Frontend Developer

LogiNext is looking for a technically savvy and experienced Software Engineer to take up front-end development efforts. You will design and develop elegant interfaces that exceed client expectations in terms of value and benefit. You will collaborate on scalability issues involving visualizing massive amounts of data and information. You will identify, define and communicate best practices for front end.

You are passionate about building secure, high-performing and scalable front-end applications. Your design intuition inclines towards usability, elegance and simplicity. You are biased towards open-source tools and existing frameworks. You have demonstrated strong inter-personal and communication skills.

Responsibilities

Translate wireframes into functional requirements, write well-abstracted, reusable, high-performance code for UI components Work closely with design, product management and development teams to create elegant, usable, responsive and interactive interfaces Contribute to continual improvement by suggesting improvements to user interface, software architecture or new technologies Optimize web applications to maximize speed and scale. Support diverse clients from high-powered desktop computers to low-end mobile devices Understand and coach/teach others, show a high level of ethics and team-work

Requirements

Bachelor/Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related field 0 to 1 years of experience in developing responsive, elegant, efficient and cross-browser front-end applications using Javascript, HTML5, CSS3 Hands on experience on various MVC frameworks, UI libraries such as ReactJS, D3.js Hands on experience on Map API’s like Google Maps, Openstreetmap and other powerful information-rich maps Familiar with UX processes and design Proven ability to drive large scale projects with deep understanding of Agile SDLC, high collaboration and leadership Excellent written and oral communication skills, judgment and decision making skills

• Job Title - Software Engineer - Frontend

• Reports Into - Lead Frontend Web Developer

• Location - Hybrid / Bangalore

A Little Bit About Kwalee….

Kwalee is one of the world’s leading multiplatform game developers and publishers, with well over 900 million downloads worldwide for mobile hits such as Draw It, Teacher Simulator, Let’s Be Cops 3D, Airport Security and Makeover Studio 3D. We also have a growing PC and Console team of incredible pedigree that is on the hunt for great new titles to join TENS!, Eternal Hope, Die by the Blade and Scathe.

What’s In It For You?

• Hybrid working - 3 days in the office, 2 days remote/ WFH is the norm

• Flexible working hours - we trust you to choose how and when you work best

• Profit sharing scheme - we win, you win 

• Private medical cover - delivered through BUPA

• Life Assurance - for long term peace of mind

• On site gym - take care of yourself

• Relocation support - available

• Quarterly Team Building days - we’ve done Paintballing, Go Karting & even Robot Wars

• Pitch and make your own games on https://www.kwalee.com/blog/inside-kwalee/what-are-creative-wednesdays/">Creative Wednesdays! 

Are You Up To The Challenge?

As a Software Engineer - Frontend you’ll be part of the Frontend team, implementing beautiful web designs made by our designers to keep both our site and the internal web-based tools we use fresh and up to date on top of working on new projects alongside this, there is always something new and interesting to work on. 

Your Team Mates

The frontend team consists of both our frontend developers and designers, we work closely with all parts of the business to create tools that vary across the whole company, from the publishing team to create a portal for people to submit games, the marketing team on things like our website, all the way to our internal teams for things like administration and analytics.

What Does The Job Actually Involve?

• Implementing designs for our website/web tools created by our design team

• Create and update interactive interfaces used throughout the company

Your Hard Skills

• Minimum 2 years browser-based programming experience

• A proven track record of programming high quality and innovative web pages using Javascript, HTML5 & CSS3 and relevant frameworks (ideally ReactJS but could also be others e.g. AngularJS, NodeJS, Handlebars, jquery, gulp)

• An excellent working knowledge of various programming languages, databases and scripting tools including at least one of bash, MySQL, CouchBase, Python, Java, C#, JSP, PHP

• A creative mindset motivated by challenges and constantly striving for the best

• Interest in mobile games

Your Soft Skills

Kwalee has grown fast in recent years but we’re very much a family of colleagues. We welcome people of all ages, races, colours, beliefs, sexual orientations, genders and circumstances, and all we ask is that you collaborate, work hard, ask questions and have fun with your team and colleagues. 

We don’t like egos or arrogance and we love playing games and celebrating success together. If that sounds like you, then please apply.

A Little More About Kwalee

Founded in 2011 by David Darling CBE, a key architect of the UK games industry who previously co-founded and led Codemasters, our team also includes legends such as Andrew Graham (creator of Micro Machines series) and Jason Falcus (programmer of classics including NBA Jam) alongside a growing and diverse team of global gaming experts.

Everyone contributes creatively to Kwalee’s success, with all employees eligible to pitch their own game ideas on Creative Wednesdays, and we’re proud to have built our success on this inclusive principle.

We have an amazing team of experts collaborating daily between our studios in Leamington Spa, Lisbon, Bangalore and Beijing, or on a remote basis from Turkey, Brazil, Cyprus, the Philippines and many more places around the world. We’ve recently acquired our first external studio, TicTales, which is based in France. 

We have a truly global team making games for a global audience, and it’s paying off: - Kwalee has been voted the Best Large Studio and Best Leadership Team at the TIGA Awards (Independent Game Developers’ Association) and our games have been downloaded in every country on earth - including Antarctica!

Requirements

• 2.5+ years of experience in React JS and Redux
• Expert in React.j, ideally using TypeScript language extensions
• Good understanding of JavaScript Design Patterns
• Good experience writing front-end test cases
• HTML5, CSS3 and Responsive web design are mandatory
• Exposure to Scrum methodology and XP technical practices such as unit testing, pair programming, test-driven development, continuous integration or continuous delivery
• Self-motivated, fast learner, detail-oriented, team player and a sense of humour
• Should have experience with Payment(US) Integrations
• Should have experience with Ecommerce/ERP Connectors

• Proven at least 2 to 3 years of work experience as a Front-end developer
• Hands-on experience with markup languages
• Experience with JavaScript,Next.Js and Tailwind is a must
• Familiarity with browser testing and debugging
• In-depth understanding of the entire web development process (design, development and deployment)
• Understanding of layout aesthetics
• Excellent analytical and multitasking skills
• Engineering Graduates preferred

Role and Responsibilities

• Making technology work for small holder farmers is the primary function of this team, the individual joining this team should be self-driven towards creating impact.
• A keen listener and has a pro-active approach to problem solving.
• Should understand the role of digital transformation in a company’s journey.
• An individual who follows technological advancements closely and thinks of new and innovative use cases that such technology can solve.
• Having previous experience in product management and/or platform development projects is a plus.
• Knowledge of software development life cycle and software configuration management tools preferred.
• The candidate should demonstrate high bias-for-action and should drive results that matter to the function and to the entire organisation.
• Build from ground up, a scalable server infrastructure and client applications.
• Design, develop and deploy features and consume APIs with high quality standards.
• Manage the infrastructure hosted in the cloud.
• Contribute significantly in reviewing code, design & test-cases authored by peers.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• 2-6 years experience of design and development experience building scalable & distributed systems.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering from reputed institutes.

SKILLS

• Agile Project Management
• Software Development Life Cycle and Software Configuration Management
• Excellent coding, debugging skills.
• Hands-on experience on the following tech stacks:
  ReactJs, NodeJs, TypeScript, PostgresSQL/MongoDB, Nginx, Pm2, Redis, Bootstrap, CSS
• Knowledge of Microservices and REST APIs.
• Must have: Experience with managing server infra in hybrid cloud AWS & GCP.
• Must Have: Very good understanding of OOPS and design patterns.
• Nice to have: Hands-on-experience with analytics using ELK stack/ Mixpanel.

Long Term Contract Job

Senior Frontend Developer 

About us

We are founded in 2007. Our mission is to develop a diverse portfolio of technologies, products, and services,that gives all people equal access to unbiased data and information. We believe that through this access people can empower and protect themselves in today’s
ever-changing world, filled with fake news, deception, and a lack of transparency.

About the Job

We are looking for a Sr. Front End Developer to join our growing team. Your
experience here will give you the opportunity to improve the fundamentals and learn about the
top notch technologies in front end development. If you are someone who is passionate about
building stellar user experiences and great products through elegant code this would be the job for you. You will play a key role in translating our customers and company needs into appealing and functional web pages while proving your ideas with testing.

What You Will Get to Do

1. Work with your team to improve our conversion rates by coding out variations for A/B testing
2. Build better user experiences
3. Rigorously educate yourself with the latest development techniques and best practices
4. Proactively anticipate issues and develop solutions
5. Clearly communicate solutions to team members both verbally and in written documentation
6. Implement new digital technologies or development techniques that help to meetbusiness objectives
7. Look at existing practices and use your experience to help build better practices when necessary
8. Work with our tech leads to decide what long term initiatives we should take on and then motivate others to embrace these initiative

1. 4+ years of front-end development experience
2. Experience with responsive web design and the ability to deliver outstanding functionality to the range of client devices from desktops and laptops to mobile platforms
3.  Familiarity with at least one JavaScript framework (MVW) and know when to do without one when necessary
4. Understanding of HTTP and how clients interact with a web server
5. Solid understanding of best practices. You read the YDKJS books.
6. Capable of coding in ES5 and ES6 and understand the difference between them
7. Up-to-date on HTML5 and CSS3 features
8. Passionate about supporting all browsers, including IE11+
9. Practical experience in design techniques for web UI applications
10. Demonstrated ability to roll up sleeves to develop and implement new features and functionality
11.  Possess an excellent understanding of creative tools in order to develop leading-edge web pages with interesting and innovative client-side capabilities
12.  Be independently driven and resourceful to deliver results with minimal direction
13. Have an entrepreneurial spirit with a drive to contribute new ideas for future development
14. Have the ability to deliver what is required but at the same time, look at code objectively to see areas of improvement
15. Have the ability to work with UX and technical teams to get things done
16. Have the ability to handle multiple, competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
17. Have excellent verbal and written communication skills

1. Experience working in an agile development environment
2. Experience with running experiments
3. Experience in trying out modern frameworks and executing on migration plan

1. You know how to polyfill features that aren't cross browser friendly.
2. You understand same-origin policy and cross-origin resource sharing.
3. You understand prototypal inheritance vs classical inheritance.