Frontend Developer

Job Responsibilities:

• Work closely with the marketing team to build high conversion landing pages. Maintain and improve our marketing codebase
• Contribute ideas and efforts to improve the quality and efficiency of the marketing workflows
• Write code using agile methods and tools. Plan, create, and execute (manual and automated) frontend tests.
• Staying up to date with current technologies and providing insights on cutting-edge software approaches, architectures, and vendors

Required Skills:

• Minimum 2-4 years of experience in Front-end development.
• Fluency in HTML, CSS, JS, jQuery, Bootstrap
• Good knowledge of Node.js and Rest APIs
• Experience in page speed optimization 
• Experience in writing responsive and cross-browser compatible frontend code
• Good understanding of the modern frontend ecosystem.
• Strong problem-solving skills. Willingness to learn and ability to flourish in a dynamic, high-growth, entrepreneurial environment
• You are a self-starter, capable of working independently.
• True love for technology and what you do. 
• Maniacal attention to detail. 

Good to have:

• Experience in WordPress theme development
• Understanding of basic technical SEO principles
• Knowledge of a frontend framework like Angular

About company

It is a fast-growing SaaS startup in the customer onboarding category and has raised $21M in capital (https://twitter.com/RocketlaneHQ/status/1483821563195850753">we rapped about it!) from global VCs such as 8VC, Nexus Venture Partners, Matrix Partners India, and super angels like Gokul Rajaram and Girish Mathrubootham.

Thanks to the rapid early traction and customer love the product has garnered globally from the likes of LinkSquares, AppCues, ContractPodAI, Chargebee, parcelLab, etc., we have been recognized as a Leader in the Client Onboarding category on G2 within six months of product launch.

With a mission to deliver chaos-free, consistent, accelerated, and delightful customer journeys through its purpose-built software the company was founded in April 2020 by second-time entrepreneur trio - Srikrishnan, Vignesh, and Deepak. Previously, the trio built a successful in-app messaging startup that was acquired by Freshworks (NASDAQ: FRSH) in 2015.

We became the https://www.producthunt.com/posts/rocketlane"> #1 Product of the Day on Product Hunt on the day we launched it. We are now building a global and diverse workplace that will empower passionate problem-solvers to innovate, collaborate, do their best work, and see the next phase of hyper-growth together!

What’s the opportunity?

Are you a front-end developer looking to fast-track your learning and growth? Have you looked at world class products like Asana, Notion, or Airtable, and felt “I wish I were part of the early team that built these products”?

We’re a team that has previously built and rolled out globally successful SaaS products used by tens of thousands of customers. We’re laser focused on delivering a world class new product again, and looking for an ambitious front-end engineer to join our existing team of 9 engineers.

If it excites you to think of a fast paced start-up environment, building something big from scratch, breaking down new problems, creating well structured UI components, executing on pixel perfect design, paying great attention to every little interaction detail, and doing demos of your work every Friday with a happy and passionate team, then this is the right opportunity for you.

Some of the tech problems you get to work-on as a front-end developer would include building real-time collaboration experiences across our product, building live document editing and modern spreadsheet experiences from scratch, creating flexible new Kanban-style views of work tasks, and crafting cool new UI components and interactions that we will use across our product.

About you:

• Knowledge in the following areas
  • React
  • SPA Framework patterns
• Hands-on experience in HTML, CSS, SASS & Object Oriented Javascript
• Worked with features provided by browsers (Caching / Storage / Compatibility etc )
  
  

Nice to have:

• Familiarity with AWS
• Experience with startups or early stage teams
• Knowledge of module bundlers like Webpack

What’s in it for me?

• Great opportunity: Rocketlane genuinely cares about everyone we hire. You’ll learn new things and grow no matter how experienced you are; you will be working with founders who have more than three decades of collective experience in building significant B2B SaaS startups.
• Great team: Work with a world-class, high-velocity team that truly embodies the values of empathy, curiosity, and customer-centricity. Check out the https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=rocketlane_meet_the_team">MTT(Meet The Team) videos on our LinkedIn.
• Great culture: An open, fun, and exciting startup culture that empowers its people to champion big problems with the freedom to think and innovate.
• Growth: You could easily and quickly transition into other sales roles you might like.
• Impact: You get to be part of a global, passionate team in a fast-paced and growth-oriented environment. The team has a work philosophy of being high on ambition, ownership, and a bias for action.
• Monetary rewards and benefits: Competitive salary, flexible leave policy, and more!

Responsibilities:

• Develop high-quality, reusable, and efficient frontend components using React.js.
• Collaborate closely with UI/UX designers and backend developers to translate design concepts into functional interfaces.
• Participate in architectural discussions and contribute to the overall frontend design and development strategy.
• Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability, ensuring exceptional performance across various devices and browsers.
• Identify and address performance bottlenecks, troubleshooting and debugging frontend-related issues as they arise.
• Stay current with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies, and recommend their incorporation into projects when applicable.
• Mentor and provide guidance to junior developers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development.
• Collaborate with the QA team to ensure the delivery of high-quality software through rigorous testing and code reviews.
• Contribute to the documentation of frontend architecture, coding standards, and best practices.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• Minimum of 3 years of professional experience as a React Developer.
• Strong proficiency in React.js and its core principles, with a solid understanding of state management (e.g., Redux) and component lifecycle.
• Proficiency in JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3, Bootstrap, JQuery with an eye for design and user experience.
• Knowledge of version control systems, particularly Git.
• Ability to write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

The ideal candidate will have deep experience in * Code documentation skills

* HTML, CSS and Javascript (ES6+)

* React + Typescript

* Redux

* At least 2 of the following:

Material-ui

Tailwind

Bootstrap

Antd

SASS/SCSS including functions, mixins, etc..

Nice to have knowledge of:

* Redux Toolkit

* Redux saga

* date-fns

* @react/testing-libaray * creating npm modules * storybook

Qualifications:

* 2+ years of experience as React developer

* Ability to create project from scratch with maintainable code

* Willing to own a project and manage small team of developers * Strong communication and Creative thinking

Notes:

* Candidates with portfolio of their work (even worked at other companies or as a freelancer) will be given preference

* We do not like to micro-manage people, so only apply if you can take responsibilities and willing to come up with some innovative ideas.

• Integrate data from various back-end services and databases
• Gather and refine specifications and requirements based on technical needs
• Create and maintain software documentation
• Stay plugged into emerging technologies/industry trends and apply them into operations and activities

What are we looking for in the Ideal Candidate?

• Proficient in creating Web (Responsive) applications using Angular 8+, AngularJS/ React JS, JavaScript, JQuery.
• Experience developing/consuming REST APIs
• Knowledge of multiple back-end languages (e.g. Python) and JavaScript frameworks (e.g. Node.js)
• Familiarity with databases (e.g.MSSQL, MySQL), and UI/UX design
• Hands-on experience with code versioning systems like Git, SVN.
• A clear understanding of client requirements & design specifications
• Aggressive problem diagnosis and creative problem-solving skills
• Ability to work and thrive in a fast-paced environment, learn rapidly, and master diverse web technologies and techniques.

Attributes:

• Team player, Positive Attitude
• Proven ability to work well with others in a fast-paced, iterative product definition and development environment.
• Able to work independently with little direct supervision and take initiative and willing to mentor and solve problems

Job responsibilities

·        Understand the current technical architecture including constraints related to platforms, standards and skillsets.
·        Review and integrate all application requirements, including functional, integration, security, performance, quality, and operations.
·        Review designs, documents and have hands-on coding exp.
·        Follow up the activities and team commitments to deliver the right solution at the right time.
·        Review and integrate the technical architecture requirements for the development and make all final decisions regarding system software.
·        Follow and adopt approaches, methodologies, and SDLC standards.
·        Apply techniques and skills required to identify a root cause of a given software integration issue.
·        Escalate encountered technical software issues to project leadership in a timely fashion and respond back consistently on time.
·        Acts as the technical subject matter expert for a product domain and the technical leader within a team
·        Leads and sets the direction for design and implementation of software features/functionality, correction of defects and/or creation of new products
·        Applies advanced systems analysis techniques to evaluate newly created code
·        Provides thought leadership and innovation within a technical domain

.       documents and communicates on complex technical topics outside the immediate development team

Qualifications:

·        Bachelor/Master’s degree in CS or Computer Engineering required
·        5+ years of programming experience in web applications development
·        Hands on Angular development experience 
·        Working knowledge of HTML and CSS
·        Working knowledge in Designing, Developing, and Deploying RESTful web services and other Web APIs.
·        Deep knowledge of Web Application Architecture and Object oriented design. Should have practical knowledge of design on more than two web applications.
·        Should be able to technically lead a small group of members