Frontend Developer

About Plum

We are making health insurance - simple, accessible and affordable. Hundreds of businesses of all sizes from startups to large corporates trust Plum for their employee's health protection.

Healthcare in India is seeing a phenomenal shift. Healthcare cost is seeing an inflation that is three times the general inflation. Treatments of diseases including Covid-19 can wipe out entire household savings. Majority of Indians won't be able to afford a health insurance on their own. As many as 600mn Indians would depend on employer-sponsored insurance.

Enter Plum. Plum is re-imagining the health insurance stack, and accelerating the penetration of health insurance in India to 100%. Plum has forged new underwriting and fraud detection algorithms to enable companies as small as 2 to benefit from a group insurance. The platform enables realtime insurance design & pricing to enable companies to buy insurance in 3-clicks. And offers employees a hassle-free claims experience through an integrated digital process.

Plum is backed by leading global investors including Tiger Global, Sequoia Capital, Tanglin Ventures and Incubate Fund (read more https://www.plumhq.com/blog/plum-series-a-funding">here)

About the role

Having found exceptional product/market fit, we’re in the midst of transitioning from 'start-up' to ‘scale-up’, and looking for a senior frontend engineer to help us scale Plum, and spearhead the frontend of our product.

You will have a direct impact on the customer experience through the design and implementation of new features and functionalities in our product. You'll work as part of a small but rapidly growing high-energy team delivering incredible, creative improvements to our product. You'll be in charge of reviewing the implementation of applications following code standards and style guides. You would analyze and build UI Pattern Libraries (Design Systems, UI Kits, etc.)

• Spec, build, test, and deliver new features while improving the performance and quality of the product.
• Run test-harness to guarantee the structure, integrity, and design of the application.
• Solve complex CSS, HTML, and User Interface compatibility issues across browsers.
• Optimize JavaScript implementations to ensure that code remains performant.
• Implement front-end development workflows: build systems, dependency management, quality checkers (linting), etc.
• Ability to push things over the line, ship awesome features, and delight customers.

• 2+ years of hands-on experience building web applications with JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS.
• Comfortable with Responsive Web Design and Development and weave out beautiful code in React.
• Strong product and design sensibilities and has an obsessive attention to detail.
• Write testable, maintainable code that's easy to understand.
• Understand complex problems and break them down into smaller tasks.
• Strong sense of ownership and integrity demonstrated through clear communication and collaboration.

JOB OVERVIEW

Responsible for the front-end development of user interfaces ensuring an enhanced user experience. Follow

emerging trends, adhere to development best practices, and help make improvements to existing web pages,

emails, and all other user interfaces/experiences.

we will need some stronger UX skills to round out the rest of the team (comfortable working with figma and creating responsive/pixel perfect designs

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work in collaboration with Callaway Golf Designers to turn their vision into functional HTML templates

integrated into SAP Hybris across international sites and multiple brands

• Work in collaboration with backend developers to ensure proper implementation of website data and

functionality.

• Help manage projects through the design, development, and QA processes

• Continue to expand knowledge of new technologies, as well as strengthen current knowledge base

• Build responsive sites for mobile and desktop web experiences.

• Follow the latest advancements in front end technologies and techniques.

• Review code and mentor other developers on best-practices for front end development.

• Help import content and product data into sites using a multi-country model including localization and site[1]specific catalogs

• Help integrate images from digital asset management system

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES (Knowledge, Skills & Abilities):

• Experience developing web-based responsive applications

• Fluent in HTML/CSS/JavaScript and able to develop rich client experiences from mock-ups from the ground

up

• Experience using established CSS architecture patterns for code reuse and modularity such as BEM,

SMACSS and others

• Experience with CSS pre-processors such as LESS or SASS

• Experience building responsive templates using bootstrap

• Front end and visualization experience using JavaScript and extensive experience with jQuery Libraries,

React.js, underscore, or native JS for DOM manipulation.

• Experience using HTML markup languages such as JSTL to create high performing applications

• Experience with CMS platforms, such as WordPress, Shopify or Hybris

• Experience using web templating engines

• Extensive knowledge of respective browser compatibility issues (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Chrome).

• Experience integrating iframes

• Experience loading product and content data onto management tools

• Experience working with RESTful JSON Web Services is a plus

• Experience with front end build tools such as webpack, gulp, grunt, etc.

• Experience with development processes including git

• Experience in working with client and offshore team to ensure seamless delivery.

• Creative, artistic and understanding of how human interacts with computer

• An impeccable eye for detail with the ability to match your UI to any design in a cross-browser and device

environment

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with an affinity for problem-solving

• Ability to self-manage during projects and proactively raise issues/concerns to the team

• A desire to own a project from beginning to end, with a strong sense of pride in a job exceptionally done

• Good understanding of UI, cross-browser compatibility, general web functions, and standards.
• Ensuring the technical feasibility by communicating and co-ordinating with the UI/UX teams.
• Optimizing applications for maximum speed and scalability.
• Working closely with graphic designers and converting designs to visual elements.
•   Expertise and hands-on experience with Web Applications and programming languages such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Bootstrap.
•   Knowledge of using (Ex: advanced JavaScript libraries and frameworks such as Angular, NodeJS, ReactJS, VueJS, etc.).
•   Developing mobile and desktop responsive web applications.
•   Maintaining code integrity and organization.
•   Assisting in updating the application development policies to ensure that all future applications meet the latest technical requirements.
•   Collaborating with other team members and stakeholders for requirements.

Oddr is looking for a skilled frontend engineer to help us build modern web-based Cloud applications. The ideal candidate should be able to bring new ideas to the table and design and implement frontend components with a strong emphasis on their robustness, testability, re-usability, performance, and ease of maintenance. The candidate should demonstrate leadership qualities, be a self-motivated team player, and take pride in what they deliver.

The candidate should be interested in a long-term stable career to grow with our company. The candidate will need to work late night hours because of the geographic distribution of the team.

Technical Requirements:

• Strong understanding of React.js and its core principles
• Strong understanding of JavaScript/TypeScript, CSS, HTML, and other standard frontend technologies and tools
• Experience with frontend test automation frameworks and tools
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs
• Experience with modern authorization techniques like JWT
• Experience with monitoring and improving frontend performance
• General understanding and knowledge of the UI/UX best practices
• Ability to write clean, well-structured code with proper abstraction and re-usability
• Ability to work to tight deadlines, manage priorities, and take responsibility for delivering to time and quality requirements
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent problem-solving skills

Minimum qualifications required:

• Bachelor's degree or relevant certification from a reputable institute.
• 3-5 years of experience.

About Us:

Aakash EduTech Pvt. Ltd. (AEPL) is the digital learning arm of Aakash Education Services Ltd. (AESL). AEPL is a rock solid team of 800+ passionate individuals within 2 strong online learning brand names, under its umbrella:

Aakash Digital(digital.aakash.ac.in) geography access to education in the test-prep segment by removing barriers of geography, income, safety or time. Our unique digital offerings i.e. Aakash Live - live online classes, Aakash iTutor - recorded video lectures and Aakash Practest - integrated test series facilitate right guidance to students preparing for competitive exams from the safety and comfort of their homes. We have a reach in almost 7+ countries and 750+ cities world-wide.

Role Summary:

We are looking for a Front-End Web Developer who is motivated to combine the art of design with the art of programming together with our team of engineers.

The role includes translation of the UI/UX design wireframes to actual code that will produce visual elements of the application. It also includes Creating quality mockups and prototypes, ensuring high-quality graphic standards and brand consistency 

The  Candidate should be fluent in frontend language and also an exceptional problem solver with great communication skills 

What We Are Looking At :-

• Translate UI designs and wireframes into high quality code ensuring cross browser compatibility, responsiveness and performance
• Write semantic, modular front-end code using HTML5 and CSS3, CSS, and JavaScript
• Develop new user-facing features
• Designing, developing, and testing UI for mobile and web applications
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use
• Accurately translate user and business needs into functional frontend code

What Makes You Eligible :

Your Current Profile:

• Strong grasp of computer science fundamentals and excellent problem solving skills
• Good understanding of software engineering practices, Data Structures & Algorithms
• Good programming skills in JavaScript
• Expert in any one of the modern JavaScript MV-VM/MVC frameworks (AngularJS, JQuery, NodeJS, ReactJS/AngularJS/VueJS
• Strong sense of ownership and accountability
• 3-7 years of experience in product driven organisation

Qualification

• A Bachelors or Master's degree in engineering from a reputed institute

Your primary focus will be developing web applications and components. You'll implement them with the React.js framework, following generally accepted practices and workflows. You will ensure that you produce robust, secure, modular, and maintainable code. You will coordinate with other team members, including backend developers and UX/UI designers. Your commitment to team collaboration, good communication, and a quality product is crucial.

Day-to-day responsibilities include:

1. Developing new user-facing features using React.js and workflows like Redux.
2. Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use.
3. Translating designs and wireframes in high-quality code.
4. Optimising components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers.
5. Integrating APIs for complete functionality.
6. Write technical documentation.

Responsibilities include:

1. Experience developing desktop and mobile applications for a minimum of 2 years.

2. Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model

3. Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles

4. Should have experience with Redux and respective middlewares (eg. redux-thunk or redux-saga)

5. Familiarity with RESTful APIs

6. Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token

7. Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools

8. Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements

9. Knowledge of D3.js would be plus

Skills Required: HTML/CSS, Javascript, React.js, Redux.

Required Experience: 2 - 4 year of experience

We are looking for a great JavaScript developer with 4+ years of experience who is proficient with React.js. Your primary focus will be on developing user interface components and implementing them following well-known React.js workflows (such as Flux or Redux). 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. Therefore, a commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and quality products are very important.

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

● Optimizing components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers

Skills

● Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model

● Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles

● Experience with popular React.js workflows (such as Flux, Redux, or Redux Saga)

● Familiarity with newer specifications of EcmaScript ● Knowledge of Node.js is considered a big plus

● Knowledge of D3.js is considered a plus

● You are always mindful of quality attributes like maintainability, performance, security, scalability, usability, and testability. As a result, you have successfully contributed to the architecture and UI/UX proposals and decisions.

● Strong experience creating pixel perfect and responsive designs

● Strong CSS skills (SCSS / Styled-components)

● Experience with data structure libraries (e.g., Immutable.js)

● Knowledge of Reactjs functional components and react hooks.

● Familiarity with RESTful APIs

● Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token

● Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools

● Experience with common front-end development tools such as Babel, Webpack, NPM, etc.

● Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements

● A knack for benchmarking and optimization

● Familiarity with code versioning tools (such as Git)