the TIGA Awards (Independent Game Developers’ Association) and our games have been downloaded in every country on earth - including Antarctica!

Position: React/Redux Frontend Engineer

Location: Pune (Initially Remote)

We are looking for a candidate with experience in building single page applications using React / Redux. You would be working on a product actively used by thousands of customers.

About the Organization:

It is one of the most exciting Bay Area Product Driven Organization in Logistics industry supporting more than 30,0000 customers.

Your responsibility will include, but not limited to:

• Transforming product requirements into clean well-written code

• Optimizing existing code for performance and reusability

Must have:

• 5+ Years of Strong knowledge of Javascript, ES6, JSX
• 2+ Years of Strong knowledge of React and Redux
• Knowledge of promises / Async / Await
• Good understanding of REST API integration and authentication
• Looking for Someone Who can start immediately / Within a month
• Typical Product Background with a Programming Thinking of solving complex problem

Educational Qualification:

Should Be a Computer Science Graduate, preferably from a Tier-1 Engineering college

Good to have:

• Advance GIT

• HTML / CSS knowledge

• Knowledge or experience working with Service Workers


Why join us?

• Very high-growth

• Passionate, collaborative, and awesome co-workers

• Free lunches

• Competitive salaries

 

Job Description:

We are looking for a good JavaScript developer who is proficient with React.js. Your primary focus will be on developing user interface components and implementing them following well-known React.js workflows (such as Flux or Redux). You will ensure that these components and the overall application are robust and easy to maintain. 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 product is important.

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

Skills:

• 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 (Redux)
• Familiarity with newer specifications of ECMAScript
• Experience with data structure libraries (e.g., Immutable.js)
• Knowledge of isomorphic React is a plus
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs
• Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token
• Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
• A knack for benchmarking and optimization
• Familiarity with code versioning tools (such as Git, SVN, and Mercurial)

• Experience building ReactNative apps
• Prior experience building scalable web and mobile web apps
• working in a super fast moving product startup
• Experience working with server side rendering, websockets etc

• Work on the most modern tech stack at the frontier of two of the hottest technology trends: Video and Mar-tech.
• Market leading compensation: salary plus equity
• Opportunity to work with tech's best talent spread across 5 continents: team mates come from the likes of InMobi, Walmart, Goldman Sachs, BCG.
• An incredible culture with a great blend of hustle, productivity and a ton of fun.
• Fully remote! Work from home, Goa, Europe- wherever you want to be.
• Potential opportunities to travel to the US

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Gather functional requirements and develop Identify & resolve defects/bugs in pre-production, production, QA testing & post-release patches
• Design and build scalable APIs (application programming interface)
• Write clean, efficient, and reusable code
• Build compelling web applications using best practices of the AngularJS  Master’s degree in Computer Science (or equivalent experience)
• 3+ years of experience as a Full-stack developer (rare exceptions for highly skilled devs) framework
• Analyze website performance and drive improvements QA/QE

Minimum requirements

• Bachelor’sProficiency in AngularJS, Node.js, and related technologies
• Proficient in HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript
• Experience with REST APIs and third-party libraries
• Good knowledge of JavaScript MV-VM/MVC frameworks including AngluarJS
• Fluency in English to collaborate with engineering managers
• The ability to work full-time (40 hours/week) with a 4 hour overlap with US time zones
• technical specifications
• Work cross-functionally with developers, designers, product managers, Preferred skills
• Command over complex code bases, large systems & version control systems like Git
• Working knowledge of database, APIs, proxies, caching layer, and other web services
• Experience in cross-browser compatibility, and responsive design of the applications
• Expert understanding of server-side logic and front-end performance optimization
• Excellent command over algorithms, data structures, and computer science fundamentals

We are looking for a great JavaScript developer who is proficient with React.js. Your primary focus will be on developing user interface components and implementing them following well-known React.js workflows (such as Flux or Redux). You will ensure that these components and the overall application are robust and easy to maintain. You will coordinate with the rest of the team working on different layers of the infrastructure.

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.

Skills:

• Familiarity with RESTful APIs
• Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools
• Experience with popular React.js workflows (such as Flux or Redux)

Must Have

Degree in Computer Science or related field.
3 - 4 years’ experience in Angular or React.
Expertise in responsive and adaptive front end design and development. Proficiency in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery.
Experience is RESTful web services.
Understanding of key design principles.
Experience in version control using Git, CI-CD principles.
Good problem-solving skills.
Excellent verbal communication skills.
Good interpersonal skills.

Nice to have

Experience with graphic design applications such as Adobe Illustrator. Understanding of SEO principles.
Knowledge of Cloud technologies like AWS or Azure.