Frontend Developer at a VC backed startup

Key Responsibilities

• Develop new user-facing features using React.js and related libraries.
• Build reusable components and front-end libraries for future use.
• Translate designs and wireframes into high-quality, responsive code.
• Optimize components for maximum performance across a variety of web-capable devices and browsers.
• Collaborate with designers, product managers, and backend developers to deliver seamless user experiences.
• Debug and fix performance and UI issues.
• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and best practices in front-end development.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in JavaScript (ES6+), React.js, and Redux (or similar state management libraries).
• Experience with HTML5, CSS3, SASS, and responsive design principles.
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs and JSON.
• Understanding of Git and version control workflows.
• Knowledge of Webpack, Babel, or similar build tools.
• Good understanding of component-based architecture and front-end design patterns.
• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills.
• Strong communication and teamwork abilities.

Preferred Qualifications (Nice to Have)

• Experience with TypeScript.
• Familiarity with Next.js, React Query, or React Router.
• Experience with Unit Testing frameworks (Jest, Enzyme, React Testing Library).
• Basic knowledge of Node.js or Express.js.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tools.
• Exposure to Agile/Scrum methodologies.

We are seeking a highly skilled React JS Developer with exceptional DOM manipulation expertise and real-time data handling experience to join our team. You'll be building and optimizing high-performance user interfaces for stock market trading applications where milliseconds matter and data flows continuously.

The ideal candidate thrives in fast-paced environments, understands the intricacies of browser performance, and has hands-on experience with WebSockets and real-time data streaming architectures.

Key Responsibilities

Core Development

• Advanced DOM Operations: Implement complex, performance-optimized DOM manipulations for real-time trading interfaces
• Real-time Data Management: Build robust WebSocket connections and handle high-frequency data streams with minimal latency
• Performance Engineering: Create lightning-fast, scalable front-end applications that process thousands of market updates per second
• Custom Component Architecture: Design and build reusable, high-performance React components optimized for trading workflows

Collaboration & Integration

• Work closely with traders, quants, and backend developers to translate complex trading requirements into intuitive interfaces
• Collaborate with UX/UI designers and product managers to create responsive, trader-focused experiences
• Integrate with real-time market data APIs and trading execution systems

Technical Excellence

• Implement sophisticated data visualizations and interactive charts using libraries like Chartjs, TradingView, or custom D3.js solutions
• Ensure cross-browser compatibility and responsiveness across multiple devices and screen sizes
• Debug and resolve complex performance issues, particularly in real-time data processing and rendering
• Maintain high-quality code through reviews, testing, and comprehensive documentation

Required Skills & Experience

React & JavaScript Mastery

• 5+ years of professional React.js development with deep understanding of React internals, hooks, and advanced patterns
• Expert-level JavaScript (ES6+) with strong proficiency in asynchronous programming, closures, and memory management
• Advanced HTML5 & CSS3 skills with focus on performance and cross-browser compatibility

Real-time & Performance Expertise

• Proven experience with WebSockets and real-time data streaming protocols
• Strong DOM manipulation skills - direct DOM access, virtual scrolling, efficient updates, and performance optimization
• RESTful API integration with experience in handling high-frequency data feeds
• Browser performance optimization - understanding of rendering pipeline, memory management, and profiling tools

Development Tools & Practices

• Proficiency with modern build tools: Webpack, Babel, Vite, or similar
• Experience with Git version control and collaborative development workflows
• Agile/Scrum development environment experience
• Understanding of testing frameworks (Jest, React Testing Library)

Financial Data Visualization

• Experience with financial charting libraries: Chartjs, TradingView, D3.js, or custom visualization solutions
• Understanding of market data structures, order books, and trading terminology
• Knowledge of data streaming optimization techniques for financial applications

Nice-to-Have Skills

Domain Expertise

• Prior experience in stock market, trading, or financial services - understanding of trading workflows, order management, risk systems
• Algorithmic trading knowledge or exposure to quantitative trading systems
• Financial market understanding - equities, derivatives, commodities

Technical Plus Points

• Backend development experience with GoLang, Python, or Node.js
• Database knowledge: SQL, NoSQL, time-series databases (InfluxDB, TimescaleDB)
• Cloud platform experience: AWS, Azure, GCP for deploying scalable applications
• Message queue systems: Redis, RabbitMQ, Kafka, NATS for real-time data processing
• Microservices architecture understanding and API design principles

Advanced Skills

• Service Worker implementation for offline-first applications
• Progressive Web App (PWA) development
• Mobile-first responsive design expertise

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent professional experience)
• 5+ years of professional React.js development with demonstrable experience in performance-critical applications
• Portfolio or examples of complex real-time applications you've built
• Financial services experience strongly preferred

Why You'll Love Working Here

We're a team that hustles—plain and simple. But we also believe life outside work matters. No cubicles, no suits—just great people doing great work in a space built for comfort and creativity.

What We Offer

💰 Competitive salary – Get paid what you're worth

🌴 Generous paid time off – Recharge and come back sharper

🌍 Work with the best – Collaborate with top-tier global talent

✈️ Adventure together – Annual offsites (mostly outside India) and regular team outings

🎯 Performance rewards – Multiple bonuses for those who go above and beyond

🏥 Health covered – Comprehensive insurance so you're always protected

⚡ Fun, not just work – On-site sports, games, and a lively workspace

🧠 Learn and lead – Regular knowledge-sharing sessions led by your peers

📚 Annual Education Stipend – Take any external course, bootcamp, or certification that makes you better at your craft

🏋️ Stay fit – Gym memberships with equal employer contribution to keep you at your best

🚚 Relocation support – Smooth move? We've got your back

🏆 Friendly competition – Work challenges and extracurricular contests to keep things exciting

We work hard, play hard, and grow together. Join us.

Job Responsibilities:

• Collaboratively work with UX team, product managers, back-end engineers and other technical teams to create new, delightful and scalable UI
• Mentor junior members through training and individual support
• Responsible for all front end development on a project
• Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs
• Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability
• Identify and troubleshoot UX problems (e.g. responsiveness)
• Conduct layout adjustments based on user feedback
• Adhere to style standards on fonts, colors and images
• Optimize existing user interface designs
• Proactively learn and accordingly apply new technologies, best design practices and usability patterns

The ideal candidate must - 

• 5+ years of experience working with React or React-based frameworks
• Proficiency with browser-based debugging and performance testing
• Proficiency in Git and version control
• Considerable experience with a testing framework (Jest/Mocha)
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs and GraphQL
• Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JWT Tokens
• Good understanding of common front-end development tools such as Babel, Webpack, NPM, Yarn etc
• Hands-on experience with CSS-in-JS libraries
• Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them
• Keen to learn, mentor and willingness to take ownership of work items
• Possess strong communication and self-accountability

Aerchain is an AI-powered Procurement platform transforming the way purchase is done in enterprises. We are a 2-year-old funded startup with some of the largest global companies as clients and are part of 3 top accelerator programs backed by Reliance Group, top VCs & Supply Chain experts. We are on the lookout for technology enthusiasts who would love to contribute to revolutionising the world's procurement industry with Artificial Intelligence!

Responsibilities

1. Define technical blueprints and take complete technical ownership of high-level design, tech stack of the product.

2. Design, build, test and deploy product features that are reliable, secure and optimised for performance across all environments.

3. Work closely with product management team to define and refine feature specifications.

4. Work with cross-functional teams to address technical dependencies.

5. Drive some of the company-wide tech initiatives striving towards continuous technical excellence of our platforms.

6. Mentor upcoming engineers in the organisation / team.

Qualifications

1. 4+ years of experience in developing dynamic, scalable web applications.

2. Demonstrated ability in building / architecting large scale products in the React ecosystem.

3. Ability to work with teams in a collaborative and productive manner.

4. Strong computer science fundamentals in data structures and algorithms.

5. Familiarity with cross-browser compatibility issues and demonstrates good design and UI / UX sensibilities.

6. Excellent technical leadership and mentoring skills.

Our Ideal Candidate

1. Loves writing and owning code and enjoys challenges and problem solving.

2. Self driven and motivated with the desire to work in a fast-paced, results-driven agile environment with varied responsibilities.

3. Takes end-to-end ownership of the product, ideates on product requirements with the team and drives it from design to implementation.

4. Action-oriented and dreams big. More importantly believes and has the ability of “Making it Happen !”

Why Aerchain

1. Be part of the engineering leadership team - You’ll have the opportunity to work with cross-functional teams and take key technology decisions to build future-forward products.

2. Build a truly disruptive product - We are building a platform that transforms the way S2P cycles happen in enterprises. Using data at every step, we plan on automating processes starting with requirement gathering to payments and customers love us!

3. Be part of the high-growth challenge - In the process of scaling from 1-10, we are sure that there are very exciting and challenging times ahead. The experience of being a part of this growth phase is unique and will fast track your career. You’ll obviously learn a lot!