Frontend Developer

UI Developer Contractor Job Description

Title: UI Developer

Department: Product Development

Type: Contractor (Full time)

Duration: 2 months

11th July - 11th Sept

Overall Purpose of the Position:

As a UI Developer specialized in Front End Development, your primary objective is to design, develop, and maintain user-friendly web interfaces. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure the delivery of high-quality, responsive, and visually appealing applications that meet user needs and business goals.

Key Responsibilities and Duties:

- Front End Development: Develop and maintain web applications using modern front-end technologies. Ensure applications are responsive, performant, and accessible across various devices and browsers.

- UI/UX Implementation: Collaborate with UX/UI designers to translate design concepts into functional, interactive experiences. Ensure alignment with design standards and best practices.

- Code Quality: Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code. Adhere to coding standards and best practices, including version control and code reviews.

- Performance Optimization: Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability. Implement best practices for front-end performance, including efficient use of assets and resources.

- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with back-end developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to ensure seamless integration of front-end components with server-side logic. Participate in planning and design discussions.

- Testing and Debugging: Write and execute unit tests and participate in system-level testing to ensure robust, error-free applications. Debug and resolve issues as they arise.

- Continuous Improvement: Stay updated on industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in front-end development. Identify opportunities for process improvement and innovation.

- Documentation: Create and maintain documentation for front-end code, including code comments, technical guides, and user manuals.

Skills and Qualifications:

- High proficiency in front-end technologies such as 

- Experience with front-end frameworks and libraries like React.js.

- Familiarity with CSS animations, libraries like GSAP, anime.js, Lottie, etc and interactive micro-interactions using JavaScript or Framer Motion

- Strong understanding of responsive design principles and mobile-first development.

- Experience with version control systems, particularly Git.

- Knowledge of front-end build tools and workflows (e.g., Webpack, Babel, npm).

- Familiarity with GraphQL and RESTful APIs and asynchronous request handling.

-Experience with testing frameworks and tools such as Jest, Mocha, or Cypress.

-Experience with Continuous Integration and Deployment

- Solid understanding of web performance optimization techniques.

- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

-  Collaboration Platforms: Proficiency in tools such as Slack, Microsoft Teams, or Zoom for communication and coordination.

- Understanding of tools for performance testing and optimization, like Lighthouse and   WebPageTest.

- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

- Experience working in an agile development environment.

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field. A Master's degree is preferred.

Reporting Structure:

Reports directly to the Product Development Manager.

Collaboration and Interaction:

Engage with cross-functional teams, clients, and stakeholders, contributing ideas to enhance project outcomes and grow the function. Foster a teamwork-oriented mindset and provide regular updates to leadership.

• Work with other developers to ensure that the website is functional and visually appealing.
• Liaise with the client to gauge their needs and expectations.
• Plan the layout of the website.
• Ensure that the website is optimized for various devices.
• Use analytics to test client enjoyment.

• Proficiency in HTML, JavaScript, jQuery, and CSS.
• Knowledge of Adobe Illustrator.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Understanding of key design principles.
• Good problem-solving skills.

• Developing user interface components and implementing them following well known Reactjs workflows such as Flux and Redux
• Translating designs and wireframes into high quality components.
• Should strong Component based programming and Concepts like Life Cycle Hooks and Communications.
• Ensuring that all components and the overall application are robust and easy to maintain
• Coordinate with the rest of the team working on different layers of the infrastructure
• Should have capabilities to judge or choosing the right/suitable plugin for application requirements
• Should have knowledge of application build generation and optimizations.

Technical Experience:

• Should be strong in Development Life Cycles like Agile
• Should be strong Javascript Core (Core Concepts, Design Patterns, etc)
• Should be strong in Angular and ReactJS Concepts
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model Thorough understanding of Reactjs and its core principles
• Should be strong at least one javascript testing framework like Jasmine

,Enzyme

Required Skills:

• Bachelors/Masters in Computer Science with relevant industry experience
• At Least 7 years of Front end frameworks with at least 4 years on React
• Must be working on ReactJS project as on date.
• Experience in developing responsive Web Application Development
• Experience building reusable UI elements including trading grids, dialogs, and screen navigation widgets
• Expert level Programming experience in HTML 5, CSS 3, JavaScript, Typescript, Angular and React JS
• Experience with AWS, developing and deploying application to cloud environment
• Experience in using the popular UI Frameworks, Libraries or Plugins
• Experience in Writing Test Cases and Generating Test & Coverage reports
• Experience with Git, Java, Maven, SQL, Jira and or Hudson/Jenkins