Frontend Developer

Job Title : Lead Web Developer / Frontend Engineer

Experience Required : 10+ Years

Location : Bangalore (Hybrid – 3 Days Work From Office)

Work Timings : 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM IST

Notice Period : Immediate or Up to 30 Days (Preferred)

Work Mode : Hybrid

Interview Mode : Face-to-Face mandatory (for Round 2)

Role Overview :

We are hiring a Lead Frontend Engineer with 10+ Years of experience to drive the development of scalable, modern, and high-performance web applications.

This is a hands-on technical leadership role focused on React.js, micro-frontends, and Backend for Frontend (BFF) architecture, requiring both coding expertise and team leadership skills.

Mandatory Skills :

React.js, JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML, CSS, micro-frontend architecture, Backend for Frontend (BFF), Webpack, Jenkins (CI/CD), GCP, RDBMS/SQL, Git, and team leadership.

Core Responsibilities :

• Design and develop cloud-based web applications using React.js, HTML, CSS.
• Collaborate with UX/UI designers and backend engineers to implement seamless user experiences.
• Lead and mentor a team of frontend developers.
• Write clean, well-documented, scalable code using modern JavaScript/TypeScript practices.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, deploy applications to CDNs.
• Integrate with GCP services, optimize front-end performance.
• Stay updated with modern frontend technologies and design patterns.
• Use Git for version control and collaborative workflows.
• Implement JavaScript libraries for web analytics and performance monitoring.

Key Requirements :

• 10+ Years of experience as a frontend/web developer.
• Strong proficiency in React.js, JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML, CSS.
• Experience with micro-frontend architecture and Backend for Frontend (BFF) patterns.
• Proficiency in frontend design frameworks and libraries (jQuery, Node.js).
• Strong understanding of build tools like Webpack, CI/CD using Jenkins.
• Experience with GCP and deploying to CDNs.
• Solid experience in RDBMS, SQL.
• Familiarity with Git and agile development practices.
• Excellent debugging, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Bachelor’s/Master’s in Computer Science or a related field.

Nice to Have :

• Experience with Node.js.
• Previous experience working with web analytics frameworks.
• Exposure to JavaScript observability tools.

Interview Process :

1. Round 1 : Online Technical Interview (via Geektrust – 1 Hour)

2. Round 2 : Face-to-Face Interview with the Indian team in Bangalore (3 Hours – Mandatory)

3. Round 3 : Online Interview with CEO (30 Minutes)

Important Notes :

• Face-to-face interview in Bangalore is mandatory for Round 2.
• Preference given to candidates currently in Bangalore or willing to travel for interviews.
• Remote applicants who cannot attend the in-person round will not be considered.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 2 to 12 years of professional experience in React Native development.
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, TypeScript, and modern web technologies.
• Experience working with RESTful APIs and integrating third-party libraries.
• Solid understanding of mobile app architecture and design patterns.
• Knowledge of mobile UI/UX best practices and principles.
• Familiarity with version control systems such as Git.

Job Requirements

Minimum Requirements:

To perform this job successfully, the individual must have the following experience:

1. Bachelor’s degree in management information systems, computer science, and/or business, or equivalent work experience.
2. You have experience with developing, maintaining and supporting production applications which have live users using Angular.
3. You have experience with State managment and NgRx (ideally) or any other framework
4. You are NOT a fresh graduate with no production experience
5. You have excellent English speaking skills
6. Strong understanding of the DOM, HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript
7. 3+ years of in-depth experience with Angular (2/4/8/x)
8. 1+ years of experience with additional web libraries and frameworks. Preferred: NgRx, Rx.js.

Additional Skills Desired

1. Ability to be empathetic and form strong working relations with your team members.
2. Strong understanding of debugging and ability to quickly debug code, find problems and produce fixes.
3. Experience with Responsive Web Design (RWD) patterns
4. Experience with unidirectional data flow patterns (Redux, etc.)
5. Experience with RxJS or other Reactive programming techniques/libraries
6. Experience using ES2015 (ES6) and TypeScript 2.x
7. Indepth experience in using GIT and understanding of GIT workflows Experience in building and maintaining a reusable components library in angular
8. An excellent eye for detail to bring our products designs to life using pixel perfect styling, interactions and animation.
9. Familiarity with agile development practices (a/b testing,unit testing,continuous deployment,continuous integration,scrums) and worked in a product driven environment.
10. Excellent written and verbal communication skills to communicate technical concepts to a wide variety of audience.
11. Proven ability to work with designers and other non-technical and technical team members (wireframes, rapid prototypes, PoC’s, white boarding)

Do you thrive on working with cutting-edge technology, with innovators in the early stages of ideas, products, or platforms? Do you have the passion to be a core member of a fast-growing start-up? Are you an expert or aspiring to become one who can work on the Full Stack of an application? Do you have a genuine interest in all software technologies? If the answer is yes, do reach out to us - Crediwatch is the place for you!

You will be exposed to work on every level of the stack in a highly agile, fast-growing, start-up FinTech environment while ensuring Breakthrough Simplicity in innovation and Diving Deep to arrive at a solution-based approach to problem-solving and idea creation.

The environment at Crediwatch is vibrant and innovative! You will learn and regularly interact with peers who are the best at what they do and will motivate you to be the best version of yourself, technically and professionally.

The Role Expectation

• You will play a key role in the design and development of the core UI, working directly with the Product team on realizing their needs and translating it into the product.

• You will be involved in developing user-facing features using React.js, building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use, and translating designs and wireframes into high-quality code

• You will participate in the overall design and architecture of the application, maintaining quality and ensuring performance and compliance to software standards and guidelines

• You will help in optimizing components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers

• You will adhere to the best practices of the Agile & TDD

• You will collaborate with the rest of the engineering team to design, prioritize and launch new features.

• You will take ownership for organizing code and maintain its integrity at all points in time.

• You will be responsible for understanding and implementing security and data protection best practices

• Guide and mentor to the team and help them grow in a professional and personal capacity

• You will bring in a passion for technology and hunger to learn

You Have

• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model

• Thorough understanding of JavaScript frameworks and browser

• Experience with popular Rearect.js workflows (such as Flux or Redux)

• Experience with utility libraries (e.g., Immutable.js, Lodash, Underscore)

• Familiarity with RESTful APIs

• Knowledge of modern authentication and authorization mechanisms such as Oauth2.0 and SAML2.0 and exchange of claims using JWT tokens

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

• Good understanding of browser JavaScript engines and its compatibility issues

• A knack for benchmarking and optimization

• Familiarity with CI/CD tools and technologies

Good to Have

• Knowledge of isomorphic React is a plus

• Knowledge or experience of back-end languages and technologies

• Prior experience in developing code on large scale distributed systems and knowledge of cloud deployments on AWS/Azure

• Prior experience working in a fast-paced start-up environment.

Your Background

• At least 2 - 4 years of hands-on development experience

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in a related field

You Believe-in & will align with our Business Objectives

• Customer Obsession - Consistently listen to customers; test, enhance and improve the customer experience.

• Breakthrough Simplicity - An innovative approach to making everything simpler

• Diving Deep -Technique used to arrive at a solution-based approach to problem-solving and idea creation

• Drive for Results - Focus on end result of any task

• Encourage and Improve - Encouraging and promoting teamwork and focus on continuous self-development at every stage.

• Be Ethical and Respectful - Willingness to do the right thing – even if it is hard; courteousness and being focused on the best in others.

Who We Are

We build innovative technology everyday!

Crediwatch is a ‘Data Insights-as-a-service’ company that provides lenders, businesses with actionable credit intelligence on private entities they need to improve trust and increase their lending and trading activity. Crediwatch does this with no human intervention by deploying the latest practical AI and technology tools that provide the most reliable comprehensive real-time inputs.

Each day at Crediwatch is about striving for transparent insights, analysis, and accurate results. If this aligns with your interests and aspirations, we have interesting positions for you.

You Will Enjoy

Our start-up environment - fun, casual, informal, family & pet-friendly! Ours is a highly energized playground where brilliant minds come together to make bold, impactful decisions every day! Needless to say, we have excellent filter coffee, health drinks round the clock, lunch buffets, PS4, and Foosball breaks, and a stocked kitchen. We play to win and have fun doing it! We work to engage your brain by organizing brilliant TechTalks by industry leaders and frequent high-on-energy hackathons and engage your crazy fun side at our well-planned retreats. We are a highly eco-conscious team and we encourage and support our team’s physical & mental wellbeing.

All these and a great set of people to work with - We Are Crediwatch!

Responsibilities:

• Work on a day-to-day basis to deliver software to solve real world problems.
• Participate in the design of new features.
• Work with Product Managers to come up with technical solutions.
• Improvise and analyse current code base to come up with improvements.

Requirements:

• 3+ Years of Frontend Development Experience.
• 2+ years of hands-on ReactJS experience.
• Strong skills in object-oriented design, data structures, algorithm design and complexity analysis.
• Strong organisational and problem solving skills with great attention to detail.
• Experience working in fast paced environments cutting across diverse tech-stacks.
• Passionate about Web Development.
• Experience in modern web app development.

• Experience mentoring junior developers.
• Worked with data intensive UI.
• Have worked with early stage startups.
• Have experience with GraphQL.

1) Understand client requirements and functionalities. 

2) Write well-designed, testable, efficient code. 

3) Responsible for solving complex technical issues. 

4) Ensure quality projects are delivered within defined timelines. 

5) Active involvement in client communication to understand functional requirements. 

6) Maintain high standards of quality for code, documentation and other deliverables. 

Required Skills 

1) Good experience in Angular Latest Versions 

2) Hand on Node.JS./Express JS 

3) Database : MYSQL/MongoDB 

4) Experience in Java Script, Typescript. 

5)Good experience in HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Jquery 

6) Experience working in an Agile environment. 

7) Good communication skills.

Qualifications:

• Minimum one year of experience in React, Redux 
• Experience with Build systems e.g. Webpack/Grunt/Gulp 
• In-depth knowledge of HTML/XHTML/HTML5 
• Experience with Testing frameworks e.g. Karma/Jasmine/Protractor/Cucumber/Mocha/Jest 
• Experience with interface development toolkits: e.g. Less/SASS 
• Experience with web service integration protocols such as REST & GraphQL 
• In-depth knowledge of Javascript e.g. ES5/ES6/Typescript 
• Strong Knowledge of CSS 3 
• Must be a strong team player 
• Have a good understanding of design and user experience principles. 
• Experience in dealing with cross-browser compatibility requirements 
• Understanding of mobile development best practices (e.g. responsive design, graceful degradation, etc.) 
• Ability to work independently as well as on a team and learn from colleagues 
• Open-minded, flexible and willing to adapt to changing situations 
• Good designing & color combination skills 
• Experience with Git or other version control systems.