Frontend Developer

Invesco is seeking a skilled React.js Developer with a strong background in data analytics to join our team. The Engineer within the Enterprise Risk function will manage complex data engineering, analysis, and programming tasks in support of the execution of the Enterprise Risk and Internal Audit activities and projects as defined by the Enterprise Risk Analytics leadership team. The Engineer will manage and streamline data extraction, transformation, and load processes, design use cases, analyze data, and apply creativity and data science techniques to deliver effective and efficient solutions enabling greater risk intelligence and insights.

 

Key Responsibilities / Duties:

 

• Acquire, transform, and manage data supporting risk and control-related activities
• Design, build, and maintain data analytics and data science tools supporting individual tasks and projects.
• Maintain programming code, software packages, and databases to support ongoing analytics activities.
• Exercise judgment in determining the application of data analytics for business processes, including the identification and location of data sources.
• Actively discover data analytics capabilities within the firm and leverage such capabilities where possible.
• Introduce new data analytics-related tools and technologies to business partners and consumers.
• Support business partners, data analysts, consumers’ understanding of product logic and related system processes
• Share learnings and alternative techniques with other Engineers and Data Analysts.
• Perform other duties and special projects as assigned by the Enterprise Risk Analytics leadership team and other leaders across Enterprise Risk and Internal Audit.
• Actively contribute to developing a culture of innovation within the department and risk and control awareness throughout the organization.
• Keep Head of Data Science & Engineering and departmental leadership informed of activities.
  
  

Work Experience / Knowledge:

 

• Minimum 5 years of experience in data analysis, data management, software development or data-related risk management roles; previous experience in programming will be considered.
• Experience within the financial services sector preferred
  
  

Skills / Other Personal Attributes Required:

 

• Proactive problem solver with the ability to identify, design, and deliver solutions based on high level objectives and detailed requirements. Thoroughly identify and investigate issues and determine the appropriate course of action
• Excellent in code development supporting data analytics and visualization, preferably programming languages and libraries such as JavaScript, R, Python, NextUI, ReactUI, Shiny, Streamlit, Plotly and D3.js
• Excellent with data extraction, transformation, and load processes (ETL), structured query language (SQL), and database management. 
• Strong self-learner to continuously develop new technical capabilities to become more efficient and productive
• Experience using end user data analytics software such as Tableau, PowerBI, SAS, and Excel a plus
• Proficient with various disciplines of data science, such as machine learning, natural language processing and network science
• Experience with end-to-end implementation of web applications on AWS, including using services such as EC2, EKS, RDS, ALB, Route53 and Airflow a plus
• Self-starter and motivated; must be able to work without frequent direct supervision
• Proficient with Microsoft Office applications (Teams, Outlook, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.)
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong project management and administrative skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills (English)
• Results-oriented and comfortable as an individual contributor on specific assignments
• Ability to handle confidential information and communicate clearly with individuals at a wide range of levels on sensitive matters
• Demonstrated ability to work in a diverse, cross-functional, and international environment
• Adaptable and comfortable with changing environment
• Demonstrates high professional ethics
  
  

Formal Education:

 

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, or Statistics preferred. Other technology or quantitative finance-related degrees considered depending upon relevant experience
• MBA, Master’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, or Finance a plus
  
  

License / Registration / Certification:

 

• Professional data science, analytics, business intelligence, visualization, and/or development designation (e.g., CAP, CBIP, or other relevant product-specific certificates) or actively pursuing the completion of such designation preferred
• Other certifications considered depending on domain and relevant experience
  
  

Working Conditions:

 

Potential for up to 10% domestic and international travel

 

Responsibilities:

• Be a key player in the entire application development lifecycle, build and maintain excellent react applications with clean code
• Formulating an effective process to implement pixel-perfect UI's that match designs.
• Generating front-end libraries and reusable components for later use. 
• Maximizing performance of components across a wide range of web-capable devices and browsers Skills.
• Working in collaboration with the team members and project managers to develop clean, modern, smooth animations and transitions that provide an excellent user experience.
• Create and maintain workflow with the team for implementing and integrating the third-party APIs and work along with the backend team.
• Flexible in working with a small team of frontend-backend developers, a project manager, and other programmers.
• Liaise with the internal team to produce top-notch prototypes and mock-ups.
• Participating in concepts of new programs, products, or features by monitoring industry development trends and assisting team members for development.
• An understanding of common programming paradigms and fundamental React principles, similar as React components, hooks, and the React lifecycle.
• Discussing and implementing new project management ideas with team and problem-solving skills to overcome obstacles.
• Keep abreast with day to day developments in technology and working with native modules.
• Assist with building estimates and assume accountability for your job and results delivery.
  

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science, computer applications or related fields.
• Proven working experience as a React Developer for 3+ years and above.
• Hands-on experience on  HTML5, CSS3, and  CSS frameworks.
• Demonstrable knowledge on  Web services, Web API, REST services & GraphQL.
• Expertise in UI design and development of responsive web applications using React, Redux, Flask and Hooks.
• Applicable knowledge on Social API integration, Core location APIs, Web Views, Payments integration
• Proficiency in understanding of layout aesthetics .
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and multitasking skills.
• Ability to solve novel and challenging React problems.
• Capability to understand ,develop and sustain continuous integration and delivery.

Desired Candidate profile

● Architect and build scalable front-end web solutions using JavaScript, React, HTML, CSS and other fundamental web technologies. 
● Build reusable code and libraries using iterative development practices for future use

● Ensuring high performance on mobile and desktop. 
● Implement monitoring, metric dashboards, runbooks, logging, escalations, and alerts.

● Drive code and design reviews of components / systems / products in scope and drive the architectural governance for them. 
● Implement best practices and constantly learn new ways of keeping code bases up to date 
 
Roles and Responsibilities:

● A solid grounding in Computer Science fundamentals (based on a Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science or related field) from reputed institutes 
● 4+ years of development experience in modern web technologies (HTML/CSS, JavaScript), frameworks (React, Backbone.js, AngularJS, , etc) 
● Ability to build a feature from scratch & drive it to completion 
● Prior hands-on experience in building responsive web interfaces at scale for consumers in a product engineering setup 
● Thorough understanding of the responsibilities of the platform, database, API, caching layer, proxies, and other web services used in the system 
● Excellent problem solving, debugging and optimization skills 
● Strong knowledge of browser behavior, performance, compatibility and cross-browser issues 
● Good understanding of REST API 
● Familiar with front-end build tools, such as Webpack, Grunt and Gulp.js
● Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git 
● Open source contribution is a plus. 

As a web application developer, your job is to program frontend modules and applications. We are looking for someone with expertise and experience in designing, developing and testing web applications including new developments, enhancements, maintenance and support. The role involves continuous collaboration with team, partners.

Responsibility

• Building interactive consumer data from multiple systems and RESTfully abstract to the UI using React JS ( javascript and typescript)  through a Node.js backend
• Create Unit and Integration tests to ensure the quality of code
• Address and improve any technical issues
• Ability to translate Wireframes and PSD Designs into functional web apps
• Be responsive to change requests and feature requests
• Write code that is cross-platform and cross-device compatible
• Strong commitment to quality and delivery
• Collaborate well with engineers, and specialists to design and create advanced, elegant and efficient system

Requirements: 

• Experience creating front end applications using HTML, React JS
• Database – MongoDB, SQL
• Fluent knowledge of latest HTML/CSS standards and best practices
• Experience building Responsive websites for web, tablet and mobile device
• Obsession with lean, clean and organized code
• Solid Understanding of HTTP protocol and how server-side code is processed on the client
• Knowledge of the following will be considered as an advantage

Consumer Web Development Experience for High-Traffic, Public Facing web applications

Experience with cloud technologies also a plus

Creating Unit test cases

Typescript

Designation: React.js Developer (Frontend)

Department: Software Engineering Team

Location: Bangalore

Qualification: Any Computer (Graduate or Post Graduate)

Experience: 5+ years of relevant experience in developing and implementing user interface components using React.js concepts and workflows (Redux, Flux, and Webpack).

Responsibilities:

1. Developing and implementing highly-responsive user interface components using React concepts.
2. Developing and implementing front-end architecture to support user interface concepts.
3. Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use
4. Optimizing components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers
5. Monitoring and improving front-end performance.
6. Prepare technical documentation
7. Collaborate with UX/UI designers to implement design into the code
8. Coach junior team members
9. Implement software enhancements and suggest improvements

 

Skills Required:

1. Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model
2. Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles
3. Experience with popular React.js workflows (such as Flux or Redux)
4. Preferred to have experience in Javascript, CSS, HTML, and Photoshop (any wireframing tool)
5. Knowledge of isomorphic React is a plus
6. Familiarity with RESTful APIs
7. Familiarity with React Native, NodeJS is a plus
8. Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token
9. Good communication skills. Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
10. Good understanding of computer science fundamentals - data structures, algorithms, memory management, performance.
11. Enjoys coding and problem solving
12. Familiarity with code versioning tools (such as Git, SVN, and Mercurial)

 

Salary: Upto 18LPA (Negotiable)

 

IMMEDIATE JOINING PREFERRED!

• Develop new-user facing features using React.Js and Redux, D3.Js
• Build robust, reusable, and easy to maintain components.
• Translate designs and mock-ups into high quality code.
• Work closely with the Support team and Product team to identify issues and bugs in the platform and fix it.
• Completely own the SDLC of your tickets. From dev to production.
• Talk to existing clients about platform bugs and ensure the bugs are fixed.

• Minimum 4 years’ experience with React.js and Redux
• You are a well-organised self-starter with excellent communication skills
• You have thorough and demonstrable understanding of React.js and it’s core principles
• You have experience with code versioning (GIT) and CI/CD (Jenkins, Circle, etc.) tools
• You have ability to translate business requirements into high quality, high performance code
• You are familiar with RESTful API’s
• You enjoy working independently with minimal supervision
• You have broad understanding and experience in Javascript based technologies
• You are comfortable working in fast paced environment
• You are familiar and up-to-date with common front-end dev tools (e.g. Babel, Webpack, NPM, Yarn, etc..)
• Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong sense of ownership.
• Demonstrable desire to learn and grow.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Job Description:

Design skills

Strong working knowledge on various design patterns such as MVC, MVVM, DDD and any custom/hybrid framework as designed by the Architects.
Strong uderstanding in building Single Page Application

Process skills

Built application leveraging Agile DevOps principles and Azure DevOps toolset as part of SCRUM team


Technical skills

• Strong coding and work experience in Front End coding using Angular 8, BackBone, Bootstrap.
• Should have experience on 3rd party tools like PDF.Js (Generate PDF), SheetJS (Export Excel sheet), HighCharts or CharJS (Generate Charts and Graph).
• Should have good understanding of web servers such as IIS and Front-end runtimes using Node.js/NPM.
• Strong debugging skills using browser based Front end application written in Angular 8
• Strong knowledge and understanding of data sharing medium using JSON, XML.
• Should have used IDE such as Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code for Front-end development.
• Create Unit test cases using Jasmine and have all critical flows covered.
• Understanding of MS Build and MS Test as part of Azure DevOps pipelines
• Ability to triage defects in QA, UAT and Production and provide fix with quick turn around time.

Mandatory skills

• 5+ years of building SPA web solutions using Angular 8 , BackBone, Bootstrap
• 5+ years building HTML5 complaint pages
• 3+ years of experience using TypeScript
• 3+ years of writing automated testing using Jamine or others
• 3+ years of using TFS for Build and automated testing
• 1+ years of experience using Security Assessment Tool like Fortify 360 or IBM APP Scan
• 1+ years of experience using code quality assessment tool like SonarQube
• 1+ years of experience using API Management tool like Swagger
• 1+ years of experience on APM tools like DynaTrace
• 1+ years leveraging Azure DevOps

Good to have skills

• Understanding of cloud based deployment using containers is plus
• Understanding of JS frameworks like Vue or React is plus

Must Have

Degree in Computer Science or related field.
3 - 4 years’ experience in Angular or React.
Expertise in responsive and adaptive front end design and development. Proficiency in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery.
Experience is RESTful web services.
Understanding of key design principles.
Experience in version control using Git, CI-CD principles.
Good problem-solving skills.
Excellent verbal communication skills.
Good interpersonal skills.

Nice to have

Experience with graphic design applications such as Adobe Illustrator. Understanding of SEO principles.
Knowledge of Cloud technologies like AWS or Azure. 

Key Responsibilities :

- Build & maintain internal/external Web-facing applications.

- To design, develop, maintain and enhance web applications according to the specification provided.

- Create elegant web implementations.

- Design, improve and maintain website.

- Understand and enhance User Experience.

- Responsible for detailed Web UI documentation.

- Unit test client-side web applications.

- Able to complete project development on a scheduled basis.

- Possess a good attitude and be self-disciplined.

Desired Candidate's Profile : 

- Dynamic, talented UI Developer who enjoys designing, developing and maintaining our product & pushing web technology to its limits.

- Ability to learn, develop and adapt is the most important attribute.

- Work Experience in TypeScript, Angular or React, Node.js.

- Good working knowledge in MVC, MVVC.

- Mastery of HTML, HTML5, CSS, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, jQueryUI, jQueryMobile.

- Strong understanding of UI, and usability.

- Familiarity with back-end technologies such as Node.js, MongoDB, python.

- Good knowledge of APIs such as oAuth.

- Basic knowledge of AWS.

- Minimum of 1-3 years of experience working in web and mobile-web field (Responsive design & development).

- Taking responsibility and ownership in the team's work.

Additional Requirements :

- B.Tech/BS/BE/BS/MS/M.Tech/MS in Electronics or Computer Science from a premier institute in India (IITs, BITS, NITs, etc) or abroad.

- Minimum 2- 4 years of Work Experience in Front End Development.

- Should be a fast learner and a self-starter, open to learning new tools.

- Must possess excellent communication (both verbal & written), documentation skills.

- Flexible and adaptable to change and ability to multitask.

- Ability to work with minimal supervision. Should be able to prioritize own workload to meet personal and team objectives.

- Good interpersonal skills with a clear ability to work effectively to fully understand customer requirements.

- Focused on the timely delivery of accurate results.

Mandatory skills/ knowledge * Minimum 5 years front-end development experience in React JS, Angular JS, Java/J2EE, HTML, CSS. * A desire to learn and adapt to new technologies and excited by innovative projects. * Strong oral and written communication skills. Roles & Responsibilities * Develop and implement applications that support day-to-day operations. * Provide innovative solutions to complex business problems. * Plan, develop and implement large-scale projects from conception to completion. * Develop lifecycle of projects working on different technologies and platforms. * Interface with clients and gather business requirements and objectives. * Translate clients’ business requirements and objectives into technical applications and solutions. * Understand and evaluate complex data models. * Develop and implement new integration. * Execute system development and maintenance activities. * Develop solutions to improvise performance and scalability of systems.