Frontend Developer

WHO YOU ARE

To be successful in this role, you’ll need to have the following skills:

• Love for coding: A fanatic about writing beautiful and scalable code.
• Sense of analytics: Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills. Should be resourceful, innovative and inventive.
• Dynamic: Should be comfortable in dealing with lots of moving pieces. Have exquisite attention to detail, and are comfortable learning new technologies and systems. 
• Team player: Knack for influencing without being authoritative. Pitch in wherever the team needs help, from writing blog posts to supporting customers.
• Accountability: High sense of ownership for your code and relentlessness to deliver projects with high business impact. 

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

• BE/BTech in Computer Science or related field. 
• Minimum 3+ years of UI/Frontend development and a strong understanding of building complex layouts using JavaScript, CSS and HTML.

KEY SKILLS

• Strong computer system analysis and design skills in current methodologies and patterns including vanilla JavaScript, some experience with ReactJS, Redux, React Native, Webpack, and Typescript or similar library/tools.
• Obsessed with WPO (Web Performance Optimization) and web/mobile performance analysis.
• Experienced with web standards and protocols such as HTTP, DNS, TCP/IP, and socket APIs in general.
• Familiar with web security, SEO, accessibility and internationalization.

• Strong experience of Angular 2+ and above along with other technologies like HTML5, CSS, jQuery, AJAX with good knowledge of ECMA Scripts.
• Strong knowledge of JS Fundamentals.
• Design & development of Angular applications as per desired specifications, along with experience in frameworks/libraries like jQuery, Bootstrap, Typescript etc.
• Architecture design, development, testing and maintenance of Web Apps, Implementation based on Angular Application MVC Patterns.
• Own end to end product modules/features (from the requirement to going live)- Design & code review, troubleshoot & help team members on issues.
• Gather requirements by interacting directly with the end-users.
• Research on open source framework/technology required for developing the feature/application.

Position: Lead Frontend Engineer

Location: Bangalore, IN (currently remote)

Employment: Full time

Who We Are?

EmptyCup is an interior design platform. Our goal is to make good interior design accessible. Learn more about us here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_PBkSaHLep-QsZzRWdKMI3amc-KFe99z/view">intro presentation

You can also checkout our https://emptycup.in/">website to know more about our product offering.

Job Description

• Use your passion and deep understanding of front-end technology to create high-impact and performant user experiences.
• Lead the most creative collaboration in a cross-functional team, having design, product, and frontend teams.
• Brainstorm features with product and design teams to influence decisions guided by the possibilities and limitations of the codebase as well as the current state of technology.
• Proactively perform code reviews and participate in architecture and design discussions.
• Adopt and ensure best practices while developing, testing, maintaining, and deploying code.

Requirements

An engineer passionate about front-end who can work on projects independently, collaborate across teams, and provide mentorship and guidance to others.

• Has an experience of 4-5 years in the work
• Experience with ReactJS (knowledge of internals is a plus)
• Well versed in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and in a variety of design patterns
• Experience with build tools like webpack, babel, etc.
• Understanding of core UI/UX concepts
• Hands on experience Rest API, Databases, Microservices, Architecture
• Understanding of front-end security and performance testing

• Architect, Design, implement, and deploy solutions that are reliable and perform at scale in multi-tenant environment.
• Collaborate with UX design group and convert the design to actual UI components and pages to delight users of our cloud platform
• Evaluate technology and make choice based on performance, scalability, security and future expansion.
• Work with different stakeholders within and outside the team in a highly collaborative environment.
• Working with rapid and innovative development methodologies like: Kanban, Continuous Integration and Daily deployments
• Engage with Product Management and Business to create Product roadmap, own technical backlog and roadmap for technology supremacy.
• Continually learn about new technologies, generate new ideas and improve the use of technology in the product.
• Driving various organization wide activities like Hackathon, Ideathon, brown bag sessions and technical blogs

• Strong experience in Information Architecture and UI Design experience in delivering concepts, wire frames, prototypes, and compelling visual experiences.
• Possess the knowledge of the Graphic Design, Usability and ability to apply strategic thinking to deliver exceptional end to end user experience
• Expert understanding of strong Standards Based HTML Development as also strong JavaScript and JS libraries / UI Frameworks like Prototype.js, DHTMLX, ExtJS, JQuery (one Framework at the least is a must)
• Strong experience in Vue.JS/Backbone.JS or similar.
• Strong in CSS and AJAX / XML / XSLT / DOM / JSON
• Should have fundamental understanding of JavaScript - OOPs
• Understand Cross Browser issues and client side cookie
• Would expect the successful candidate to be highly proficient in Web Standards including W3C and WCAG
• Possess strong and relevant exposure to Web Accessibility/ Usability
• Would require to be intimately familiar with defining UI Specifications / Guidelines
• Would be essential to possess knowledge of web-based technologies and their impact on the feasibility of design solutions, including the capabilities and limitations of Web Technologies
• Experience in the Retail Domain or working on building Analytical Tools would be a plus
• Very good written and verbal communication skills
• Experience working with Agile development environments

•  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

We are looking for a motivated React js developer to come join our team.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• React.js developers (about 3-5 years of experience) are involved in the interface
• component design from implementation to testing.
• Implement user interface components for JavaScript-based web and mobile applications using the React open-source library ecosystem.
• Should have proficiency in front end languages HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and JavaScript
• frameworks like REACT, Angular JS.
• Have knowledge in REACT tools such as react.js, Webpack, Enzyme, Redux, and Flux. Previous experience in user application.
• interface design is essential.
• Must have hands-on experience in payment gateway,3rd party API integration, Security encryption & decryption experience.

Skills:

• A good attitude toward work, Strong problem-solving skills
• Desire to work in a fast-paced environment along with project and time management skills
• Ability to work independently or with a group