Front End - React / Redux Senior Developer

JOB TYPE : Contract

Location : Remote

• 2+ years of experience in developing & maintaining enterprise systems built with React JS, Redux, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS & JQuery.
• Deep understanding of RESTful APIs
• 4 + years of experience in ASP.Net Web API development
• Good understanding of SQL Server - Stored Procedure and Functions
• Familiarity with .Net Core APIs.
• Experience in Azure DevOps is an added advantage
• Good experience in Web API and REST concepts
• Should have strong communication skills & Should be able to work without supervision

Invesco is seeking a skilled React.js Developer with a strong background in data analytics to join our team. The Engineer within the Enterprise Risk function will manage complex data engineering, analysis, and programming tasks in support of the execution of the Enterprise Risk and Internal Audit activities and projects as defined by the Enterprise Risk Analytics leadership team. The Engineer will manage and streamline data extraction, transformation, and load processes, design use cases, analyze data, and apply creativity and data science techniques to deliver effective and efficient solutions enabling greater risk intelligence and insights.

Key Responsibilities / Duties:

• Acquire, transform, and manage data supporting risk and control-related activities
• Design, build, and maintain data analytics and data science tools supporting individual tasks and projects.
• Maintain programming code, software packages, and databases to support ongoing analytics activities.
• Exercise judgment in determining the application of data analytics for business processes, including the identification and location of data sources.
• Actively discover data analytics capabilities within the firm and leverage such capabilities where possible.
• Introduce new data analytics-related tools and technologies to business partners and consumers.
• Support business partners, data analysts, consumers’ understanding of product logic and related system processes
• Share learnings and alternative techniques with other Engineers and Data Analysts.
• Perform other duties and special projects as assigned by the Enterprise Risk Analytics leadership team and other leaders across Enterprise Risk and Internal Audit.
• Actively contribute to developing a culture of innovation within the department and risk and control awareness throughout the organization.
• Keep Head of Data Science & Engineering and departmental leadership informed of activities.
  
  

Work Experience / Knowledge:

• Minimum 5 years of experience in data analysis, data management, software development or data-related risk management roles; previous experience in programming will be considered.
• Experience within the financial services sector preferred
  
  

Skills / Other Personal Attributes Required:

• Proactive problem solver with the ability to identify, design, and deliver solutions based on high level objectives and detailed requirements. Thoroughly identify and investigate issues and determine the appropriate course of action
• Excellent in code development supporting data analytics and visualization, preferably programming languages and libraries such as JavaScript, R, Python, NextUI, ReactUI, Shiny, Streamlit, Plotly and D3.js
• Excellent with data extraction, transformation, and load processes (ETL), structured query language (SQL), and database management. 
• Strong self-learner to continuously develop new technical capabilities to become more efficient and productive
• Experience using end user data analytics software such as Tableau, PowerBI, SAS, and Excel a plus
• Proficient with various disciplines of data science, such as machine learning, natural language processing and network science
• Experience with end-to-end implementation of web applications on AWS, including using services such as EC2, EKS, RDS, ALB, Route53 and Airflow a plus
• Self-starter and motivated; must be able to work without frequent direct supervision
• Proficient with Microsoft Office applications (Teams, Outlook, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.)
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong project management and administrative skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills (English)
• Results-oriented and comfortable as an individual contributor on specific assignments
• Ability to handle confidential information and communicate clearly with individuals at a wide range of levels on sensitive matters
• Demonstrated ability to work in a diverse, cross-functional, and international environment
• Adaptable and comfortable with changing environment
• Demonstrates high professional ethics
  
  

Formal Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, or Statistics preferred. Other technology or quantitative finance-related degrees considered depending upon relevant experience
• MBA, Master’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, or Finance a plus
  
  

License / Registration / Certification:

• Professional data science, analytics, business intelligence, visualization, and/or development designation (e.g., CAP, CBIP, or other relevant product-specific certificates) or actively pursuing the completion of such designation preferred
• Other certifications considered depending on domain and relevant experience
  
  

Working Conditions:

Potential for up to 10% domestic and international travel

• - Contribute to a full development life cycle, including: requirements analysis, functional design, technical design, programming, testing, documentation, implementation, and on-going technical support.
• - Work closely with the existing team to learn the current application architecture, design and understand its functionalities and complexities.
• - Bridge the gap between graphic design and backend technical implementation
• - Build modular, responsive templates using modern CSS techniques
• - Translate UI/UX design wireframes to actual code
• - Testing cross-browser, cross-platform, and/or cross-device compatibility for inconsistencies.

• - 4+ years of industry experience as a Front End Developer Engineer in ReactJS
• - Degree in Computer Science or related field
• - Experience with developing web and mobile applications
• - Extensive knowledge HTML5 / CSS3 / JavaScript / jQuery / Bootstrap / ReactJS
• - Strong experience in JSON/XML and REST/SOAP based Web Service based integration.
• - Experience (mandatory) with working Web Framework versions with exposure to creating components and handling AJAX calls.
• - Good to have knowledge in JIRA, GIT.
• - Strong knowledge of Client-Server Architecture.
• - Basic Proficiency with Python or relevant back-end scripting language
• - Ability to think critically and creatively in a dynamic environment, while picking up new tools and domain knowledge along the way
• - A positive attitude, and a growth mindset
• - Great attention to details

• - Experience with API testing software (e.g. Postman)
• - Good Humor

Job Requirements :

- Advanced Javascript, CSS, HTML 5, Sass, Less, JSON, DOM Concepts

- Candidate should have 2-3 years of regular working experience.

- Must have expertise in React js, Redux, node js, ExpressJS MongoDB, MySql, NoSQL Flux,

javascript html5 core concepts.

-Fluent in responsive design and mobile / tablet UI / UX, HTML5, CSS3 along with

bootstrap

-UI Performance: should have hands-on experience of optimizing page load, rendering,

caching.

- Familiarity and experience with Container architecture - Docker/Jenkins and build scripts,

help maintain code quality, organisation, and automation

- Must have done multiple projects using React js, Redux, node js, and MongoDB with

Cross browser/device compatibility.

-Working Knowledge of common Javascript Libraries such as jQuery.

-Working understanding of Webpack, Babel & other pre-processing tools.

-Good Understanding of REST Apis

-Good understanding of AJAX and its UI implications

- Good knowledge of events handling in client-side and server-side.

- Good knowledge of code versioning tools, such as Git/bitbucket

- Good logical and mathematical programming skills with good communication skills.

- At Least 2-3 live projects

- NodeJS knowledge is a plus

-Good hands-on experience with ES6 & knowledge of the upcoming syntax of ECMAScript.

-Huge plus if you have experience in working with state management libraries like Redux, MobX etc. in React.js.

We are looking for a React.js Developer. Your primary focus will be on developing user interface components and implementing them. 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
• Optimising components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers

Requirements:

• Good knowledge of JavaScript, HTML and CSS
• Good understanding of React.js and its principles
• Good understanding of state management libraries like Redux
• Good understanding of newer specifications of EcmaScript like ES6 and ES7
• Good understanding of RESTful APIs
• Knowledge of modern authorisation mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token
• Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools
• Familiarity with common front-end development tools such as Babel, Webpack, NPM, etc.
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
• Good understanding of Git

Minimum Qualifications:

• At least 3 years experience in web development.
• Experience with HTML5 and CSS
• Experience with ReactJS, JavaScript, ES6
• Experience with state management libraries like Redux
• Experience working with Git
• Good written and verbal English skills
• Good attention to detail
• Ability to effectively communicate with internal departments, team members and partners
• Ability to effectively plan and organise
• Ability to work independently under limited supervision

Would be a plus:

• Experience in test automation and test-driven development (Jest, Enzyme)
• Experience with NodeJS and GraphQL
• Knowledge of PWA
• Familiarity with JIRA or any other project management tool
• Experience with AWS/EC2, or other cloud services