Frontend Developer

About the role:

We are looking for a great JavaScript developer who is proficient with React.js. Your primary focus will be on developing user interface components and implementing them following well-known React.js workflows (such as Flux or Redux). 

You will ensure that these components and the overall application are robust and easy to maintain. You will coordinate with the rest of the team working on different layers of the infrastructure. Therefore, a commitment to collaborative problem-solving, sophisticated design, and quality products is important.

What you’ll do

• 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
• Version Control: Git
• SDLC: Working experience in Agile methodology
• Strong interpersonal skills and time management skills

What you’ll need

• B.Tech or M.Tech equivalent with at least 2 years of experience
• 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 (such as Flux or Redux)
• Familiarity with newer specifications of EcmaScript
• Experience with data structure libraries (e.g., Immutable.js)
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements

Job Description

• Experience in UI development using React JS
• In depth knowledge of JavaScript, CSS, HTML and front-end languages
• Excellent front-end coding skills, and a good understanding of progressive applications
• Strong knowledge of UI design principles, patterns, and best practices
• Experience working with JavaScript and Typescript, React, Redux, RxJS, Yarn
• Experience in test driven development using modern source control and continuous integration
• Design, develop, test, deploy and maintain software
• Delivering high quality and well-structured code

We are seeking a talented Front-End Developer based in India to work with us on an ongoing freelance or contract basis. As a key member of our team, you’ll handle a variety of tasks, including resolving technical issues, implementing site updates, customising Shopify themes, optimising user experiences, and ensuring seamless site performance.

The ideal candidate has expertise in HTML, CSS, JavaScript (React.js, Vue.js, or similar), and Shopify theme development, with a strong understanding of responsive design, debugging, and cross-browser compatibility.

Also has experience with SEO, Shopify Plus, or basic back-end development.

• Good understanding and experience of HTML / CSS / Javascript / Webpack / Bootstrap.
• Hands-on experience with ES6 / ES7 / ES8 features.
• Expertise with Web Services / REST APIs.
• Proficiency in Linux and deployment on Linux.
• Familiarity with Redux Thunk / Redux Saga will be an added advantage.
• Skillful experience in Node JS / Express / MongoDB will be a plus.
• Understanding of mobile cross-platform frameworks like React Native.
• Knowledge of AWS services like S3, EC2 would be valuable.

Job Title

Senior Frontend Developer (SDE-2)

Responsibilities:

• Collaborating with the UX team, product managers, back-end engineers and other technical teams to create new, delightful and scalable UI
• Taking responsibility for all front end development on a project
• Taking initiatives to build better and faster solutions to the problems of scale 
• Adhering to style standards on fonts, colors and images
• Mentoring junior devs and helping them out with bugs
• Taking initiatives to improve the codebase, DX, abd performance
• Building out UI from design mockups & conducting layout adjustments based on feedback from users
• Being on production support 

Requirements:

• Knowledge of and experience in advanced Javascript framework: ReactJS, AngularJS, and VueJS
• 3-5 years of overall experience
• Familiarity with common Javascript Libraries such as jQuery would be a plus
• NodeJS knowledge is a plus
• Knowledge about UI testing automation
• UI Performance: should have hands on experience of optimizing page load, rendering, and caching
• Sense for appeal & aesthetics from a usability perspective

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Skills

REACT.JS, FRONT END, LEADERSHIP SKILLS

• Develop user-facing features, while building reusable code & libraries for future use
• Optimize application for maximum speed & scalability
• Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs
• Ensure that all user input is validated before submitting to the back-end

Experience

• 1-3 Years work experience in Frontend
• Experience working with libraries/frameworks like ReactJS, AngularJS, KnockoutJS, BackboneJS, DurandalJS, etc.
• Experience with common front-end development tools such as Babel, Webpack, NPM, etc
• Proficiency with HTML5, CSS3. Basic understanding of server-side CSS pre-processing platforms, such as LESS and SASS
• Proficient understanding of client-side scripting and JavaScript frameworks, including jQuery
• Good understanding of asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, and AJAX
• Basic knowledge of image authoring tools, to be able to crop, resize, or perform small adjustments on an image. Familiarity with tools such as Gimp or Photoshop is a plus.
• Proficient knowledge of cross-browser compatibility issues & ways to work around them.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tool - GIT
• Good understanding of SEO principles and ensuring that application will adhere to them

If you are looking to be part of the early-stage start-up team that is charting the course and solving a key pain point for the CXO, this opportunity is for you. The opportunity will provide you join a company where you can contribute to all aspects of the product definition, product building and solving some key challenges.

• Architect solutions and execution through hands-on development, quality-assurance, and prototyping 
• Collaborate with a UX/UI designers and other front-end and middle-tier engineers to design, prototype, and build user interface for complex cloud-based product 
• Participate in complete development life cycle activities like design, coding, testing and production release 
• Develop and maintain a scalable web and responsive applications 
• Exhibit Devops mindset – Work on continuous integration, including provisioning, deployment, testing, and version control of the software 
• Mentor new software developers and junior engineers

• Passionate engineer with 5 – 8 years of hands-on experience of developing next-generation user interface with high quality and performance 
• Strong desire to learn & evaluate new libraries/frameworks, and share knowledge with others 
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and agile development environment 
• Sound knowledge of front end standards and practices 
• Translating designs and wireframes into high-quality code 
• Knowledge of Redux, React.js and its core principles 
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs 
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, AJAX, HTML5, CSS3, JSON, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model 
• Experience with popular JS frameworks and libraries (React, Angular, JQuery, Ember, Babel, Webpack etc.) 
• Experience of building Single-page Web Apps 
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements 
• Experience with test automation: TDD, unit/integration/functional testing 
• Proficient with debugging and testing tools to troubleshoot and optimize the UI 
• Solid understanding of object-oriented design and programming concepts, core JavaScript concepts like scope/closures, the event loop and asynchronous callbacks, promises

Good to have

• Full-stack development experience 
• Prior Startup Experience 
• Prior experience in developing real-time web applications 
• Experience with continuous deployment 
• Proficiency with Git/Github 
• Experience with GraphQL

Success Factors

• Start-up mindset 
• Good problem solving abilities 
• ‘Can-do’ attitude 
• Prior experience of working with globally distributed teams is an added advantage 
• Work with minimal supervision 
• Excellent communication skills and being able to work independently or in a full team