Front End Engineer

Opportunity Summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic engineer with experience building Salesforce AppExchange apps to lead the development of Salesforce connectors for our marketing technology products.

What would you do?

·      Collaborate with stakeholders in establishing application requirements, determining features, creating customer-friendly solutions, and determining support needs and performance requirements. 

·      Plan, design, develop, test, and deploy software to satisfy these requirements. 

·      Work according to the agile programming application development methodology adhered to including test-first, iterative development, and continuous re-prioritization.  

·      Support the maintenance of our hosted technology solutions. 

·      Work with other team members in accomplishing group objectives and participating in code reviews. 

·      Ensure timely and robust implementation of the company’s development plans.

·      Ensure that all relevant parties are kept up to date on progress of projects and give feedback on an ongoing basis. 

·      Contribute to the review, selection, and adoption of proprietary tools and technologies. 

·      Use specialist knowledge and experience of information technology to provide technical advice and vision.

Technical Skills

The following skills are needed for this role.

Experience

·      5+ years’ experience in web application design and development 

·      Bachelor’s Degree in relevant discipline or equivalent experience 

Primary Skills

·      Strong background in Front-end technologies – HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Angular, etc. 

·      Experience with node.js

·      An understanding of User Experience and a background in building intuitive interfaces. 

Secondary Skills (nice to have)

·      Experience with Shopify integrations.

·      Experience building native apps for other platforms.

·      Experience with Salesforce APEX, VisualForce, SOQL, etc.

·      AWS ecosystem and tools, particularly developing for serverless environments. 

·      Any experience with other languages will be beneficial.

Soft Skills

·      Proven ability to lead a team and mentor others. 

·      Thrives collaborating in a team environment with a diverse range of people.

·      Passionate about delivering an amazing customer experience.

·      Able to have a change of mind, and able to change the minds of others.

·      Writes clearly and concisely.

·      Capable of working without a company office, with a fully remote team.

Growth Skills

·      Possesses a good work ethic; a self-starter with a desire to grow.

·      Always looking for better ways to get the job done.

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced and passionate Full Stack Developer with a strong frontend orientation, particularly in React.js. The ideal candidate will have over 4+ years of experience in full-stack development, with a focus on creating high-quality, responsive, and user-centric frontend applications. You will be instrumental in designing and implementing engaging user interfaces, collaborating with backend teams, and driving the overall technical vision of our applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Frontend Development: Lead the development of user interfaces using React.js, ensuring that applications are visually appealing, highly responsive, and performant.
• Backend Development: Collaborate on backend development tasks, particularly those related to API integration and data handling, utilizing technologies such as Node.js or similar.
• User Experience: Work closely with UX/UI designers to translate design mockups and wireframes into functional and interactive components.
• Code Quality: Write clean, modular, and maintainable code. Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to peers.
• Performance Optimization: Optimize frontend performance by implementing best practices for loading times, responsiveness, and overall user experience.
• Collaboration: Engage with product managers, designers, and other developers to understand requirements, design solutions, and deliver features that meet business needs.
• Troubleshooting & Debugging: Identify and resolve issues across the stack, ensuring a seamless and efficient application experience.
• Mentorship: Mentor junior developers, helping them grow their skills and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Innovation: Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and technologies in frontend development and advocate for their adoption when appropriate.

Requirements

• Experience: Minimum of 4 years of experience in full-stack development with a strong emphasis on frontend development using React.js.
• Technical Skills:
• Proficiency in React.js and its ecosystem (Redux, React Router, etc.).
• Strong understanding of modern JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, and CSS3.
• Experience with backend technologies and frameworks (Node.js, Express.js) is a plus.
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs and integrating them into frontend applications.
• Knowledge of state management libraries and tools (e.g., Redux, Context API).
• Experience with version control systems (Git) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Problem-Solving: Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to tackle complex technical challenges.
• Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Team Player: Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a collaborative, team-oriented environment.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; or equivalent practical experience.

• Designing, building, prototyping, developing and implementing single-page responsive web applications for our cloud platform.
• Involved in decision making for design and technical aspects for modular and component-based architectures.
• Developing application code, services, user interfaces, user experience and unit tests.
• Ensuring high performance and responsive applications with state-of-the-art user experience.
• Experimenting with new technologies and working with integrated web-applications.
• Collaborating and iterating with the Product Managers, UI/UX and Backend teams to define, design, build, extend products and features.

• You have previously worked for a minimum of 3 years in a technical environment contributing as a programmer.
• You have proven expertise in the JavaScript ecosystem and used frameworks like ReactJS, Vue. Preference would be given to reactjs.
• You have exposure to Golang, TypeScript, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, MySQL and Firebase.
• You must have strong debugging and problem-solving skills.

UI Developer :

Experience in developing Web Applications/websites using HTML5, CSS3, and Bootstrap4 or above is essential

Experience in CSS preprocessors like Less, Sass

Experience in developing Responsive and Mobile First design products/websites using wireframes & mock-ups is essential

Experience in tailwind CSS is a must (config, create custom util function)

Experience in the latest design principles and animations is essential

Experience in Photoshop / Sketch tools and collaborative products like Invision / Figma is desirable

A fair understanding of JavaScript programming / Jquery is essential

Experience in working with React

Good knowledge of web standards and SEO principles is desirable

If you are looking to be part of the early-stage start-up team that is charting the course and solving a key pain point for the CXO, this opportunity is for you. The opportunity will provide you join a company where you can contribute to all aspects of the product definition, product building and solving some key challenges.

• Architect solutions and execution through hands-on development, quality-assurance, and prototyping 
• Collaborate with a UX/UI designers and other front-end and middle-tier engineers to design, prototype, and build user interface for complex cloud-based product 
• Participate in complete development life cycle activities like design, coding, testing and production release 
• Develop and maintain a scalable web and responsive applications 
• Exhibit Devops mindset – Work on continuous integration, including provisioning, deployment, testing, and version control of the software 
• Mentor new software developers and junior engineers

• Passionate engineer with 5 – 8 years of hands-on experience of developing next-generation user interface with high quality and performance 
• Strong desire to learn & evaluate new libraries/frameworks, and share knowledge with others 
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and agile development environment 
• Sound knowledge of front end standards and practices 
• Translating designs and wireframes into high-quality code 
• Knowledge of Redux, React.js and its core principles 
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs 
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, AJAX, HTML5, CSS3, JSON, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model 
• Experience with popular JS frameworks and libraries (React, Angular, JQuery, Ember, Babel, Webpack etc.) 
• Experience of building Single-page Web Apps 
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements 
• Experience with test automation: TDD, unit/integration/functional testing 
• Proficient with debugging and testing tools to troubleshoot and optimize the UI 
• Solid understanding of object-oriented design and programming concepts, core JavaScript concepts like scope/closures, the event loop and asynchronous callbacks, promises

Good to have

• Full-stack development experience 
• Prior Startup Experience 
• Prior experience in developing real-time web applications 
• Experience with continuous deployment 
• Proficiency with Git/Github 
• Experience with GraphQL

Success Factors

• Start-up mindset 
• Good problem solving abilities 
• ‘Can-do’ attitude 
• Prior experience of working with globally distributed teams is an added advantage 
• Work with minimal supervision 
• Excellent communication skills and being able to work independently or in a full team