Frontend Developer - Bootstrap/Javascript

• Participate heavily in the brainstorming of UI/UX architecture and feature design
• Interface with external customers and key stakeholders to understand and document design requirements
• Work cross-functionally with Engineering, Data Science, Product, UX, BD, and Infrastructure teams
• Drive best coding practices across the company (i.e. documentation, code reviews, coding standards, etc)
• Perform security, legal, and license reviews of committed code
• Complete projects with little or no supervision from senior leadership

• Must have at least 2+ years experience in front-end web development with the following tools: HTML5, CSS, Webpack, Responsive web design, ReactJS (Components, Router, Redux, Flux, Chart Libraries i.e. Google Charts), Node.js, REST APIs, and other essential features)
• Built and deployed customer-facing services and products at scale
• Developed unit and integration tests
• Solid instruction-level understanding of Object Oriented design, data structures, and software engineering principles

• You have a strong background in natural language processing, statistical modeling, and/or machine learning
• Experience with open source projects in a startup environment
• Experience with large-scale distributed systems that have thousands of microservices and manages millions of transactions per day
• Worked on products where experimentation and data science are core to the development
• Experience with Python and API frameworks (Flask)
• BS, MS or equivalent

We are looking to hire an experienced AngularJS Developer to join our dynamic team. 

To ensure success as an AngularJS Developer, you should have extensive knowledge of theoretical software engineering, be proficient in JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, and have excellent project management skills. 

• Proficient understanding of Angular
• Experience of working on DOM based JavaScript frameworks.
• Experience with JavaScript, HTML, CSS and jQuery.
• Familiarity with ticketing tools JIRA & Trello.
  Excellent in analytical and multitasking skills.
• UX (Front-End) development.
• Ability to work with a team of developers, communicating professionally and effectively.

Proficient in ReactJS and its core principles such as state management, hooks, and component lifecycle

Strong understanding of JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and related web technologies

Experience with Redux or other state management libraries

Knowledge of modern front-end builds tools such as Webpack and Babel

Understanding of REST APIs and experience integrating them with a ReactJS front-end

Familiarity with Git and version control practices

Responsibilities:

Developing user-facing features using ReactJS

Building reusable UI components and libraries for future use

Ensuring the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs

Optimizing components for maximum performance across a wide range of devices and browsers

Collaborating with cross-functional teams to solve complex problems

Participating in code reviews and ensuring code quality through testing and debugging

Staying up-to-date with the latest industry trends and technologies related to ReactJS.

• Must-Know React, PHP, & JS
• Good with writing clean and efficient code
• Must use WordPress coding standards
• Decent knowledge of all technologies involved with developing WordPress plugins
• Basic knowledge of Photoshop for creating pixel-perfect HTML (if needed)
• Common sense & Troubleshooting mindset

Technical Skills: (must have)

• Excellent Angular 5+, NodeJS, Typescript programming skills

• Strong HTML/HTML5/JavaScript skills
• Sound understanding of MVC, MVVM, JSON, and data binding

• Hands-on experience with implementing Angular best practices (e.g. project structure, module organisation, naming convention, etc.)

• Hands-on experience with Web APIs (e.g. HTTP protocols, AJAX and REST)

• Hands-on experience of using browser events and various data types like arrays and objects, JSON, forms, closures and modules, including the use of debugging tools

• Hands-on with CSS3 and sound understanding of cross browser inconsistencies and responsive frameworks

• Experience in integrating with third party JavaScript libraries and frameworks like jQuery

• Experience with Templating

Additional Skills: (nice to have)

• Knowledge of standard authentication systems such as OAuth2, JWT and SSO

• Knowledge of WebSockets is an added advantage
• Experience with version controlling tools e.g. Git
• Experience with developing browser extensions

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES
Key accountability of Sr.FED will be to plan, develop, maintain and optimise codebase for web app and browser extensions of MyLOFT.

• Planning and Development
• Design Planning of the functional App in coordination with software development team
• Develop and Deliver front-end applications and browser extensions
• Develop and Integrate custom modules and components with functional app
• Writing tested, idiomatic, and documented JavaScript, HTML, and CSS
• Integrate existing template or pure HTML in angular
• Work closely with HTML developer and UI designer to deliver pixel perfect dynamic Frontend UI

• Work closely with back-end team to build and integrate REST API
• Integration with external web services e.g. Google APIs
• Testing and Maintenance
• Follow best practices for testing and maintenance to ensure that codebase is executable, readable and easy to maintain

• Ensure that security and versioning of the codebase is maintained
• Write and maintain technical documentation for ready reference
• Post Launch Optimisation
• Periodically participate in code review and refactoring to improve app performance
• Participate in user feedback sessions to identify and understand user requirements
• Beta/Marketability Tests (for POCs)
• Coordinate with development team to evaluate technical feasibility of new requirements
• Build prototypes/POCs
• Actively participate in relevant technical forums
• Participate in training and knowledge sharing initiatives

About Hop:

We are a London, UK based FinTech startup with a subsidiary in India. Hop is working towards building the next generation digital banking platform for seamless and economical currency exchange, with technology at the crux of it. In a technology driven era, many financial services platforms still lack the customer experience and are cumbersome to use. Hop aims at building a ‘state of the art’ tech-centric, customer focused solution.

moneyHOP is India’s first cross-border neo-bank providing millennials the ability to ‘Send’ & ‘Spend’ conveniently and economically across the globe using HOPRemit (An online remittance portal) and HOP app + Card (A multi-currency bank account).

This position is a crucially important position in the firm and the person hired will have the liberty to drive the product and provide direction in line with business needs.

About Individual

Looking for an enthusiastic individual who is passionate about technology and has worked with either a start-up or a blue-chip firm in the past.

The candidate needs to be a multi-tasker, highly self-motivated, self-starter and have the ability to work in a high stress environment. He/she should be tech savvy and willing to embrace new technology comfortably.

Ideally, the candidate should have experience working with the technology stack in the scalable and high growth mobile application software.

General Skills

• 3-4 years of experience in Frontend development.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Science, or equivalent practical experience.
• Exposure to Behaviour Driven Development and experience in programming and testing.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Good time management and organizational skills.
• Dependability
• Accountability and Ownership
• Right attitude and growth mindset
• Trust-worthiness
• Ability to embrace new technologies
• Ability to get work done
• Has good code reviewing skills for conformance.
• Has good software testing skills and good code writing skills.

Technical Skills

• Relevant work experience as a UI Developer. Proficient in JavaScript , ReactJS and/or Reactive Native, Angular , JQuery Experience with HTML, CSS, Knowledge of web services and related technologies (REST) Experience with Web Services and API integration
• Candidate should have a stronghold on HTML & CSS
• Can understand and troubleshoot REST APIs calls
• Database administration and management of a hosting environment such as AWS.
• Knowledge of SASS & LESS will be a plus as well
• Sound understanding of relational and non-relational DB systems such as MySQL, Postgres, MongoDB etc.
• Has experience dealing with JIRA (issue tracking tools), Confluence (knowledge management) tools.
• Experience with building and maintaining microservices.
• Experience with building and integrating the core system with external APIS.
• Good to have: Domain knowledge in the BFSI tech stack.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities 

1. Use JavaScript and cutting-edge JS frameworks to develop front end applications that follow industry-standard design patterns, development methodologies, and deployment models
2. Solve and articulate complex problems through application design, product development, and user experiences. 
3. Develop software used by people who are not software developers--ensure the exceptional software you create influences them to be exceptional professionals in their respective fields
4. Collaborate with other programmers and mentor junior engineers through the development process
5. Leverage the knowledge of your peers to better understand business trends, customer communities, and technology adoption patterns
6. Evolve your language skills in JavaScript by staying current with complementary programming languages, development methodologies, user interface design techniques, and database tools.

Responsibilities

• Developing new user-facing features using ReactJS
• 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
• Understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
• Building robust applications that can handle both unexpected errors and heavy load

• 3+years experience in Reactjs
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript and Typescript
• Strong Knowledge of Redux/React Context/Hooks
• Strong Knowledge of frontend end technologies such as HTML/CSS
• Experience developing with responsive applications
• Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token
• Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools like Webpack or Create React App
• Familiarity with Git