Frontend Developer

JOB PROFILE: - SOFTWARE ENGINEER TRAINEE

Experience with Web fundamentals like HTML5, JavaScript, CSS3, and JSP, etc.

Good understanding of Object-Oriented JavaScript (OOJS), ES6,

Hands-on exp in Web app development using modern client-side MVC frameworksusing ReactJS

Thorough understanding of ReactJs and its core principles

Experience with common front-end development tools such as Babel, Webpack, NPM,etc.

Experience developing custom reusable components in ReactJS

Proficient understanding of unit testing using JavaScript test frameworks like JEST

Experience integrating REST APIs

Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements

About us:
Equal parts creative agency, engineering firm, and consultancy, Grappus has a reputation of doing things differently. We work with brands big and small, far and wide, helping them understand, prototype and deploy a broad range of custom tech. We value design and we cringe at bad UX. Each project is a clean slate, we don’t have frameworks, or any pre-made formulas. We’re not here to just grow big, make money and win awards. We’re here to crack the process of building truly innovative products from scratch. Products that make people say ‘damn’.

People at Grappus usually experience a highly accelerated career growth well beyond the narrow constraints of their ‘job description’. Here, the growth ladder is tailored to you. It operates exactly as fast as you can manage to grow. We think it's a waste when smart people are unable to make an impact. Our aim is to unleash your potential by giving you massive challenges and the freedom to solve them.

We’re in a fluid world, where we don’t know what technologies we’ll use next, or the projects we’ll work on. We’re actively searching for ways to shine a light on our blind spots, whether it is in the products we want to build, the problems we like to solve, or the company culture we try to create. That’s what makes life at Grappus so exciting. Grappus is an ongoing experiment and you are a part of it. We'll be a different company a few years from now because you are going to change it for the better. We can’t wait to see where you take us.

About the role:
We are seeking a Sr. Frontend Developer who has a knack for coming up with creative solutions to unique problems, planning development cycles and writing technical documentation while leading a team of developers. You can get in where needed to write clean, reusable, and performant code, with creative sensibilities to push projects towards perfection. You should have good time management skills and be able to work both autonomously and collaboratively with a cross-discipline team of product managers, strategists, UX designers, art directors, and developers. Most importantly, you have an eye for detail and the ability to make beautiful designs come to life through code.

What we’d like to see:
● Ability to write elegant and readable code
● Excellent problem solving skill and love technical challenges
● Lead a team of developers and showcase managerial skills
● Comfortable working in a team-oriented and collaborative environment
● Strong understanding of Agile and Lean software development processes and practices
● Stays plugged into emerging technologies/ industry trends and applies them proactively
● Knowledge of software best practices, like test driven development and continuous integration

Must have:
● BE/ B.Tech in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent practical experience
● Proven working experience in frontend programming for a minimum of 3 years
● Good understanding of frameworks like Bootstrap, Backbone, ReactJS, Redux and libraries like jQuery, LESS and Ajax
● Knowledge of performance testing frameworks including Mocha and Jest
● Experience with browser-based debugging and performance testing software
● Strong understanding of server-side scripting and Javascript frameworks, including jQuery
● Aggressive problem diagnosis and creative problem solving skills and client handling skills
● Ability to work and thrive in a fast-paced environment, learn rapidly and master diverse web technologies and techniques
● Experience with coaching and mentoring junior web developers
● Experience in working with a variety of external frameworks and libraries
● Proven experience integrating with, along with a deep understanding of, service-based Web APIs including REST and/or GraphQL
● Good knowledge of User Interface patterns and techniques to solve common UI problems

Nice to have:
● Familiarity and experience using a variety of architectural design patterns
● Personal projects or contributions to the open source community
● Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token
● Experience with common front-end development tools such as Babel, Webpack, NPM, etc.
● Strong organizational skills to juggle multiple tasks within the constraints of timelines
● Team player (those great personality types that people love to work with)
● Great communication skills

Why you’ll love it here:
(Besides working with our team with infinite charm)

● We have no fixed work timings or leave policy, you can take unlimited leaves and start your day whenever you want. (Just make sure others in your team don’t suffer)
● We don’t track these hours you put in or ask you to fill time sheets. We don’t believe in
micromanaging, if you’re struggling, ask for help. If someone else is, offer some support.
● We never mind if people make mistakes or screw up in any way, and offer full encouragement to help people learn fast by failing fast.
● We always encourage people to be completely candid, raise alarms, or log complaints
anonymously in our feedback tool, no matter how harsh.
● We are a ‘Work from Anywhere’ company, since passionate, driven people can work from
anywhere they want; their homes, or cafes, or mountains, or beaches, anywhere.
● We have a 15-day notice period. We want to build a place where people work willingly and passionately.

Job Description :

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.

Responsibilities :

- 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

Skills :

* 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.

* Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them.

* Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git / Bitbucket.

* Good understanding of SEO principles and ensuring that application will adhere to them.

•  6+ years of web UI development experience including 4+ years of deep, hands on experience in building robust, highly reusable and responsive web applications using HTML, CSS3, SVG, React, Redux, Thunk ecosystem
• Great problem-solving skills with solid data structures and algorithms knowledge
• Strong ability to translate the design/wireframes into reusable micro components
• Experience of leading, coaching and mentoring junior developers with good delegation and time-management skills
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model
• Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles and has extensively worked with Redux, Thunk, Axios etc
• Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token, Oauth2 etc
• Experience with common front-end development tools such as Babel, Webpack, NPM, etc.
• A knack for perfection, benchmarking and optimization
• Writing and maintaining batch jobs to streamline processes (Shell, Perl etc).
• Strong understanding of Agile and Lean software development processes and practices
• Worked with WebSocket, Push notifications etc
• Experience working with local-storage, cookies etc
• Proficient understanding of CORS issues and ways to work with such issues.
• Proficient understanding of social network APIs.
• Experience with data structure libraries (e.g., Immutable.js)
• Inclined to take ownership of tasks and to ship highly polished products with excellent attention to detail.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English.
• BE/BTech in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent practical experience

• Deep knowledge of Angular practices and commonly used modules based on extensive work experience
• Proficiency with JavaScript and HTML5
• Extensive knowledge of CSS3 and JS methods for providing performance visual effects and keeping the frame rate above 30fps at all times
• Thorough understanding of the responsibilities of the platform, database, API, caching layer, proxies, and other web services used in the system
• Creating custom, general use modules and components which extend the elements and modules of core Angular
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
• A team player, fast learner with good verbal and written communication skills