Frontend Developer

Job Description

• Experience in UI development using React JS
• In depth knowledge of JavaScript, CSS, HTML and front-end languages
• Excellent front-end coding skills, and a good understanding of progressive applications
• Strong knowledge of UI design principles, patterns, and best practices
• Experience working with JavaScript and Typescript, React, Redux, RxJS, Yarn
• Experience in test driven development using modern source control and continuous integration
• Design, develop, test, deploy and maintain software
• Delivering high quality and well-structured code

You should apply if you have —

1. 3 - 5 years of technical experience (you can count internships & freelance work towards this).
2. Proficiency in React (especially Hooks) and Typescript; experience in Node.js is nice to have.
3. Experience in profiling apps for performance.
4. A track record of writing accessible and detailed version-control commits, documentation and code reviews.
5. A strong ability to write clean, scalable, self-documenting & highly-testable code.
6. Very good problem-solving skills.

You'll be helping us with some of these challenges —

1. How do we keep building more features while keeping the code clean, as small as possible and highly performant?
2. How do we build a strong testing-first delivery cycle so we can ship code with greater confidence?

We're problem-solvers at heart, and we value data-driven decision-making. We believe in high-quality execution, crafting great user experiences, honest & transparent communication and enabling our people to thrive and be the best version of themselves.

The early engineering + product team includes folks from https://home.lynk.co.in/" target="_blank">Lynk,Zoho and https://www.kilobytetech.com/" target="_blank">Kilobyte, and we're hoping to build one of the best teams in the city; kind & compassionate, diverse and smart — one you can be proud for being a part of.

We're all generalists and prefer picking the right tool for the job. That said, we do use a lot of new & exciting technology.

Backend

• Golang for most services and Node.js (https://koajs.com/" target="_blank">Koa, https://github.com/lukeed/polka#polka" target="_blank">Polka) for a few
• gRPC for inter-service communication
• PostgreSQL

Frontend

• 100% TypeScript
• React v17 & https://nextjs.org/" target="_blank">Next.js v10
• https://github.com/pmndrs/zustand#readme" target="_blank">Zustand
• https://chakra-ui.com/" target="_blank">Chakra-UI
• https://www.framer.com/motion/" target="_blank">Framer Motion
• https://storybook.js.org/" target="_blank">Storybook
• https://maizzle.com/" target="_blank">Maizzle

Infra

• AWS (with extensive use of RDS, S3, ECS, SQS, SES & CloudWatch)
• Gitlab for version-control and CI/CD
• All apps built and shipped as Docker images
• Kubernetes for container orchestration
• https://www.honeybadger.io/" target="_blank">Honeybadger for error analytics & uptime monitoring

 

What you need to have:

 

Experience : 2-8 Years

Roles & Responsibilities:
 Take ownership of a product feature and build it end to end or enhance existing features.
 Understand issues like slow loading, security, the response time of site, scalability, user
engagement, and write code considering these paradigms.
 Contribute to the ways the platform can be made much more engaging and can reach out
to a larger audience.
 Developing a new feature that is responsive and reliable on short notice.

Requirements:
 2-8 years of professional experience in responsive Web Application development.
 Working experience in React (Minimum 2+ years).
 Good expertise in working with MVC architecture (Client-side).
 Hands on experience in HTML5 CSS3 AngularJs, JavaScript (ECMAScript 5 & 6), Jquery,
Struts/Spring, Linux.
 Proficiency in the design and development of responsive Web Applications.
 Strong CS fundamentals in Object-Oriented Design, Data Structures, Algorithm Design,
Problem Solving, and Complexity Analysis.
 Expertise in implementing highly interactive, multi-layered Web Applications.
 Expertise in JSON & working with Web Services.
 Ability to work on a given product/module in its entirety.

Nice To Have:
 Basic knowledge in working with databases.
 Good experience in working with server-side template rendering engines.
 Experience in working with Search Engine Optimized pages.
 Keen to learn & ready to adopt any new technologies.
 Hands-on J2EE experience.

About Vedantu
If you have ever dreamed about being in the driver’s seat of a revolution, THIS is the place for you.
Vedantu is an Ed-Tech startup which is into Live Online Tutoring. We are a platform which aggregates
best teachers of the country and provide them with tools to deliver LIVE lectures to students anytime,
anywhere.
What drives us is a vision of bringing about a paradigm shift in the way people teach and learn. We
believe that education in today’s world is highly generalized with classroom teaching being done in a
“One Size Fits All” manner. We believe it is not effective and this should change. We are disrupting the
very notion of classrooms by making Quality Education Accessible. Our vision is to create a 'Knowledge

Network' where a learner and a learned can get connected with a click of a button and can learn-teach
in the most personalized way possible.
Vedantu is India’s leading online education company which specializes in LIVE interactive classes for
students across grades K1-12. It offers individual and group classes delivered by experienced Master
Teachers in a LIVE real-time, virtual learning through their patented platform. The indigenous platform
built for revolutionizing online learning captures 70+ parameters, helps drive high engagement and
interaction in a virtual class, and give students their personalized learning reports to help them
understand the knowledge gaps. Students can also access free content, take tests, and play a LIVE quiz
every day. 1Million+ students study LIVE every month on the platform and more than 25 Million users
every month from 1000+ cities and 40+ countries access free content, tests, doubts, videos on
Vedantu's platform, and its channels on YouTube. To know more about Vedantu log on to
www.vedantu.com or download the App on your Android or iOS device.
The platform WAVE: India’s first and only patented, revolutionary, interactive LIVE online learning
platform has been created after multiple years of deep research and experimentation in the field of
Live online teaching & Learning. Wave uses AI (Artificial Intelligence) and ML (Machine Learning) to
personalize teaching and learning for each child and is designed to make the Live class extremely
engaging and fun. At the heart of Wave platform are algorithms for which we have been granted an
extremely powerful and comprehensive IP Patent in the US for - ‘Measuring the Effectiveness of An
Interactive Online Learning System’. The biggest usp, besides its own patented platform are the quality
Master Teachers. We have 1000+ teachers who have taught more than 1 Million hours to 40,000+
students spread across 1000+ cities from 30+ countries. Founded by IITian friends Vamsi Krishna (CEO
& Co-Founder), Pulkit Jain (Co-Founder & Head of Product) and Anand Prakash (Co-Founder & Head of
Academics) have been teachers themselves with over 13 years of teaching experience, have taught
and helped over 10,000 students for a better future.
Vedantu caters to 1st grade to 12th grade and prepares for school exams, competitive examinations
and co-curricular courses as well.
More Background:
Vedantu is the second venture in education by Vamsi Krishna, Anand Prakash and Pulkit Jain. Their first
venture in education, Lakshya was an offline coaching class for JEE opened in Patiala, 2006. The
successful venture was acquired by a listed company Mahesh Tutorial in 2012. As part of Lakshya the
founders taught and mentored more than 10,000 students and trained more than 200+ teachers.
Started in 2014, Vedantu was the first company to start with LIVE interactive teaching in the country.
Today, Vedantu is a market leader in K-12 online LIVE tutoring space. It offers LIVE interactive classes
to students across grades K1-12, for all major boards and top competitive exams like JEE and NEET.
Vedantu has recorded a growth of 220% during lockdown with more than 2 Mn students attending
LIVE classes and teachers delivering 8 Mn+ hours of LIVE classes. With this definitive shift in consumer
behavior from offline to online, Vedantu is investing to scale impact, expand into new categories, and
firmly establish itself as the leading brand in the online LIVE tutoring space.
During the pandemic, Vedantu entered the early learner segment with the launch of its coding
program for 6-12 years called Vedantu Super Coders. The company has plans of launching more
programs in this category.

Our Leaders :
Vamsi Krishna – CEO & Co-founder: https://www.linkedin.com/in/profilevamsikrishna/
Pulkit Jain – Co-founder & Head of Products: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jainpulkit/
Ranjan Sakalley – Head of Technology & Engineering: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rnjns/
Krishna Mohan Gadi – VP-Products: https://www.linkedin.com/in/krishna-mohan-gadi-416b156/
Funding :
We are a Series-D funded start-up with a total funding of $ 200 million from Coatue( invested
Swiggy) global VCs like Accel Partners, Tiger Global and GGV Capital.
Know more about Vedantu:

Recent Interview by Vamsi: https://yourstory.com/video/money-matters-build-grow-vedantu-journey-
second-valued-edtech-startup-india-vamsi-krishna

TedX talk by Vamsi:
Everyone is a teacher! | Vamsi Krishna | TEDxWalledCity
Articles for reference:
- https://www.cbinsights.com/research/report/future-unicorn-startups-billion-dollar-companies/

- https://yourstory.com/video/money-matters-build-grow-vedantu-journey-second-valued-edtech-
startup-india-vamsi-krishna

- https://yourstory.com/2020/02/ys-exclusive-edtech-startup-vedantu-vamsi-krishna-online-tutoring

- http://bweducation.businessworld.in/article/Vedantu-Organise-3-Day-Revision-Camp-From-20th-
To-22nd-Feb-/20-02-2020-184651

- https://www.forbesindia.com/article/edtech-special/the-huge-investment-opportunity-in-
edtech/57733/1

- https://www.forbesindia.com/video/coronavirus/startup-circle-how-vedantu-became-indias-
second-most-valued-edtech-firm/61229

- http://bweducation.businessworld.in/article/Vedantu-s-Usage-Soars-During-Coronavirus-
Pandemic-/19-05-2020-192538

- https://inc42.com/buzz/indias-hike-meesho-vedantu-emerge-as-2019s-best-apps-on-google-play/

- https://www.buzzincontent.com/story/vedantu-single-s-21dayslearningchallenge-garners-more-
than-40-million-views-on-instagram/

Awards and Recognition:
 Vedantu: CNBC Young Turks 2016
 TedX Delhi Speaker on Education
 Vedantu: KINSES (Kaisen & Insead & NYU Stern Education Symposium)) 2016 EduAwards
 Vedantu: DNA & Stars 8th Innovative Education Awards on “Best Organization to Develop
Technology For Education”
 Vedantu: 5th ELETS World Education Summit award 2015

 Vedantu: 'Best Education Startup' by Indian Startup Entrepreneurship & Disruptive Innovation
Awards 2015
 Vedantu: Sutra HR: Featured as one of the Top 100 Startups to Watch in 2016
 Lakshya: TATA-NEN Hottest startup award in 2010
 Lakshya: FYSE Top 100 startups in South East Asia
Join in - let’s together solve some real Challenges
The real challenge lies in making something groundbreaking. To take on the status-quo and defeat it. To
follow what is already been done, where’s the fun in that? We are on to some big challenges which are
just waiting to get solved. Also, because we are not an extensively big team, you will be owning more
than just a position, you will be owning huge ideas and features from the very start.
We put the willingness and passion to learn & build above anything else and if you think you
have got it in you, don't let these skill requirements deter you from applying.

About the company

They build digital products, and helps companies with their digital transformation. Our clients are based in India, USA, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
The company was founded in 1999 to create software products for financial risk management. Headquartered in Bangalore, we also have offices in the USA, and France.

What We're Looking For

The Way You Work
• An unwavering attention to detail and care towards your work. Suryans double-check PRs
they submit for review. Each variable name is thought through in detail; attention is paid
towards how decisions made today will affect the future.
• An absolute commitment towards doing the best work of your life, while helping others to
do the same. We deliver with utmost focus on the job at hand. The team works towards
crafting the best products for our users, and customers. Working as a team, Their employees take onproblems out of the original scope of their work if this results in a better end product.
• You should be comfortable working in an agile environment. You are also expected to
participate in code reviews—both receiving and offering them as needed. You are needed
to communicate flexibly with your team—pitching in on designs, features and ideas for the
product, wherever needed.

What is Needed for the Role

• Strong command of ReactJS
• Strong command of modern JavaScript (examples: arrow functions, async/await,
destructuring, rest & spread, etc.)
• Strong command of modern CSS and HTML (examples: flexbox, grid, media queries, etc.)
• Strong command of modern JavaScript tooling (examples: webpack, babel, ESLint, etc.)
• Hands-on experience with TypeScript on ReactJS projects is a bonus, but not required
• A good grip on Git

What You Will Work On

The specific project you work on is decided based on the list of available projects at the time.While what you work on will change over time, we assure you that you’ll work with people who care deeply about their work and deliver with great attention to detail.

Job Description We are looking for a Front-End Web Developer who is motivated to combine the art of design with the art of programming. Responsibilities will include translation of the UI/UX design wireframes to actual code that will produce visual elements of the application. You will work with the UI/UX designer and bridge the gap between graphical design and technical implementation, taking an active role on both sides and defining how the application looks as well as how it works. Responsibilities • Develop new user-facing features • Build reusable code and libraries for future use • Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs • Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability • Assure that all user input is validated before submitting to back-end • Collaborate with other team members and stakeholder Skills And Qualifications • Proficient understanding of web markup, including HTML5, CSS3 • Basic understanding of server-side CSS pre-processing platforms, such as LESS and SASS • Proficient understanding of client-side scripting and JavaScript frameworks, including jQuery Note: Every front-end developer is expected to have a proficient knowledge of JavaScript, while most front-end developers should know jQuery. • Good understanding of (Depending on the specific case, a developer should have the knowledge of advanced JavaScript libraries and frameworks, such as AngularJS, KnockoutJS, BackboneJS, ReactJS, DurandalJS etc.) • Good understanding of asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, and AJAX • Basic knowledge of image authoring tools, to be able to crop, resize, or perform small adjustments on an image. Familiarity with tools such as as Gimp or Photoshop is a plus. Note: A UI/UX designer is expected to deliver finished resources for the developer to incorporate into the app. However, quite often a front-end web developer needs to make some small adjustments. • Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them. • Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as (Git / Mercurial / SVN) • Good understanding of SEO principles and ensuring that application will adhere to them.