Frontend Developer

 You have designed, refactored, re-architected, deprecated and/or implemented a webapp from start to finish.

 CSS and its pre-processors like SASS/LESS.

 Excellent command over web fundamentals

 Good understanding and experience in building a React app.

 Exceptional coding skills in HTML5, CSS3, Javascript/ES6

 Strong problem-solving and analytical skills

 Familiarity with benchmarking and optimization techniques

 Eye for animation and understanding of motion principles.

 Experience with Agile Development, SCRUM methodologies

 Experience in DevOps - AWS, S3, API Gateway, CI/CD

 Native development experience in React Native (Android and iOS)

 Experience in NodeJs

Additional Full-stack Skills Would Be a Huge Bonus:

 Experience with Mongo DB, Redis, Firebase, NodeJs and its framework/ libraries like Express.

 Experience with PostgreSQL.

 Experience in NoSQL (CouchDB, Cloudant, MongoDB) datastores.

 Experience in building (secure) RESTful services and MVC patterns.

 Experience in coding & hosting on GitHub.

Desired Skills and Experience

CSS,JavaScript,React.js

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·  4 – 5 years of experience in Front end development

·  2 years of experience using React and Redux

·  3 years of experience in using HTML, CSS

·  1 year of experience in any of the Headless CMS such as Ghost or Strapi or Cockpit.

·  2+ years using JavaScript consuming, displaying and updating data using Web APIs (JSON).

·  2+ years of experience using Material UI and JSS.

Our client is a rapid growth stage Edtech start-up focused on solving the teacher shortage crisis in the US education system using technology by bringing teachers to the classrooms and giving them access to the right tools to teach students in a highly engaging manner.

They have a development center in Mumbai and they are looking to scale up the teams in Pune and Bangalore as well.

What does the role entail:

●Lead requirement/task and guide junior software engineers in the development process.

● Design, develop and maintain user interfaces for web and mobile applications.

● Strong understanding of UI design principles and best practices.

● Collaborate with cross-functional teams to analyse requirements, design solutions, and implement new features.

● Develop and implement unit tests and integration tests to ensure software quality.

● Troubleshoot and debug applications.

● Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to peers.

● Mentor junior software engineers and help them grow their technical skills.

Required Skills:

● B.E/B.Tech/master’s in computer science (or equivalent).

● 4 - 7 years of experience

● Skilled with one of Front end Technologies: Angular 10+/Flutter/React/Vue.

● Experience with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and TypeScript or Dart.

● Experience with state management libraries.

● Experience with UI testing frameworks such as Cypress.

● Experience with responsive design and developing mobile-first user interfaces.

● Knowledge of UI accessibility guidelines and experience implementing accessibility features.

● Excellent problem-solving, critical thinking, and communication skills.

● General understanding of Agile software development methodologies.

● Understanding of development and operational support best practices.

Technical Skills: (must have)

• Excellent Angular 5+, NodeJS, Typescript programming skills

• Strong HTML/HTML5/JavaScript skills
• Sound understanding of MVC, MVVM, JSON, and data binding

• Hands-on experience with implementing Angular best practices (e.g. project structure, module organisation, naming convention, etc.)

• Hands-on experience with Web APIs (e.g. HTTP protocols, AJAX and REST)

• Hands-on experience of using browser events and various data types like arrays and objects, JSON, forms, closures and modules, including the use of debugging tools

• Hands-on with CSS3 and sound understanding of cross browser inconsistencies and responsive frameworks

• Experience in integrating with third party JavaScript libraries and frameworks like jQuery

• Experience with Templating

Additional Skills: (nice to have)

• Knowledge of standard authentication systems such as OAuth2, JWT and SSO

• Knowledge of WebSockets is an added advantage
• Experience with version controlling tools e.g. Git
• Experience with developing browser extensions

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES
Key accountability of Sr.FED will be to plan, develop, maintain and optimise codebase for web app and browser extensions of MyLOFT.

• Planning and Development
• Design Planning of the functional App in coordination with software development team
• Develop and Deliver front-end applications and browser extensions
• Develop and Integrate custom modules and components with functional app
• Writing tested, idiomatic, and documented JavaScript, HTML, and CSS
• Integrate existing template or pure HTML in angular
• Work closely with HTML developer and UI designer to deliver pixel perfect dynamic Frontend UI

• Work closely with back-end team to build and integrate REST API
• Integration with external web services e.g. Google APIs
• Testing and Maintenance
• Follow best practices for testing and maintenance to ensure that codebase is executable, readable and easy to maintain

• Ensure that security and versioning of the codebase is maintained
• Write and maintain technical documentation for ready reference
• Post Launch Optimisation
• Periodically participate in code review and refactoring to improve app performance
• Participate in user feedback sessions to identify and understand user requirements
• Beta/Marketability Tests (for POCs)
• Coordinate with development team to evaluate technical feasibility of new requirements
• Build prototypes/POCs
• Actively participate in relevant technical forums
• Participate in training and knowledge sharing initiatives

Responsibilities:

• Works as part of a team to continually refresh and enhance our users’ web experiences using an Agile Development Methodology. 

• Build and ship features with an understanding of Javascript, CSS and HTML best practices.

• Coordinate with back-end engineers to provide a cohesive experience.

Must-Have:

• 2+ years of extensive exposure in developing web applications using the latest front-end technologies

• Expertise in the following area:

• HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript and JS frameworks, such as jQuery,

• Responsive & Adaptive web design

• CSS frameworks like SASS/LESS

• Able to work both independently and in a team environment.

• Adequate knowledge of Version Control Systems like Git

Mandatory Skills to have:

• Drupal Must-Have:

• Prior hands-on experience with Drupal Projects.

• Substantial experience in building large complex and performant web applications using HTML5, CSS3, Typescript and Javascript across multiple browsers (Especially IE11).
• Experience in frameworks such as React (Redux, Redux Thunk or Saga, React Router, React Hooks) , Node JS and good understanding of the basics of these frameworks and their life cycles.(MUST HAVE)
• Experience in frameworks like Bootstrap and CSS pre-processors like SASS and LESS is desirable.
• Deeper understanding of network layer, HTTP, HTTPS, cookies, local storage.
• Knowledge to handle real-time async data would be a plus.
• Good knowledge on build tools like Webpack and Gulp
• Good knowledge on testing tools like Jest, Cypress, Jasmine, Karma, etc
• Experience in Git source control 
• Deeper understanding of Chrome Dev Tools.
• Deeper knowledge of UI optimizations and performance.
• Excellent communication skills, good visual design sense, in-depth experience in developing web-based applications.
• Experience leading multi engineer projects and mentoring junior engineers.
• Command an impressive portfolio of the latest UI technologies is a plus

• Portfolio is must for the profile.
• Good understanding of Javascript, CSS, HTML5, AJAX.
• Hands on with React JS.
• Understanding of responsive frameworks such as BootStrap or SemanticUI.
• Extensive knowledge of DOM scripting with native JavaScript and JS frameworks such as jQuery.
• Experience in delivering Cross-browser and cross platform compatible solutions.
• Basic knowledge of UI design.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical abilities.
• Experience with agile development practices such as continuous integration and deployment.
• Fluency with version control platform Git.
• Minimum 1+ years of UI development experience.