Frontend Developer

Designation: Software engineer
Location: Chennai
Experience: 1-4 years

Job description

• Strong programming skills in JavaScript
• Experience with Angular JS
• Experience with frontend frameworks like bootstrap, Jquery
• Object Oriented concepts
• Good knowledge in HTML5, CSS, CSS3
• Experience in working with RESTful APIS
• Experience with HTTP, HTTPS and WebSockets
• Building responsive design
• Knowledge in version control- Git, Subversion
• Good problem-solving skills 

Exposure to OWASP standards and guidelines 

What you need to have:

FRONTEND ENGINEER

Nimbly is looking for an experienced frontend engineer with a passion for building quality user-facing applications. Join our growing engineering team and help build software that companies love!

What you will do here

• Develop user-facing features for our Mobile and Web applications
• Write reusable code and cover it with comprehensive unit tests and integration tests
• Optimize application design and code for performance and scalability
• Maintain build, test, and deployment automation pipelines
• Review technical feasibility of product features and UX designs and provide feedback
• Analyze product feature requirements with the team and decompose them into small, shippable units of work
• Collaborate cross-team with designers and back-end developers
• Transform design mockups and wireframes into code
• Share your knowledge and build best practices with team members

Frontend Engineer Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience
• At least 3-6 years experience developing with ReactJS, ReactNative, preferably with TypeScript
• Excellent analytical skills and a keen eye for detail
• A deep knowledge of various software testing techniques and experience with test automation
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills
• Good organizational skills and a detail-oriented mindset

Our tech stack

We built our web application with ReactJS and our mobile apps with ReactNative, using Redux for front-end state management. Everything is written in TypeScript to take advantage of static typing and the preferred language semantics. We’re using Git (BitBucket) for source control and automated pipelines. Our designers use Figma for wireframing and mockups. We deploy to Google Cloud and use a combination of Google Cloud Functions, App Engine, Firebase, and MongoDB for our back-end.

What we’re looking for

As an ideal candidate, you have substantial previous experience with most of our tech stack and are a highly productive individual with excellent communication skills. You enjoy participating in all aspects of software development from requirements analysis to production deployments. You’re a stickler for good software design, set a high bar for quality, and lead by example in these areas.

Benefits at Nimbly

• Competitive net salary and private insurance
• Remote work with flexible working hours
• Dynamic and fun working environment

WHO YOU ARE

To be successful in this role, you’ll need to have the following skills:

• Love for coding: A fanatic about writing beautiful and scalable code.
• Sense of analytics: Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills. Should be resourceful, innovative and inventive.
• Dynamic: Should be comfortable in dealing with lots of moving pieces. Have exquisite attention to detail, and are comfortable learning new technologies and systems. 
• Team player: Knack for influencing without being authoritative. Pitch in wherever the team needs help, from writing blog posts to supporting customers.
• Accountability: High sense of ownership for your code and relentlessness to deliver projects with high business impact. 

 

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

• BE/BTech in Computer Science or related field. 
• Minimum 3+ years of UI/Frontend development and a strong understanding of building complex layouts using JavaScript, CSS and HTML.

 

KEY SKILLS

• Strong computer system analysis and design skills in current methodologies and patterns including vanilla JavaScript, some experience with ReactJS, Redux, React Native, Webpack, and Typescript or similar library/tools.
• Obsessed with WPO (Web Performance Optimization) and web/mobile performance analysis.
• Experienced with web standards and protocols such as HTTP, DNS, TCP/IP, and socket APIs in general.
• Familiar with web security, SEO, accessibility and internationalization.

• Experience in developing large scale, highly available, complex front-end development using JavaScript, React.js and ReactNative.
• Strong knowledge in both web and mobile application development.
• Knowledge, skills, and experience to write detailed design documentation, and functional specifications for application development.
• Write well designed, efficient, reusable, and reliable code.
• Experience with popular React.js workflows (such as Flux or Redux).
• Work with other senior Developers to resolve/debug program errors.
• Knowledge and ability to apply OOD (Java, HTML, XML, Java Script, and Patterns) and impact to the application development process.
• Knowledge of Agile development methodologies (preferably Scrum).
• Knowledge of database design and data structure libraries,(e.g., Immutable.js).
• Developing new user-facing features using React.js.
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model.
• Actively aid the consulting team in different phases of the project including problem definition, effort estimation, diagnosis, solution generation, design development and deployment.
• Experience with data structure libraries,(e.g, Immutable.js).
• Contributing to team meetings, troubleshooting development.
• Good understanding of HTML CSS and front-end design technologies.

• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships, supporting company leadership and other team members.
• Ability to manage multiple and changing priorities/tasks.
• Must like to continuously improve code, product and process.
• Must work with a strong professional and ownership mindset.
• Strong working experience in JavaScript, ReactNative and ReactJs is required.
• In-depth understanding of Javascript, the DOM, and relevant concepts.
• Proficiency in Typescript.
• Should have hands-on experience with testing libraries like jest & enzyme.
• Must be strong in logic and coding abilities.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Must be passionate and self-motivated.
• Excellent team player and good communication skills.

Essential Qualification:  BCA/BSC/MCA/MSC/BE or any other graduate with good academic background

Experience: 3 to 6 years in software development

Required Technology Skills:

• Web :  Angular2+ (min 3 years), HTML5, NodeJS, Yarn
• Programming: Typescript
• IDE Tools : Visual Studio Code,
• Source Control – Good knowledge on SVN/Git
• Good to have: Java8, SpringBoot, JPA, Oracle PL SQL, SOAP, Restful, WSDL, ETL tools like Talend
  
  Role Summary:
• Software Development with best coding practices
• Proper co-ordination with other team members for maintaining source code versioning
• Complete and provide status of work to Team Lead/Project Manager regularly
• Create and maintain proper documents related to development work
• Collaborate with other team to create quicker issue resolution to achieve high customer satisfaction
• Flexible to learn other technologies and work across teams
• Clear understanding of requirement from functional team
• Involvement in analysis, design, coding, SIT, UAT and support

Strong understanding of JavaScript language.
Strong understanding CSS frameworks 
Has strong understanding of HTTP protocol and can integrate UI with RESTful APIs

Min. 3 years of experience as a Front-end developer Advanced knowledge of technologies such as: React/ Angular2+, ES6, Webpack, CSS / SASS and ability to write unit tests based on Jasmine, Karma, React Testing Library, Jest or Enzyme Fluent in using repository based on gitflow An ability to work with external libraries and services Experience in API integration Good level of English (at least B2) Abilities that enable team leading (good organization of work time, excellent soft skills)

- Proficiency with JavaScript and Angular concepts. - Preferable who worked on Angular 2 and 4 - Can work independently as well can lead a small team of developers. - Very good in problem solving and breaking large tasks in to smaller pieces. - Deep knowledge of AngularJS practices and commonly used modules based on extensive work experience - Creating self-contained, reusable, and testable modules and components - Ensuring a clear dependency chain, in regard to the app logic as well as the file system - Validating user actions on the client side and providing responsive feedback - Creating custom, general use modules, and components which extend the elements and modules of core AngularJS - Experience with all levels of operation available to the front-end, such as from creating XHRs in vanilla JS to using a custom wrapper around $resource - Experience with building the infrastructure for serving the front-end app and assets - Architecting and automating the build process for production, using task runners or scripts - Writing extensive unit tests using automated TDD tasks - Creating configuration, build, and test scripts for Continuous Integration environments

Technical Skill :

HTML, CSS, AngularJS, ReactJS

What will you do:
• Responsible for UI development of one of the modules of the product
• Collaborate with Designers to iterate on the design and implementation of our
product
• Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs
• Develop reusable UI widgets that can be reused across the solution
• Champion Usability & Frontend best practice

What are we looking for:
• A minimum of 3+ years experience in Web development
• A strong Javascript background - Object Oriented JavaScript
• Hands-on experience on ReactJs and/or AngularJS of 2 years at least
• Knowledge of cross-browser compatibility issues and client-side performance
considerations.
• Strong academic background and problem solving skills
• Take ownership of features/modules and manage it completely
• Ability to communicate and defend your ideas clearly
• A desire to build products that users love
Good to have:
• Familiarity with Scrum/Agile methodology
• Experience in React Native