Frontend Developer

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Collaborate with Project Manager or Project Consultant to develop front end of mobile and web application
• 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 RESTful API
• Collaborate with the stakeholders, the users, the build team and other development partners to implement state-of-the-art user experiences.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to analyze, design, and ship new features
• Participate actively in discussions, presentations and decisions about front end development, web application, mobile app etc.
• Act as the impulse by providing clear guidance to the team’s questions during implementation phases
• Implement new technologies to maximize application performance
• Work with outside data sources and APIs
• Work on bug fixing and improving application performance

KEY COMPETENCIES & SKILLS:

• Strong object-oriented JavaScript
• Flat box, material design concepts
• AngularJS, MVC frameworks – Angular
• CSS precompilers like Sass and LESS
• Skills in one or more chosen frameworks/libraries like jQuery or Bootstrap
• AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML)
• HTML 5, CSS Modules, Web pack, Babel, npm
• jQuery, jQueryUI, RequireJS, doT.js (Templating Engine)
• Able to integrate existing API (REST)
• Understanding of java web application technology stack (core Java, spring core, Spring MVC, Hibernate, REST)
• Git/GitHub, Continuous integration using maven & Jenkins
• Integrate applications with network systems, servers and databases.
• Troubleshoot problems with application development and use
• Excellent conceptual, and critical thinking capabilities
• Self-directed and self-motivated with the ability to take charge or play a supporting role
• Strong understanding of product development
• Clear written and verbal communications skills (English), including presentation skill
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) is required.

We are looking for a Front-End Web Developer who is motivated to combine the art of design with the art of programming. Responsibilities will include translation of the UI/UX design wireframes to actual code that will produce visual elements of the application. You will work with the UI/UX designer and bridge the gap between graphical design and technical implementation, taking an active role on both sides and defining how the application looks as well as how it works.

• 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 back-end
• Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders
• Experience of theme design on the WordPress CMS is mandatory.

• 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

Note: Every front-end developer is expected to have a proficient knowledge of JavaScript, while most front-end developers should know jQuery.

• Good understanding of (Depending on the specific case, a developer should have the knowledge of advanced JavaScript libraries and frameworks, such as AngularJS, KnockoutJS, BackboneJS, ReactJS, DurandalJS etc.)
• 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 as Gimp or Photoshop is a plus.

Note: A UI/UX designer is expected to deliver finished resources for the developer to incorporate into the app. However, quite often a front-end web developer needs to make some small adjustments.

• Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as (Git / Mercurial / SVN)
• Good understanding of SEO principles and ensuring that application will adhere to them.

Who are we?  

Whatfix is the #1 Digital Adoption Platform (DAP) for Enterprises. We are disrupting the way Learning, Training and Application Support content is consumed. We provide large enterprises with a SaaS platform that helps accelerate product adoption and reduce support & training efforts by providing contextual and step by step guidance inside any web application at the exact time a task is being performed. The product has redefined the way companies onboard, train, and provide support to users. 

 

What sets us apart from the rest?

With over 100 of the Fortune 500 companies already onboard as customers, Whatfix has been named among the top 20 B2B tech companies alongside the likes of Adobe, PayPal, and Cisco.

With a YoY growth of 300%, we have also been recognized among the top 50 fastest growing SaaS companies worldwide in the SaaS 1000 list and as a Market Leader by Gartner in the Digital Adoption space. 

We are pleased to have an Employee rating of 4.6 on https://www.glassdoor.co.in/Reviews/Whatfix-Reviews-E1016569.htm" target="_blank">Glassdoor and our Customer obsession can be seen in our reviews on platforms like https://www.g2.com/products/whatfix/reviews" target="_blank">G2 Crowd & https://www.gartner.com/reviews/market/customer-communications-management-software/vendor/whatfix/product/whatfix" target="_blank">Gartner Peer Insights.

The employees are happy, the customers are happy, but what about the investors? Take a look for yourself - http://www.sequoiacap.com/" target="_blank">Sequoia Capital || http://www.stellarisvp.com/whatfix-what-we-learnt-from-series-a-to-series-b-in-a-saas-business/" target="_blank">Stellaris || https://blogs.cisco.com/innovation/tomorrows-customer-experience-why-cisco-invested-in-whatfix" target="_blank">Cisco || https://eightroads.com/en/news/our-investment-in-whatfix" target="_blank">Eight Roads || http://www.helionvc.com/blog/we-are-pleased-collaborate-whatfix.html" target="_blank">Helion Ventures

 

“Hustle Mode ON” is something we live by.

 

Our Team:

The Engineering team at Whatfix provides end-to-end engineering throughput that forms part of core platforms and services that drive Whatfix's business.

Our team is responsible for creating the Customer Platform and everything around it - be it Analytics, Infrastructure, or Core Algorithms. The team owns and is responsible for all pieces that we design, build and support end to end for Whatfix product/ business.

Our product is built around a core of JAVA with enterprise businesses using the Whatfix system. On a monthly basis, millions of interactive guides are processed. Building, testing, and deploying to any of our environments are as simple as pushing a commit to a git branch. We like to keep our technology up-to-date. All of the technology is built and maintained by this small development team, so from day 1, the software you write will be used by people from all over the world.  

 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design and develop highly scalable, reliable, and fault-tolerant systems for one of the world’s fastest-growing startups
• Work with business to define requirements
• Perform technical design and hands-on coding for development and enhancement efforts
• Develop new user-facing features
• Building reusable code and libraries for future use
• Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs
• Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability
• Assure that all user input is validated before submitting to back-end services
• Promote best practices in design and coding
• Conduct design and code reviews
• Understand the customer needs & implement
• Articulate complex problems communicating viable architecture and design approaches in a clear and concise manner
• Enhance the agile SDLC within the Development Team through new learning, continued growth, and applying industry best practices and processes
• Occasionally participate in customer demos & provide inputs wherever required
• Keep optimizing & automating mundane tasks

 

You'll be a core member of the team.

 

Individual growth is important to us. We schedule time every week to explore an interest or learn something new. Team members have also used it to do everything from learning new algorithms to playing with the new framework, to exploring what the new analytics layer could be used for. We also take some time each day to discuss what we're working on, and even pair programs to teach each other about parts of the codebase. There's no risk of stagnation in this job, you would still be hands-on after a few years.

 

REQUIREMENTS:

We are looking for a Front-End Engineer to help us scale and go deep on our technical capabilities.

• 4 -12 years of professional front-end development experience
• Hands-on experience with Front end technologies - JavaScript, Typescript, HTML, CSS
• Experience with React Ecosystem (React Router, Styled-components, Server-side rendering, Context API, React Hooks) is strongly preferred
• Experience with state management libraries such as Redux is a huge plus.
• Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around such issues
• Experience in backend programming languages such as Java is strongly preferred 
• Experience in building Web applications using frameworks like Spring, Microservice architecture
• Work experience, preferably from internet companies, products, or startups
• Expertise in design principles and their application
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Fast Learner & a Team Player

 

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

 

About KAFQA:

At Kafqa, we are building the next generation performing arts platform. Our mission is to transform how India
learns, performs & watches performing arts. Our launch services consist of technology-enabled dance and
theatre classes in our proprietary studios, production facilities and social media broadcasting & competitions.

Founder & Team:
The founder is Shariq Plasticwala. He is a graduate of IIT Bombay & Stanford GSB. He was part of the
founding team of Amazon India where he played a key role for over 8 years. Among his roles at Amazon, he
was the CEO of Amazon’s first joint venture in India and a Board Member of Amazon’s payments business. The
other members of the founding team consisted of senior executives from Shiamak Davar & Byju’s.
Role

We are looking for an experienced Front-end engineer with ReactJS development experience to join our team.

Here’s are some of the things you might have to do on any given day:

● Implement responsive and performant UIs with a user-centered approach with frontend technologies
including ReactJS, Javascript(ES 6), Typescript, SCSS, etc
● Write meaningful test cases for frontend
● Mentor fellow team members

Ideal Background / Experience:
● At least 5+ years of diverse experience in web development for product or services oriented
environment with exposure to working production deployments
● Expertise in programming using Angular/ReactJS or similar UI frameworks
● In-depth exposure to technologies used in web-based products, including REST APIs

Nice to have exposure to any of
● WebRTC based products
● Google APIs
● NodeJS / ExpressJS

Your responsibilities:

• You will be working together with fellow junior and senior Frontend developers, helping to improve the group's skill level and exchanging new ideas.
• On a daily basis, you write JavaScript/Typescript/ES6/Angular/React and HTML5, CSS3 (SASS/LESS/Stylus)
• Closely collaborate with designers and the rest of the technical team (Backend, DevOps, QA) to make sure we’re all aligned.
• You will manage projects with open-source JavaScript and TypeScript libraries and frameworks (we're big on React and Angular), and explore new technologies (GraphQL, AppSync, Apollo).
• Code reviews are, of course, a part of your responsibilities as well as providing high-quality work.
  
  

What it takes to excel in this role

• Strong core JavaScript and TypeScript
• Minimum 4 years experience in front end development
• 5+ years of JavaScript development experience
• Minimum of 2 years of experience with either, Angular 5+ or React
• Experience with Webpack/Grunt/Gulp or other automated build tools
• Experience with Jasmine/Jest or other JavaScript testing frameworks and tools
• Strong Experience with HTML, CSS, SASS/LESS/Stylus
• Experience with JSON, REST, Web Services
• Experience with working in an Agile environment
• Good communication(in English) and consultancy skills
• Affinity for working in a flexible, diverse and fast growing environment
• Proactive mindset focused on teamwork and continuous improvement - we want to grow together with you
  
  

Bonus

• Experience with AWS
• Experience with React Native
• Experience with GraphQL, PWA, NodeJS

Responsibilities

As a Frontend Developer (Next.js) you will be responsible for -

•  Building the Complete UI/UX of our web application from scratch.
• Work closely with the Backend Engineer to integrate the algorithmic output from the backend REST APIs.
• Work closely with the product owners to create dynamic infographics with intuitive user controls.
• Work closely with our web Designer for bringing design to life.
• Participate in UAT, troubleshoot, bugs and application integration issues
• Create and maintain documentation related to the developed processes and applications

Qualification & Experience

• 2-3 years of demonstrable experience designing, building and working as a Next.js Developer for enterprise web application
• Ideally, this would include the following:
• Expert-level proficiency with Next.js and all its concepts
• Expert-level proficiency with JavaScript (ES6), HTML5 & CSS
• Expert-level proficiency with ReactJS and all its concepts like Hooks and Redux
• Familiarity with Python, Django, and Django Rest Framework
• Understanding of REST concepts and interacting with REST APIs
• Deep understanding of a few UI concepts:
• Cross-browser compatibility and implementing the responsive web design
• Familiarity with common JS visualization libraries built using D3, Chart.js, Highcharts, etc.
• Understanding of Next.js coding Standards
• Experience working with UX designers and bringing design to life
• In addition, the ideal candidate would have great problem-solving skills and familiarity with code versioning tools such as Github

Responsibilities -
• Developing eCommerce sites on Shopify platform
• Migrating websites from other eCommerce platforms to Shopify
• Extending Shopify’s functionalities to next level using storefront APIs, liquid programming, meta fields, etc
• Integrating third-party and platform supported apps in the sites
• Setting up payment integration, shipping methods and taxes in Shopify platform
• Page speed optimization of Shopify sites
• Implementing SEO/CRO best practices in Shopify sites
• Transforming complex layout PSDs into pixel-perfect presentation-layer HTML5/CSS3     templates
• Creating responsive website designs
• Working under tight deadlines
• Handling multiple projects at the same time
• Producing high quality of work with a strong focus on detail
• Thoroughly QA work prior to submission

As a Frontend Developer here, you’ll be part of our experience team, building the best experience in the business for our customers. The work of this team contributes to top and bottom line, as well as the long-term vision of the brand. This team is critical to the success of our business. Your responsibilities • You will be expected to build web applications using technologies and frameworks such as React, Angular, Node etc • You will be expected to contribute actively to development. • You will be managing people working mainly on frontend technologies. Good if you can manage backend folks as well. • You will ensure that the quality of your team is up to the mark. • You will expected to guide your team, and set standards and best practices. • You are expected to regularly coach and guide your people, and help them achieve and deliver their best. • You are expected to know how to build great, responsive user experiences • You’re able to work well with other team members and have excellent written & oral communication skills       Skill Sets we are looking for • React, React Native, React.JS • Javascript, HTML, CSS • Decent knowledge of operating system basics • Decent knowledge of networking basics • You’ve worked with system infrastructure - Linux and understand basic system administration • Experience with Git / Bitbucket / Git Prime, Continuous Integration & Continuous Delivery • Experience with Refactoring and Testing frameworks on Front-end •  You’re able to work well with other team members and have excellent written & oral communication skills • You can take direction, but are a self starter, and take initiative to solve problems • You constantly keep yourself up-to-date with the industry   Bonus points for • Hands on with React, React Native • Proficiency in OOPs and Design patterns • Spring/Hibernate or similar MVC and ORM frameworks • Databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, ElasticSearch, MongoDB etc. • Good understanding of Restful APIs applications, microservices • Willingness to work with legacy systems • Good understanding of basic system infrastructure / administration & Linux systems • Contribution to open source projects • Experience with Amazon Web Services, esp. Compute and Data Stores • Knowledge of Dockerization, Caching, Replication, Cloud services, Scaling, Queuing systems, Web architecture, Config management and metrics & logging systems.

RESPONSIBILITIES:  1. Full ownership of Website right from driving product decisions to architect to release. 2. Develop cutting edge user experience and build cutting edge technology solutions like instant messaging in poor networks, live-discussions, live-videos optimal matching & offline personalization. 3. Deep diving into performance, power management, memory optimization & network connectivity optimization for the next Billion Indians. 4. Orchestrating complicated workflows, asynchronous actions, and higher order components.  5. Work directly with Product and Design teams. REQUIREMENTS:  1. Should have Hacked some (computer or non-computer) system to your advantage. 2. Built and managed any Website with over 1 million Monthly Visitors.  3. Strong application architectural experience.  4. Strong experience in memory management, performance tuning and resource optimizations. 5. PREFERENCE - If you are a woman or an ex-entrepreneur or having a bachelors degree from IIT/BITS/NIT. 6. Should have Proficient experience with ReactJs & Redux. It would be great if you have experience with: Progressive WebApps or  Experience with content sites / SEO pages.  Familiarity with UI-mockup tools, LESS, and tools like Grunt. P.S. If you don't fulfill one of the requirements, you need to be exceptional in the others to be considered.

myU is a school communication and announcement tool. It acts as an internal social network for each school composed of students, faculty members, clubs and organizations. The app makes it easy to connect with anyone in the school community, and makes communications real-time and sharing fun. myU is ideal for a faculty member wanting to send a class announcement to students, an organization looking to promote its events and activities, or a student looking to ask about a missing homework, an exam date or to speak their mind to their peers at school. myU is a smartphone app that runs on iOS and Android devices, and acts as a third party cloud based service. The technology requires no integration with the school’s systems.