Frontend Developer

Roles and Responsibilities

Frontend Developer

We are inspiring the next generation of young innovators and entrepreneurs in India. We're an education startup co-founded by a Computer Science grad from MIT/Harvard and the former CEO of Apple India. We started out as code school, offering creative tech boot-camps on topics like Drone Programming, Android App Development, Game Programming, Full-Stack Web Development to k-12 students across the nation, and now we're building web and mobile products to deliver powerful learning experiences to students online, at scale.

Job Description

We are looking for a Front End developer who is excellent with JavaScript (React.js + Redux). Some proficiency with Node.js preferred as you’ll be hooking up your front-ends to APIs and occasionally writing your own.

Your primary focus will be to develop the UI/UX for highly interactive / social / multiplayer learning platform, across the Student Product, Parent Product, Teacher Product, Virtual Classroom, and more.

Responsibilities

• Translating designs and wireframes into high quality React code
• Styling re-usable components with pixel perfection and mobile responsiveness
• Structuring state and information flow across your front-end app using Redux
• Optimizing your code for SEO and maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers

Skills / Required Experience

• 3+ years of hands-on experience with React.js
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with Redux
• Bonus: past experience with Socket.io and WebRTC
• Writing and consuming REST APIs with Node.js 
• A knack for benchmarking and optimization
• Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools

 

• Skills: Angular 2+, JavaScript, HTML, CSS.
• Experience: 5-9 years.
• Experience with JavaScript libraries and frameworks.
• Should have strong sense of web design and attuned to the fundamentals of user experience.
• Should able to design, build and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable front-end code.

Need someone with a decent experience working with WebXR and 360 viewers. The person needs to be well versed with working with oculus or any other VR headset

We are in search of a person who is passionate and driven, gets excited upon listening a potential feature, gives in valuable inputs and enthusiastically shares his experience and pearls of wisdom on front-end engineering standards and coding conventions. Responsibilities and Duties Building smooth and responsive client applications for web and mobile platforms. Writing cross browser code that appears consistently in different browser. Working with the design team to convert their elegant design into working model. Build reusable code and libraries for future use Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability Required Experience, Skills and Qualifications 0 - 2 years of relevant experience Hands on experience in HTML, CSS and Javascript. Experience with web application development frameworks and tools like React, Express, Webpack. Expertise in front-end and understanding of REST API design. Ability to write high-performance, reusable code for UI components Good understanding of asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, and AJAX A solid understanding of Object Oriented Programming Firebug/Chrome Dev tool Working knowledge of version control tools like git. Familiarity with Application UX Designs Unix / Linux experience

At NerdWallet, we are passionate about building delightful user experiences and creating consumer products that impact millions of users. We are looking for talented Senior Front End Engineers who will help us innovate and shape our products and services as we expand into new verticals. Our engineers are dedicated to changing how consumers interact with their finances and work in partnership with product owners and designers to evolve our product into a clean and seamless experience. Along with excellent design and programming skills, the successful candidate will have the passion to challenge, extend and improve our existing front-end framework so that we can create exceptional user experiences across our suite of financial tools and services. NerdWallet Engineering offers a culture of constant learning and knowledge sharing; we are passionate about metrics and experimentation. Engineers are organized into cross-functional multidisciplinary teams and work closely with stakeholders. Our stack is based on Node and React, and we continue to expand our toolbox to use the best technologies for the job. Where you can make an impact Design and lead the development efforts of scalable, highly leverageable, and delightful web based experiences that improve the lives for millions of users. Collaborate with the rest of the development group on the introduction of new technologies and best practices as needed to solve business problems. Implement product features that have a direct impact on user engagement and monetization. Participate in product and feature discovery discussions with Product Managers. You are Consumer focused: You are passionate about creating web applications that improve the lives of millions of users and building delightful user experiences. Communicative and collaborative: You are able to work effectively with others.  You will be working closely with other engineers, designers, product managers, user researchers and customer groups to build product features and high quality products. High-energy, company-first, and positive: Must be motivated to work hard in a fast-paced environment. A leader: You have demonstrated feature development ownership, can lead by example and enjoy mentoring and inspiring other engineers. Your Experience 5+ years of engineering experience with a proven track record of building consumer web applications or services. Advanced programming skills developing using client-side Javascript and HTML/CSS. We welcome familiarity with asset building through pre-processors (LESS/SASS) and ES6. Familiarity with Single Page Application Frameworks (React, Angular, Backbone),  responsive design and MVC design patterns. Experience with Node.js and isomorphic rendering a plus. Strong understanding, building and debugging of scalable, high performance web applications built with reusability and componentization in mind. Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science or a related field preferred. You should be able to demonstrate superior understanding of CS fundamentals. NerdWallet is committed to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.