Frontend Developer

60 Decibels is a tech-powered impact measurement company that makes it easy to listen to the people who matter most. We've been in business as an independent entity since early 2019, when we spun out of the global Impact Investor Acumen.

We believe that the best way to understand social impact is by talking to the people experiencing that impact. It sounds obvious when you say it, but that is not the typical practice for many impact investors, corporations and foundations working to create social change. 

We collect social impact data directly from beneficiaries (customers / employees / suppliers) using our network of 1000+ trained research assistants in 75+ countries. We do it quickly and without the fuss typically associated with measuring social impact. Our research assistants speak directly to customers to understand their lived experience; and our team turns all this data into benchmarked social performance reports, with accompanying insights, to help our clients demonstrate and improve social performance. 

By making impact measurement simple, scalable, and comparable, we not only enable organizations to improve their products and services; we also help transform what it means to credibly measure impact, ensuring that the voices of those who matter most are always part of the story.

About the role: 

You’ll be an early engineer in a newly formed engineering team. This is a unique opportunity for you to learn, build, demonstrate, and subsequently own diverse components of our tech stack and evolve as we scale our business. As a core engineer in a small team, the role demands a high degree of self-drive and ownership, on a path to achieving outsized impact.

Your Primary Responsibility Will Be:

1) To advance our Integrated Data Capture And Insights Platform

2) To advance our web-based consumer products

In this role, you will:

• Work with a diverse multidisciplinary team across Engineering, Product & Operations, to translate product specs into clean, functional, production-ready code.
• Participate actively in defining of the systems architecture vision to better support our team’s needs
• Grow our technical capacity by mentoring other engineers and interviewing candidates
• Collaborate with team members to identify systems, practices & technologies that suit our needs the best
• Seek, learn, adopt and advocate industry best practices. Contribute towards the engineering culture
• Troubleshooting coding problems quickly and efficiently to ensure a productive workplace

About You: First and foremost, you bring compassion and dedication to this work because it matters to you.

You are a pragmatic and product-driven engineer who is interested in solving user problems and delivering value while taking into account tradeoffs between Business and Tech. You have a bias towards action: you get your hands dirty and actively tackle problems in a way that leads to the best outcomes and brings teams together. You successfully balance flexibility and rigour, using informed judgment to make decisions. You model critical thinking and introspection, taking strategic risks and growing from mistakes. You are decisive and bold, have a growth mindset, are an excellent communicator, and know the value of being a part of an effective team

Minimum Qualification:

• 4+ years of experience in software engineering building SaaS platforms & products, particularly frontend development
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript (ES6+), HTML, CSS and React. Working knowledge of other frameworks is desirable.
• Proficient in software design, modularity, testability and software quality
• Fast self-learner, with the willingness & interest to learn new technologies, languages & frameworks
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills

Additional desired qualifications:

• 4-7 years of overall experience in software engineering either as a Frontend engineer or a Fullstack engineer, with significant frontend experience
• Deep understanding of integrating with a variety of backends and APIs (ReST, GraphQL). Experience with node/Python/RubyOnRails is desirable
• Strong flair for usability, consistency, and balancing aesthetics with functional design.
• Experience working with data-intensive applications and data-visualisation libraries such as Chart.js, and D3.js is desirable
• Expertise in building debugging, improving the performance of web applications

Working with 60 Decibels

We are a fun, international and highly-motivated team who believes that team members should have the opportunity to expand their skills and career in a supportive environment. We offer a competitive salary, the opportunity to work flexibly and in a fun, supportive working environment. If this sounds like the role for you, get in touch!

60 Decibels is deeply committed to having a workplace that is inclusive and anti-discriminatory. We believe that our team must embody the compassion, listening, and sense of shared humanity that is so central to our goal as an organization. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation age, marital status, veteran status, or disability.

As a growing company, we are building towards a more universally accessible workplace for our employees. At this time, we do use some cloud-based technologies that are not compatible with screen readers and other assistive devices. We would be happy to discuss accessibility at 60 Decibels in greater depth during the recruitment process.

 About our team and our culture: we are a fun and hardworking global team that is full of smart, mission-driven folks who combine an entrepreneurial spirit with a commitment to make a positive change in the world.  

We consistently hear from our clients that the best thing about 60 Decibels is the people. To get a feel for our slightly nerdy, not-take-ourselves-too-seriously vibe, check out our monthly newsletter, The Volume.

Compensation: 60 Decibels offers a competitive salary and benefits package and the opportunity to work in a flexible, fun and supportive environment. The salary range will be adjusted according to costs of living in our country offices. 

Extra Perks: We have an unlimited leave policy and 12 monthly recharge days, on the first Friday of each month. We are a globally distributed team and we give team members opportunities to cross-pollinate and visit our different offices. 

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> Visit our website at 60decibels.com.

> Read about our team values here. 

Is software engineering your passion? Are you always hungry for challenges? Do you like to take risks?  Do you always crave to learn more and more? Do you like to help others solve their problems? Do you like to solve complex problems by simple methods?

• Culture to promote learning and growth by relentless focus on innovation.
• A team of aces to work with
• Streamlined engineering processes woven around Agile methodology with the help of tools
• Design led engineering focus
• Opportunity to work on B2B and B2C products in various domains like healthcare & education

• Opportunity to work on cutting edge technologies 

You have:

• Proficiency in Angular 4+, Typescript, JavaScript, JQuery, HTML/CSS
• Thorough understanding of OOJS & commonly used design principles and design patterns
• Working knowledge of State management using NgRxState management & custom npm packages
• Hands on ES6 features to reduce code and keep code clean
• Working knowledge of RxJS
• Working experience in writing automated unit tests using Jasmine, Mocha or any other similar framework.
• Experience of integrating RESTful Web APIs in Web Application.
• Written efficient and production ready code
• Working experience building high performance and scalable applications
• Ability to troubleshoot and debug application for functional and common problems
• At least 6 years of experience in software development 
• Knowledge of databases - NoSQL or RDBMS. 
• Experience working with version control like Git / Bitbucket
• Experience working in Agile Scrum Methodology
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills 

• Experience working on Web APIs
• Working knowledge of modern programming/scripting languages and runtime environments including node.js, Python/Ruby/Java, and experience in mid-tier web services development.
• Experience building proof of concepts, architecting new systems, and improving existing systems to solve business problems and support scaling
• Exposure to various tools that help in maintaining code quality like SonarQube
• Exposure with Atlassian JIRA application lifecycle management tool
• Exposure to Cloud Platforms like Azure or AWS or GCP

Key Result Areas: 

• Build world class Webapps for the Ola Electric ecosystem.
• Work on a full product development lifecycle from requirement gathering, product design, development, to roll out and maintenance
• Effectively collaborate with multiple teams and stakeholders including product and design
• Own the delivery of multiple features of the product end to end 
• Advocate best development practices such as continuous integration/continuous delivery, automation (testing and infrastructure) and code modularity, extensibility, quality
• Experience in building Websites from Scratch is a big plus

Key Skills Required: 

• Min 3+ Years in Web Application Development
• Write clean, solid and testable code while keeping the user experience fast and reliable
• Strong understanding of HTML, CSS, JS, JQuery, Reach, Redux 
• Proficient in Web Interface designing
• Experience in developing reusable UI components
• Deep functional knowledge or hands on design experience with Web Services 
• Strong grasp of security principles and how they apply to E-Commerce websites.

1. Hands on Expert in UI/Front End Engineering/Development specifically React,
2. Redux, NodeJs who can code, design and own front end development and code.
3. Experience in React v16, Reach Redux, React Fibre and JavaScript advance (ES6+),
4. Experience in Advance State Management [Example: Redux, Mobx, RxJs, GraphQL etc]
5. Good experience on UI framework like Angular JS/ Vue JS/ Ext JS/jQuery/ React JS or equivalent SPA framework
6. Experience in HTML5, Javascript CSS3, ExpressJs, GraphQL
7. Strong understanding of Rest APIs, Web Sockets, Service Workers, HTTP/S Protocol, Web Security and Cloud Infrastructure, CI/CD, Web Packaging and Optimization, UX and Styling.
8. Expertise in Advance Java-Scripts
9. Knowledge and experience with Data Structure and Design methodologies.
10. Problem solving skill
11. Good experience working in Agile/Scrum teams
12. Good written and verbal communication skills.

Work Nature:

1. Understanding Business Requirements and converting those requirement in to Web Pages using HTML, CSS, JS and Photoshop/Illustrator.

2. Should have minimum 5 Web Page Designed/Shipped/Live

3. Can mentor/lead junior webpage designers regarding best practices

Desired Traits

1. Coachable, Flexible, and Embracing of Suitable Practices and Feedback as a means of
continuous improvement.

2. Ability to take initiative and work independently as well as in a team environment.

3. Able to demonstrate Integrity, Drive, and Natural Curiosity.

4. Experience in a good web agency is a plus.