Frontend Developer

Position: Frontend Engg (Angular)

Exp Level: 2-4 years

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, test, debug and document new and existing components to ensure that our software meets business, quality and operational needs.

• Focus on scalability, speed, cross-browser compatibility, security, and availability of all applications and processes.

• Collaborate with peer organizations, devops, support organizations on technical issues and provide guidance.

• Work with a team to troubleshoot code level problems quickly and efficiently.

Required Skills:

• 2-4 years of professional software engineering experience in Angular

• Detail oriented and conscientious in implementing designs you have signed off on

• Self-motivator with strong communication skills

• Degree in computer science or a related field is preferred, but not required

• Designing and developing user interfaces using Angular best practices.

• Thorough knowledge of Angular modules, components, services, routing, web pack, material, flex box.

• Proficiency with fundamental front-end languages such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

• Good to have - Experience with Agile methodologies

• Integrating front end UI with constructed APIs.

• Experience with NgRx and Rxjs for state management and reactive programming.

• Familiarity with tools like GitHub and Azure.

• Can architect UI systems and has a well-honed understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of different frameworks.
• Cherishes the craft of an experience getting to perfect pixels, creating animations with just the right springs, investing in loading performance.
• Is familiar with React, Node. JS, NoSQL databases like Firebase, and AWS.
• Collaborates actively with designers, product managers, product scientists, and other engineers.

About the role:
We’re looking for a React.Js Developer who can adapt to new tech stacks and innovate with cutting-edge technology solutions, to build eCommerce platforms that are unique, disruptive, and powerful

What you'll do:
● Develop new user-facing features using React.js
● Build reusable components and front-end libraries for future use
● Translate designs and wireframes into high-quality code
● Optimize components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers

What you'll need:
● Bachelor's degree with minimum 3 years of work experience as a React Js
● Strong proficiency in JavaScript or Typescript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model
● Experience with data structure libraries (e.g., Immutable.js)
● Knowledge of object-oriented programming
● Experience with popular React.js workflows (such as Flux or Redux)
● Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system
● Familiarity with newer specifications of EcmaScript
● Experience with common front-end development tools such as Babel, Webpack, NPM, etc.
● Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements

Who Should Consider Joining:
● If you like challenges and think from a first principle basis,
● If you are driven to take ownership and are adept at rolling with the punches,
● If you have the aspiration to grow fast in the dynamic environment of a start-up,
● If you are a collaborative team member, who believes in collective success,
● If you are someone who makes objective, fact-based decisions

Who should not consider joining:
● If the role description does not excite you, then you should not join us
● We are a startup and things will move fast. If you are not comfortable in a fast-paced environment, then you should not join us
● If you are not a self-starter who is willing to learn & experiment more, then you should not join us.

What We Offer:
● Limitless growth and learning opportunities
● Exposure to cutting edge technology solutions and upcoming stacks in the market
● In house technical training on GIT, Automated Testing, Code Coverage, Language Training and much more
● A collaborative and positive culture — Your team will be as smart and driven as you.
● Guidance and mentorship from industry experts and renowned IIT Alumnus
● An opportunity to make an impact — Your work will contribute directly to our strategy and growth

About Hop:

We are a London, UK based FinTech startup with a subsidiary in India. Hop is working towards building the next generation digital banking platform for seamless and economical currency exchange, with technology at the crux of it. In a technology driven era, many financial services platforms still lack the customer experience and are cumbersome to use. Hop aims at building a ‘state of the art’ tech-centric, customer focused solution.

moneyHOP is India’s first cross-border neo-bank providing millennials the ability to ‘Send’ & ‘Spend’ conveniently and economically across the globe using HOPRemit (An online remittance portal) and HOP app + Card (A multi-currency bank account).

This position is a crucially important position in the firm and the person hired will have the liberty to drive the product and provide direction in line with business needs.

About Individual

Looking for an enthusiastic individual who is passionate about technology and has worked with either a start-up or a blue-chip firm in the past.

The candidate needs to be a multi-tasker, highly self-motivated, self-starter and have the ability to work in a high stress environment. He/she should be tech savvy and willing to embrace new technology comfortably.

Ideally, the candidate should have experience working with the technology stack in the scalable and high growth mobile application software.

General Skills

• 3-4 years of experience in Frontend development.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Science, or equivalent practical experience.
• Exposure to Behaviour Driven Development and experience in programming and testing.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Good time management and organizational skills.
• Dependability
• Accountability and Ownership
• Right attitude and growth mindset
• Trust-worthiness
• Ability to embrace new technologies
• Ability to get work done
• Has good code reviewing skills for conformance.
• Has good software testing skills and good code writing skills.

Technical Skills

• Relevant work experience as a UI Developer. Proficient in JavaScript , ReactJS and/or React Native, Angular , JQuery Experience with HTML, CSS, Knowledge of web services and related technologies (REST) Experience with Web Services and API integration
• Candidate should have a stronghold on HTML & CSS
• Can understand and troubleshoot REST APIs calls
• Database administration and management of a hosting environment such as AWS.
• Knowledge of SASS & LESS will be a plus as well
• Sound understanding of relational and non-relational DB systems such as MySQL, Postgres, MongoDB etc.
• Has experience dealing with JIRA (issue tracking tools), Confluence (knowledge management) tools.
• Experience with building and maintaining microservices.
• Experience with building and integrating the core system with external APIS.
• Good to have: Domain knowledge in the BFSI tech stack.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities 

1. Use JavaScript and cutting-edge JS frameworks to develop front end applications that follow industry-standard design patterns, development methodologies, and deployment models
2. Solve and articulate complex problems through application design, product development, and user experiences. 
3. Develop software used by people who are not software developers--ensure the exceptional software you create influences them to be exceptional professionals in their respective fields
4. Collaborate with other programmers and mentor junior engineers through the development process
5. Leverage the knowledge of your peers to better understand business trends, customer communities, and technology adoption patterns
6. Evolve your language skills in JavaScript by staying current with complementary programming languages, development methodologies, user interface design techniques, and database tools.

•  6+ years of web UI development experience including 4+ years of deep, hands on experience in building robust, highly reusable and responsive web applications using HTML, CSS3, SVG, React, Redux, Thunk ecosystem
• Great problem-solving skills with solid data structures and algorithms knowledge
• Strong ability to translate the design/wireframes into reusable micro components
• Experience of leading, coaching and mentoring junior developers with good delegation and time-management skills
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model
• Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles and has extensively worked with Redux, Thunk, Axios etc
• Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token, Oauth2 etc
• Experience with common front-end development tools such as Babel, Webpack, NPM, etc.
• A knack for perfection, benchmarking and optimization
• Writing and maintaining batch jobs to streamline processes (Shell, Perl etc).
• Strong understanding of Agile and Lean software development processes and practices
• Worked with WebSocket, Push notifications etc
• Experience working with local-storage, cookies etc
• Proficient understanding of CORS issues and ways to work with such issues.
• Proficient understanding of social network APIs.
• Experience with data structure libraries (e.g., Immutable.js)
• Inclined to take ownership of tasks and to ship highly polished products with excellent attention to detail.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English.
• BE/BTech in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent practical experience

• The UI developer will produce robust front end for advanced financial banking and trading applications connecting with server side using micro services
• 3+ years of relevant experience in front end development using React.JS.
• Strong knowledge of Web development technologies, including HTML5, CSS3 etc
• Should have a knowledge of java script libraries like ag-grid, datagrid, chart js, D3 js etc
• Strong experience in developing UI applications showing large amount of data in grid format.
• Must have good experience of testing frameworks like mocha/chai, jasmine etc. for React JS.
• Excellent knowledge of Java and spring, with experience of use in a professional environment

The ideal candidate is a highly resourceful and innovative developer with extensive experience in the 

layout, design and coding of websites specifically in Angular. You must also possess a strong 

knowledge of web application development using Javascript / Typescript programming language. 

Responsibilities 

• Perform a mix of maintenance, enhancements, and new development as required. 
• Document features, technical specifications & infrastructure. 
• Take ownership of the project you will be working on 

Qualifications 

• 4+ years of experience in web development and software design. 
• Minimum 3 years of experience of developing web applications using Angular 
• Expertise in front-end technologies HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Bootstrap 
• Experience working with Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, Facebook SDK is a 

plus. 

• Experience working on building PWAs is a plus. 
• Should be comfortable working in an Agile Environment. 
• Should have a good eye for detail. 
• Should be comfortable working on Ubuntu Systems / Windows Systems. 
• BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject