Frontend Developer

Profile Overview:

We are looking for passionate and keen-eyed front-end developers with 5+ years of experience in React JS for a major project to join our creative front-end development team who can add optimization and efficiency to the user experience and maintain brand consistency across all web page of the web products.

The front-end developer will closely coordinate with our back-end developers, graphic designers and UI designers to ensure all elements of the web creation are consistent.

Responsibilities:

• Turning UI/UX designs into prototypes, creating excellent interactive forms of designs, writing reusable modules and maintainability of the code.

• Implement UI development principles to ensure that the product client-side serves at scale.

• Review and optimize the application usage by monitoring key metrics and rectifying the issues proactively.

• Determining the structure and design of web pages.

• Ensuring user experience by analyzing the design choices.

• Developing features to enhance the user experience.

• Striking balance between functional and aesthetic design.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science, computer applications or related fields.
• Proven working experience as a React Developer for 5+ years and above.
• Hands-on experience with HTML5, CSS3, and  CSS frameworks.
• Demonstrable knowledge of Web services, Web API, REST services & GraphQL.
• Expertise in UI design and development of responsive web applications using React, Redux, Flask and Hooks.
• Applicable knowledge of Social API integration, Core location APIs, Web Views, Payments integration
• Proficiency in understanding layout aesthetics.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and multitasking skills.
• Ability to solve novel and challenging React problems.
• Capability to understand, develop and sustain continuous integration and delivery.

- Design entire technical architecture of UI portal framework for high performance.
- Mentor UI team, UI software engineers and graphic designers, design our UI framework, to build
next-generation UI
- You will also work closely with product teams to implement new features. We're looking for
someone with a zero-errors attitude who can self-manage their work to meet tight schedules
with minimal supervision.
- Work closely with the product team
- End to end development into Front end development processes
- Working extensively on HTML, CSS, angularjs
- Browser testing
- Take ownership of all frontend development within the team
- Define and maintain development guidelines and best practices and make sure these guidelines are understood and followed by all developers.

. Coding experience during internship or has knowledge
• Should have knowledge on Angular 8 and above
• Knowledge on ReactJS will be an added advantage
• Good communicator and problem-solving attitude is a sure winner
• Teamwork skills, great attention to detail and organizational skills

About the company :
NowPurchase is transforming the 140B$ Metal Manufacturing industry. The metal industry forms the backbone of the economy and the fundamental block of the physical world - be it transportation, construction and every machinery. NowPurchase is building a rich, digital marketplace where Metal Manufacturers can procure high quality raw materials in a trusted manner. At the same time we are building the OS (Operating System) that will supercharge their productivity and processes to ultimately make procurement autonomous. Now Purchase raises
USD 2.4 million in Nov 2021, led by Orios Venture Partners, InfoEdge Ventures.
The B2B manufacturing industry has a lack of digitisation globally. NowPurchase envisions being the operating system for metal manufacturers, starting off with foundries. The end goal is to be able to automate procurement by creating & connecting the different systems both on the software and hardware end (ex: furnaces, spectrometers).

Website: https://nowpurchase.com/" target="_blank">https://nowpurchase.com  

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nowpurchase/" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/company/nowpurchase/

About the role:
We are looking to add an immensely talented Lead Front End Engineer that will help us invent, design, refine and deliver products that will meet our vision. Expect to build a lot of web interfaces and dashboards both for the browser as well as native IoT-enabled terminals that will be placed at the manufacturers' premises. You need to lead the front end team to make sure they are delivering high quality code and are constantly inspired to experiment with tools to push
out MVPs.

Job Role:
● You’ll be working directly with the lead and the product team to make decisions about your code and future of the product.
● Working on modular code installing over web, mobile and native IoT enabled terminals that leverage REST-based services and real time sockets.. This would include visual dashboards and minimising the time that are critical for the manufacturing process.
● Have a strong emphasis on shipping features quickly without sacrificing code quality. Be ready to build a lot of MVPs that will go through iteration or be completely scrapped depending on the outcome at the customer end.
● Lead your own Agile projects and lead the team from software design to implementation and deployment. Maintain sprints, delivery timelines and contribute to better managing the engineering team.
● Transform UI designs and mockups into pages and flows using CSS3 and JavaScript frameworks. Be ready to do the mockups yourself sometimes.
● Build a culture of simplicity and pragmatism, which is reflected in your elegant code that other developers emulate and you ensure through thorough code reviews and processes.
● Have an exceptional understanding of asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, and service workers and command over the internals of JavaScript, React and Redux.
● Continuously evaluate existing engineering processes and recommend improvements.

Required Skills and qualification:
● 4+ years’ experience developing rich UI/Front-end for user-facing web applications.
● Strong experience with React or similar frameworks, TypeScript, SSR (Server Side Rendering), SPA (Single Page Application), PWA (Progressive Web application), OOP (Object Oriented Programming), Reactive programming, and Unit tests.
● Demonstrated ability to function as a project leader as well as an individual contributor.
● Excellent communication and facilitation skills.
Location: WFO in Kolkata, West Bengal (Hybrid)

Benefits:
● ESOPs: 10% of NowPurchase is dedicated to current & future team members. Your package would entail some ESOPs so that you own a part of the company and grow along with it.
● Medical Insurance: Benefits of group insurance of 3 lakhs for family including parents, spouse, children
● Complete Relocation Expenses: We are building a unicorn out of the city of Joy (Kolkata). We will pay for everything you spend to relocate here.

We are looking for highly skilled candidates with experience in frontend programming and are comfortable in dealing with backend tools.

• Reviewing application requirements and interface designs.
• Identifying web-based user interactions.
• Developing and implementing highly-responsive user interface components using React concepts.
• Writing application interface codes using JavaScript following ReactJS workflows.
• Troubleshooting interface software and debugging application codes.
• Developing and implementing front-end architecture to support user interface concepts.
• Monitoring and improving front-end performance.

An enthusiastic individual with the following skills. Please do not hesitate to apply if you do not match all of it. We are open to promising candidates who are passionate about their work and are team players.

• 6 to 9 years of strong design and development experience in building massively large-scale distributed internet systems and products.
• Previous experience working as a React.js Developer.
• In-depth knowledge of JavaScript, CSS, HTML, and front-end languages.
• Strong experience using a client side MVC framework such as NodeJS, ReactJS, or Redux.
• Experience with user interface design.
• Knowledge of performance testing frameworks including Mocha and Jest.
• Experience with browser-based debugging and performance testing software.
• Experience in responsive design, cross browser compatibility, and website performance.
• Knowledge of frontend CSS frameworks like Bootstrap, Material UI, and preprocessors like SASS and LESS.
• Experience with handling Services, RESTful, APIs (NodeJS preferably).

You will be working with top-quality engineers who have built one of the best employee engagement SaaS platforms. You will be reporting to the Engineering Head and working closely with the Architect and other leads.

A wholesome opportunity in a fast-paced environment that will enable you to juggle between concepts, yet maintain the quality of content, interact, and share your ideas and have loads of learning while at work. Work with a team of highly talented young professionals and enjoy the benefits of being at this Company

We look forward to connecting with you. As you may take time to review this opportunity, we will wait for a reasonable time of around 3-5 days before we screen the collected applications and start lining up job discussions with the hiring manager. We assure you that we will attempt to maintain a reasonable time window for successfully closing this requirement. The candidates will be kept informed and updated on the feedback and application status.

• Build fluid, scalable, responsive, and consumer-centric web platforms that target users across a wide array of devices
• Collaborate closely with designers & backend developers and contribute to the full product development life-cycle from design and development to roll out
  Take ownership of work and deliver quality results consistently
• Own the delivery of multiple features in a fast-paced work environment
• Build optimized and modular components to provide performance-oriented solutions
• Work in a dynamic and collaborative culture ensuring good teamwork and communication with remote team members when needed

• 4+ Years of experience in frontend web development (1+ in ReactJS)
• Strong past experience of building, scaling and maintaining feature-rich customer-facing single-page applications
• Ability to translate designs into UI elements with accuracy and an eye for fluidity and responsiveness; strong grasp of any of CSS / sass / less
• Proven ability to implement key concepts of state management, security, and caching practices in enterprise-level web applications used at scale
• Proficient understanding of compatibility issues across different browsers and web and mobile devices and available ways to work around them
• Familiarity with the react ecosystem and popular libraries in that ecosystem
• Strong grasp over core web development concepts like HTML5, JavaScript, CSS3, general Web 2.0 techniques, and working without modern component libraries
• Experience with designing secure web applications with a strong understanding of common security vulnerabilities and best practices
• Understanding of data structures, algorithms and object-oriented programming
• Strong grasp over concepts of performance, optimization, lighthouse, etc
• Strong handle over Git, following best practices to facilitate collaboration

• Hands-on experience with supporting payments and integrating payment gateways
• Experience with progressive web apps, service workers
• Strong grasp over frontend unit and end-to-end testing frameworks

 

 

**ABOUT VIDEOKEN**

We are on a mission to help e-learning companies and L&D leaders in enterprises to deliver engaging video experience to their end users and customers. VideoKen’s patented AI-powered video discovery, indexing, engagement and analytics platform is used by 30+ customers across the world including marquee brands like Bosch, Oracle, Accenture, TCS, Upgrad, Kaplan Test Prep etc.,

**WE BELIEVE IN**

Enabling better learning outcomes: Video interactivity and analytics powered by VideoKen delivers better learning outcomes for our customers, enabling them to expand their business.

Building a large profitable business: We envision building a large profitable business to achieve our mission of democratizing quality learning experiences.

Innovative culture with personal growth: We have a culture of innovation, and pay attention to each team member’s individual growth. VideoKen’s technology is covered by 8 US granted patents and several pending patent applications.

**OUR IMPACT SO FAR**

* 3 millions minutes of videos processed.
* 7 million minutes of videos delightfully experienced with the VideoKen AI player.
* 1.5K+ websites embedded with videos powered by VideoKen.
* Top AI conferences such as NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, etc. use VideoKen for discovery and deep search.

**WHAT AN IDEAL CANDIDATE WOULD LOOK LIKE: **

* 5+ years of working on JavaScript/HTML/CSS
* Good understanding of modern JavaScript features like ES Modules, Promises, Async/Await, Symbols, Generators, Iterators, Microtasks etc.
* Experienced with a web framework like React or Vue
* Good understanding of DOM and modern Web APIs
* Good understanding of browser rendering pipeline and performance optimizations
* Familiarity with front-end build tools, like Webpack or Rollup
* Good understanding of CI/CD processes
* Experience working with NodeJS
* Good knowledge and understanding of data structure and algorithms
* Previous work experience at a product-based company or startup would be a bonus.

PERSONALITY TRAITS WE REALLY ADMIRE

* Great attitude to ask questions, learn, and suggest process improvements.
* Pays great attention to detail and helps identify edge cases.
* Gives equal importance to planning, coding, code reviews, documentation, and testing.
* Highly motivated and coming up with fresh ideas and perspectives to help us move towards our goals faster.
* Follows release cycles and absolute commitment to deadlines.

Our tech stack is Django framework (python), ReactJS, VueJS, PostgreSQL, Redis, COSMOS DB, and Elasticsearch.

**WHY JOIN US **

Freedom and Responsibility: If you are a person who wants to take up challenging work and push your boundaries with no one monitoring you, then this is the right place for you. There are no hierarchies. No managers to please.

Great Salary and Equity: For our top performers and leaders, we grant stock options. As VideoKen continues to grow, you’ll have a real opportunity to create wealth for yourself and your family. We pay industry competitive salaries too!

Holistic Growth and Flexible work schedule: Building a career doesn’t have to be at the cost of missing out on your personal front. We have flexible timings, work from home, and leave policy.

Transparency: If you ever wanted to know what it’s like to be on an entrepreneurial journey, then working with VideoKen gives you that opportunity to experience it from the front seat.

Role

• Work as part of a small team to build React Native iOS / Android applications.
• Design, build and maintain excellent React Native applications with clean code.
• Implement pixel perfect UI's that match designs.
• Implement clean, modern, smooth animations and transitions that provide an excellent user experience.
• Integrate third-party API's.
• Developing new user-facing features using React Native.
• Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use
• Translating designs and wire-frames into high-quality code
• Optimising components for maximum performance across a vast array of android and ios devices.
• Release applications to IOS and Google Play stores.
• Work with native modules when required.

Skills

• Strong proficiency in React Js, React Native, JavaScript, TypeScript, Object Oriented Programming - 2+ years of professional experience working with React Native
• Deep knowledge of component state management experience (specifically in React Native)
• Familiarity with native build tools, like XCode, Gradle
• Good understanding of Redux
• Ability to work through new and difficult React Native issues and contribute to libraries as needed.
• Ability to create and maintain continuous integration and delivery of React Native applications.
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
• A knack for bench-marking and optimisation

Skill Set Required - 

• Must have - Javascript, React JS, React Native, Typescript
• Good to have - Andriod/iOS, Express.JS, Angular, VUE, Team Lead experience/Scrum Master, Design Experience
• Working Experience on building Dashboards, UI Prototypes, Internal Tools
• Profile - Independent, Self-Organised, Problem Solver