Frontend Developer

About the Role

We are seeking a creative and technically strong Frontend Developer with expertise in 3D animations to join our team. You will play a key role in building interactive, visually engaging, and high-performance web applications using modern frameworks and 3D libraries. This role involves close collaboration with designers, product managers, and backend engineers to deliver immersive digital experiences.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain responsive, user-friendly web applications.
• Implement 3D models, animations, and interactions using Three.js, WebGL, or Babylon.js.
• Collaborate with UI/UX designers to transform creative concepts into smooth, interactive experiences.
• Optimize performance for real-time rendering and animations across devices and browsers.
• Integrate backend APIs for data-driven 3D visualizations and dynamic content.
• Stay updated with the latest trends in frontend development, 3D frameworks, and animation tools.
• Ensure cross-browser compatibility, scalability, and maintainability of code.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional experience as a Frontend Developer.
• Strong proficiency in HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript (ES6+).
• Experience with React.js / Next.js (or other modern frontend frameworks).
• Hands-on expertise in 3D libraries: Three.js, WebGL, Babylon.js (or similar).
• Knowledge of animation frameworks: GSAP, Framer Motion, Anime.js.
• Strong understanding of rendering performance optimization (shaders, textures, lighting).
• Familiarity with design tools: Figma, Adobe XD, Blender, or similar.
• Excellent problem-solving, debugging, and communication skills.

• 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 the back-end
• Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders

• 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
• 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 Gimp or Photoshop is a plus.
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StoryXpress (a Techstars-backed company) is an end-to-end video platform and is an efficient and effective way of humanizing the way you promote and sell your product or services, and communicate with your customers. With a suite of professional video tools (Video Creator, Video Recorder, Video Hosting and Analytics, Video APIs, and SDKs), we help small and medium-sized businesses drive more revenue through the strategic use of video. Founded in 2014, StoryXpress has a rich community of 500K+ users including small enterprises to Fortune 500 companies.

What your role would be?

We are seeking a Front End Developer to join our core engineering team. Teams are explicitly small and built on mutual respect and high trust. It's not a fit for everyone, but when there's a fit, it’s one of the most rewarding places to work.

Job Responsibilities and Duties

We believe the best product is the one that helps users accomplish their goals while growing the business. To join us on this journey, you'll be required to:

• Build reusable code and libraries for future use.
• Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs.
• Optimize applications for performance and scalability.

Job Requirements:

You’ll thrive as a Front End Developer at StoryXpress if you:

• Have a good understanding of the core fundamentals of JavaScript
• Have 2+ years designing and implementing rich front-end experiences in React
• Are an expert in web technologies ( HTML5 | CSS3 | ES6 )
• Possess a thorough understanding of the MVC principle and JS design patterns
• Have experience with building user interfaces consuming data from REST APIs

Brownie points!

Your application would be seriously prioritized if you:

• Are a self-starter: you have started something on your own before - a startup, an open-source project, something else.
• Experienced in building and/or maintaining chrome extensions
• Indulged in projects around Data Visualization
• UX design principles and frameworks
• Are acquainted with testing frameworks and performance measurement tools

If you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications, you should still seriously consider applying. Studies show that you can still be considered for a role if you meet just 50% of the role’s requirements. We’re building a diverse team whose skills balance and complement one another.

Why work with us?

You'll love working and growing with StoryXpress if you are comfortable:

• With and curious about working outside of a traditional narrow engineering role.
• Engaging in collaborative problem-solving with your teammates.
• Moving fast: we build, solve problems quickly, and ship often!

Ready to apply?

Are you excited at the possibility of developing an already stellar team to meet the growing needs of our platform and business? Does this opportunity to be a part of one of our young and supportive teams and solve hard problems sound amazing to you? If you share our values and enthusiasm for empowering the world, we’d love to review your application!

Skills

• Have published at least one original React JS Application.
• Experience with third-party libraries and APIs
• Knowledge of REACT tools including React.js, Webpack, Enzyme, Redux, and Flux.

Roles 

Should be able to single-handedly build performant mobile apps on the React JS platform. You will be responsible for architecting and building these applications, as well as coordinating with the teams responsible for other layers of the product infrastructure. Building a product is a highly collaborative effort, and as such, a strong team player with a commitment to perfection is required.

Responsibilities 

• Build pixel-perfect, buttery smooth UIs across web platforms.
• Leverage APIs for deep integrations with web platforms.
• Diagnose and fix bugs and performance bottlenecks for performance that feels native.
• Writing application interface codes using JavaScript following react.js workflows.
• Maintain code and write automated tests to ensure the product is of the highest quality.
• Developing and implementing front-end architecture to support user interface concepts.
• Monitoring and improving front-end performance.

• Delivering a complete Front-end application
• Ensuring high performance on mobile and desktop
• Writing tested, idiomatic, and documented JavaScript, HTML and CSS
• Coordinating the workflow between the graphic designer, the HTML coder, and yourself
• Cooperating with the back-end developer in the process of building the web service/ application
• Communicating with external web services

Technical/Functional Skills:

• 3 to 5 yrs of experience working as an Angular Developer
• Experience in Angular 7,8,9 versions are mandated.
• Proficiency in CSS, HTML, javascript
• Experience on Multi-Language is preferable
• Knowledge on Arabic design is a plus
• Experience on Components based Architecture
• Experience on CSS Grids and Flex Layout mandatory
• Well versed with coding standards
• Be able to provide effort estimations based on the customer requirements
• Experience of implementing enterprise level Angular applications and the related Architecture
• Implementation knowledge on Agile, working experience on Continuous Integration (CI) process is required
• Experience of integration with SAP is highly desirable
• Working knowledge with databases ORACLE, SQL Server, mySQL
• Be hands-on technical and should work as either individual contributor or team member
• Must have knowledge in code version mechanism using tools like TeamCity, GitHub
• Knowledge on Agile scrum and waterfall methodology
• Optimizing performance of code and reviewing code of junior developers
• Work closely with the architecture team and provide architecture inputs
• Experience with understanding of mobile related frameworks like Cordova is a plus
• Comfortable dealing with APIs and utilizing oDATA/REST / JSON interfaces
• End-to-End experience - Discovery to Deployment of Angular applications Soft Skills Required
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Candidates should be independent thinkers, thought leaders, good presentation and communication skills and great at solving problems