Frontend Developer - Lead Software Engineer

• · 3+ years of software engineering experience primarily leveraging ReactJS. · Strong engineering and technical background with demonstrable enterprise development experience using ReactJS and RESTful APIs. · Deep understanding of JavaScript/Typescript, HTML5 and CSS. · Experience using Redux, Web Workers and PWAs. · Experience with continuous integration and build (CI/CD) process & tools. · Proven ability to quickly understand functional requirements and technical concepts. · Experience with TDD and familiarity with testing frameworks, ideally Cypress, Selenium and PACT. · Exposure to mobile development via React Native an advantage. GitHub portfolio an advantage.

Job description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Develop new user-facing features, optimize application for maximum speed and scalability
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use
• Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs,
• Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders
• Freshers, thanks for your interest, but this is not the right role for you

Desired Candidate Profile

• 2-10 years experience on UI design, creative flair
• Proficient understanding of client-side scripting and JavaScript frameworks, such as AngularJS, ReactJS , KnockoutJS, BackboneJS etc.,
• Proficient understanding of asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, AJAX and Restful API calls
• Proficient understanding of Bootstrap and web markup, including HTML5, CSS3. Server-side CSS pre-processing platforms such as LESS and SASS
• Proficient understanding of responsiveness and cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them.
• Basic understanding of image authoring tools such as Gimp, PhotoShop etc
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git / Mercurial / SVN

Perks and Benefits

• Health insurance
• A learning environment
• Opportunity to work on cutting edge technologies
• Exposure to key customers in India and abroad
• Work closely with senior leadership that has already developed world class products

Responsibilities

• Developing new user-facing features using React.js
• Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use
• Translating designs and wireframes into high-quality code
• Optimizing components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers

Skills:

• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model
• Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles
• Experience with popular React.js workflows (Redux)
• Familiarity with newer specifications of ECMAScript
• Experience with data structure libraries (e.g., Immutable.js)
• Knowledge of isomorphic React is a plus
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs
• Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token
• Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
• A knack for benchmarking and optimization
• Familiarity with code versioning tools (such as Git, SVN, and Mercurial)

Role Summary

We are looking for Front-End Web Developers who are 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
• Writing tested, idiomatic, and documented JavaScript, HTML and CSS/SCSS
• Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs
• Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability
• Cooperating with the back-end developer in the process of building the RESTful API
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use
• Builds the interactive data visualization and data interfaces using web technologies.
• Assure that all user input is validated before submitting to back-end
• Translation of the UI/UX design wireframes to actual code that will produce visual
• elements of the application.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum 3 + years of experience in ReactJS / Native development
• Experience in writing extensive unit test.

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  8+ years of experience in software development using modern languages (ReactJS/Native etc)
• Thorough understanding of ReactJS, Redux, Node.Js, Express Js etc
• Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools
• Design and develop scalable, performant and responsive FE architecture.
• Ability to deliver in test-driven method
• Critical thinker and problem-solving skills
• Nice to have worked on mobile products (IOS & Android)
• Experience in writing extensive unit tests
• Own code quality and experience in writing extensive unit tests
• Proven ability to learn and adapt to new technologies and frameworks quickly
• Excellent debugging and problem-solving capability.
• Team player
  Good time-management skills

Your primary focus will be developing web applications and components. You'll implement them with the React.js framework, following generally accepted practices and workflows. You will ensure that you produce robust, secure, modular, and maintainable code. You will coordinate with other team members, including backend developers and UX/UI designers. Your commitment to team collaboration, good communication, and a quality product is crucial.

Day-to-day responsibilities include:

1. Developing new user-facing features using React.js and workflows like Redux.
2. Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use.
3. Translating designs and wireframes in high-quality code.
4. Optimising components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers.
5. Integrating APIs for complete functionality.
6. Write technical documentation.

Responsibilities include:

1. Experience developing desktop and mobile applications for a minimum of 2 years.

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

3. Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles

4. Should have experience with Redux and respective middlewares (eg. redux-thunk or redux-saga)

5. Familiarity with RESTful APIs

6. Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token

7. Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools

8. Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements

9. Knowledge of D3.js would be plus

Skills Required: HTML/CSS, Javascript, React.js, Redux.

Required Experience: 2 - 4 year of experience

About Hop:

We are a London, UK based FinTech startup with a subsidiary in India. Hop is working towards building the next generation digital banking platform for seamless and economical currency exchange, with technology at the crux of it. In a technology driven era, many financial services platforms still lack the customer experience and are cumbersome to use. Hop aims at building a ‘state of the art’ tech-centric, customer focused solution.

moneyHOP is India’s first cross-border neo-bank providing millennials the ability to ‘Send’ & ‘Spend’ conveniently and economically across the globe using HOPRemit (An online remittance portal) and HOP app + Card (A multi-currency bank account).

This position is a crucially important position in the firm and the person hired will have the liberty to drive the product and provide direction in line with business needs.

About Individual

Looking for an enthusiastic individual who is passionate about technology and has worked with either a start-up or a blue-chip firm in the past.

The candidate needs to be a multi-tasker, highly self-motivated, self-starter and have the ability to work in a high stress environment. He/she should be tech savvy and willing to embrace new technology comfortably.

Ideally, the candidate should have experience working with the technology stack in the scalable and high growth mobile application software.

General Skills

• 3-4 years of experience in Frontend development.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Science, or equivalent practical experience.
• Exposure to Behaviour Driven Development and experience in programming and testing.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Good time management and organizational skills.
• Dependability
• Accountability and Ownership
• Right attitude and growth mindset
• Trust-worthiness
• Ability to embrace new technologies
• Ability to get work done
• Has good code reviewing skills for conformance.
• Has good software testing skills and good code writing skills.

Technical Skills

• Relevant work experience as a UI Developer. Proficient in JavaScript , ReactJS and/or React Native, Angular , JQuery Experience with HTML, CSS, Knowledge of web services and related technologies (REST) Experience with Web Services and API integration
• Candidate should have a stronghold on HTML & CSS
• Can understand and troubleshoot REST APIs calls
• Database administration and management of a hosting environment such as AWS.
• Knowledge of SASS & LESS will be a plus as well
• Sound understanding of relational and non-relational DB systems such as MySQL, Postgres, MongoDB etc.
• Has experience dealing with JIRA (issue tracking tools), Confluence (knowledge management) tools.
• Experience with building and maintaining microservices.
• Experience with building and integrating the core system with external APIS.
• Good to have: Domain knowledge in the BFSI tech stack.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities 

1. Use JavaScript and cutting-edge JS frameworks to develop front end applications that follow industry-standard design patterns, development methodologies, and deployment models
2. Solve and articulate complex problems through application design, product development, and user experiences. 
3. Develop software used by people who are not software developers--ensure the exceptional software you create influences them to be exceptional professionals in their respective fields
4. Collaborate with other programmers and mentor junior engineers through the development process
5. Leverage the knowledge of your peers to better understand business trends, customer communities, and technology adoption patterns
6. Evolve your language skills in JavaScript by staying current with complementary programming languages, development methodologies, user interface design techniques, and database tools.

Responsibilities

• A complete ownership of the feature.
• Find innovative ways to increase efficiency/Application performance.
• Implement Visual Designs in standards compliant.
• Build efficient and reusable front-end systems and abstractions.
• Suggest and implement improvements to existing product interfaces.
• Ensure that all the assigned systems are performing to scale.
• Work closely with product management team to define and refine feature.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of product development experience with expertise in designing and implementing high-performance web applications.
• Strong hands-on experience in developing web applications using JavaScript.
• Strong experience and knowledge in single page frameworks using ReactJS and ability to design the architecture of single page applications.