Frontend Developer

💥 What will you do?

As a Lead Frontend Engineer, you will

• Own our frontend engineering applications for two products each of which run as independent applications which query our backend systems via REST APIs

• Act as a leader and coach within the front-end engineering team, collaborating with and mentoring senior engineers.

• Collaborate on a daily basis with a small, nimble team of product managers, engineers, and UX designers to understand business requirements and user experience goals and pain points.
• Write and review modular, reusable components and features (React.js / Vue.js) and integrate backend APIs to create a seamless front-end user experience
• Integrate third-party plugins to enhance customer experience. These include 3rd party plugins which provide customer support and analytics plugins that help improve the user experience we provide to customers.
• Actively participate in code reviews
• Work with our quality assurance team to improve coverage on our automated testing suites

🙋 What are we looking for? 

While we do not have a strict list of requirements for candidates interested in this role, some indicators that you would fit this role and our engineering culture are 

• Prior experience of a few years (3+ years) with frontend frameworks as React.js or Vue.js would be essential to work on our application stack.

• You actively promote a culture of engineering excellence some of which could be writing efficient code, use of elegant design patterns, and styling your code through code-linting policies.

• You enjoy designing software architecture by collaborating with leads to explore existing systems, determining areas of complexity, potential risks to successful implementation.

• You have an eye for pixel-perfect UI and micro-interactions.
• You enjoy coaching folks to achieve outcomes through nudges.

📢 Other information you may want to consider 

• We will be flexible for the rest of the pandemic and work remotely; however, we are not a remote-first company, and the work location would be Bangalore when things settle.
• Our frontend tech stack includes React.js, Vue.js, Netlify for CI / CD, TestCafe for UX testing, d3.js, and Regraph for visualizations.

As a senior engineer you will be working independently in designing and implementing new visuals and also helping improve code quality. A lot of emphasis is on usability; so any specific experience is ux is a big plus. Any experience with backend implementation is also a plus

You will work with a mix of front end technologies, primarily JavaScript, D3, HTML 5, SVG, CSS (and related tech like SaSS/LESS). You'd also work with Git, WebPack. You don't already need to know all of these technologies.The key requirement is a keen interest in UI/UX work, solid front-end programming skills (thorough understanding of JavaScript, CSS and browser rendering workflow) and critical thinking.

Remote working is allowed

Requirements and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master degree in engineering
• 4+ years of work experience.
• Proficient understanding of HTML, CSS, and Javascript
• Proficient understanding of ReactJs or similar library
• Good understanding of responsive web development
• Good understanding of SEO and analytics
• Ability to break the business problem into smaller features
• Ability to access the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use
• Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability
• Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility

• Experience working with HTML5, CSS3 in user interface design.
• Understanding of web technologies including one or more of the following:, Javascript (React, Angular, Node, D3, etc.)
• Expert knowledge on CSS preprocessors like Sass and LESS
•  Experience on  RESTful API.
• Strong typography, layout and visual design skills.

• Good exposure to databases, SQL queries
• Good analysis skills in order to troubleshoot and resolve the problems.
• Creative to suggest ways to simplify the UI workflows