Frontend Developer (Vue.Js)

Skills:

• 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 (Redux)
• Familiarity with newer specifications of ECMAScript
• Experience with data structure libraries (e.g., Immutable.js)
• Knowledge of isomorphic React is a plus
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs
• Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token
• Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
• A knack for benchmarking and optimization
• Familiarity with code versioning tools (such as Git, SVN, and Mercurial)

Job Title - Senior Frontend Engineer

About Tazapay 

Tazapay is a cross border payment service provider. They offer local collections via local payment methods, virtual accounts and cards in over 70 markets. The merchant does not need to create local entities anywhere and Tazapay offers the additional compliance framework to take care of local regulations and requirements. This results in decreased transaction costs, fx transparency and higher auth rates. 

They are licensed and backed by leading investors.   www.tazapay.com 

What’s exciting waiting for You? 

This is an amazing opportunity for you to join a fantastic crew before the rocket ship launch. It will be a story you will carry with you through your life and have the unique experience of building something ground up and have the satisfaction of seeing your product being used and paid for by thousands of customers. You will be a part of a growth story be it anywhere - Sales, Software Development, Marketing, HR, Accounting etc. 

We believe in a culture of openness, innovation & great memories together. 

Are you ready for the ride? 

Find what interesting things you could do with us.

About the Frontend Engineer role

Responsibilities (not exhaustive)

• Lead core development efforts for our front-end applications, ensuring high-quality code that is performant, scalable, secure and maintainable.
• Collaborate closely with the product team to understand user needs and translate them into exceptional user interfaces (UI).
• Partner with the design team to achieve pixel-perfect implementation while maintaining and evolving our design systems.
• Write clean, maintainable, and testable JavaScript with a focus on performance optimization and scalability.
• Champion the use of modern build tools like Vite to streamline development workflows.
• Implement effective unit tests to ensure code quality and stability.
• Take complete ownership of features, from initial discussions with the product manager to incorporating customer feedback.
• Demonstrate a strong understanding of modern front-end architecture and best practices.

The Ideal Candidate

Experience

• Proven experience as a senior frontend engineer with a strong track record of building and shipping complex web applications.
• In-depth knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript (ES6+), Tailwind CSS, Git, npm, and Sentry.
• Familiarity with integration of front-end with backend web services.
• Strong experience with a popular front-end framework like React, Angular, or Vue.js (Vue.js experience a plus).
• Prior experience developing and maintaining a UI component library.
• Familiarity with modern build tools like Vite and a passion for exploring new technologies.
• Understanding of Git version control and experience with GitHub workflows.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Advanced knowledge in web security best practices to write secure and robust front-end code
• Ability to write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code.
• Passion for building high-quality user experiences.
• Experience mentoring junior engineers.
• Active contributions to open-source projects in the front-end development space.

Abilities and Traits

• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Ability to provide exceptional attention to details of the product.
• Ability to focus for extended periods of repetitious activity.
• Ability to think ahead and anticipate problems, issues and solutions
• Work well as a team player and help the team members to resolve issues
• Be committed to quality and be structured in approach
• Excellent and demonstrable concept formulation, logical and analytical skills
• Excellent planning, organisational, and prioritisation skills

If you're a talented and experienced frontend engineer who is passionate about building beautiful, performant, and scalable web applications, we want to hear from you!

Location - Chennai - India

Join our team and let's groove together to the rhythm of innovation and opportunity!

Your Buddy

Tazapay

Senior developers only

Min 5 years of real experience 

Front End/Web react.js

Remote work

(We prefer individual developers over agencies or IT providers)

Be a part of one of the best IT companies that is making it easier for businesses and customers to interact with each other, efficiently and economically too.

Our client is a global platform that provides exceptional customer engagement through chatbots and various channels for their business clients. They have made their presence known across verticals, small and large businesses and even in emerging markets. The objective of their messaging platform is to create a rich experience for the marketing, sales and support teams using messaging channels, device manufacturers and operators.

They are currently working with nearly 40 thousand brands, serving almost 6 billion messages per month. Their clientele includes well-known giants such as HDFC Bank, Twitter, FB, Whatsapp, Google, LinkedIn, Zomato, Citibank, Vogue and many more. With offices based in the USA, Brazil, Mexico and India, their team has become an integral part of their clients’ numerous customer success stories.

As a Frontend Developer, you will be required to be an expert in technologies such as HTML, CSS, Javascript, ReactJS, UI Design tools, Wireframe tools etc. and work on the Frontend development of our products/ services.

What you will do:

• Designing and developing a UI framework that can be used across multiple products and website
• Working on optimization of the web application/ websites and keeping knowledge of tools used to benchmark the performance.
• Being aware of agile development (short sprints) and helping the team with debugging and troubleshooting issues.
• Learning newer technologies in UI/UX and guiding the team in delivering quality results.

What you need to have:

4+ years of experience building Front end web applications

• Deep understanding of the ReactJS, Redux state container, Webpack module bundler
• Delivery of technical solutions with clean, well-tested code
• Be an active part of the engineering community team and collaborating with other developers
• You have solid experience working in an agile development environment
• Good JavaScript experience including asynchronous programming, pec closures, types, and ES6
• Demonstrable experience with RESTful APIs and JSON
• HTML 5 and CSS 3 as part of theming real-world projects
• Understanding of pre-processed CSS platforms such as Sass or Less.
• Proficiency in UI Prototyping Tools like Invision, Sketch, Adobe Experience Design etc.
• Good knowledge of responsive web design and experience with Git or other source control systems
• Knowledgeable and experienced with micro-service architecture
• Strong ability to debug code

Responsibilities:

• Meeting with the design team to discuss application features and design ideas.
• Researching similar application designs and user interface modules.
• Creating a website and application design mockups with enhanced UI features.
• Presenting updated front-end designs for final sign-off.
• Writing the front-end code and building the user interface.
• Debugging code errors and troubleshooting software issues.
• Conducting live application tests and tweaks.
• Updating web applications in line with user trends.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent practical experience.
• Understanding of OOPS concepts, Persistence, Threading.
• Good understanding of version control system (GIT).
• Knowledgeable in data structures and algorithms.
• Good understanding of web stack and how all the pieces fit together.

• 3+ years prior experience as a UI engineer.
• Familiarity with automated testing tools including Selenium, Jasmine, and Karma.
• In-depth knowledge of user interface models, application design, and website functionality.
• Proficient with front-end languages including HTML, JavaScript, and CSS.
• Familiarity with prototyping tools including InVision Studio, Balsamiq, and Sketch.
• Advanced problem-solving skills.

Good To Have:

• Competent in developing web apps using React.
• Prior experience of working in a product-based company.

• Prior experience of working in a startup.

• Develop reusable, maintainable cross-platform HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for front-end web application components while adhering to web and team standards.
• Write unit tests to provide sufficient testing coverage for each developed component.
• Constantly review and improve frontend performance of the web application.
• Work with creative and business partners to understand, build and adjust web application functionality and visual presentation to support business goals.
• Work with server-side, infrastructure, and 3rd party technology partners to build, integrate and deploy web application functionality and visual presentation to support business goals.
• Work with project technical lead and/or FE architect to create technical designs and implementation plans.
• Ensure accuracy and attention to detail throughout the development process.
• Remain curious and current with new developments in the FE web development industry.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Demonstrated 3-5 years of practical front-end web development experience.
• Expertise in writing and testing valid, web standards-based HTML, CSS, JS.
• Fluent in fundamentals of computer science such as:
• Object-Oriented Programming, Data Structures, Coding Patterns.
• Deep understanding and experience with the following standards and technologies is essential:
• DOM, JSON, AJAX, HTML5 Video, WCAG 2.0 AA, Git.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills are preferred.
• Bachelor’s Degree is preferred.
• Sample portfolio (code or public-facing web build) is a plus.
• Experience working for high-end brands or another environment with very high standards for the presentation layer is a plus; Ecommerce experience is a plus