Frontend Developer for a US-based company (contractual)

Location: Mumbai

Experience Required: 2+ Years

Job Type: Full-Time

Notice Period: Immediate Joiners

About the Role

We are seeking a skilled and experienced Front-End Developer to join our product engineering team. The ideal candidate must have experience working in a product-based software development company and should have hands-on involvement in e-commerce platform projects.

Mandatory Criteria

• Candidate must be currently working or have prior experience in a product-based software development company
• Candidate must have worked on at least one e-commerce platform project (end-to-end involvement)

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain responsive, high-performance web interfaces using React.js
• Translate UI/UX designs into pixel-perfect, reusable front-end components
• Optimize components for maximum performance and cross-browser compatibility
• Integrate front-end components with backend RESTful APIs
• Collaborate with design, backend, and QA teams to deliver seamless user experiences
• Participate in code reviews, testing, and agile development ceremonies

Required Skills

• Strong proficiency in JavaScript (ES6+), React.js, HTML5, and CSS3
• Experience with state management libraries such as Redux or Zustand
• Solid understanding of responsive design and cross-browser compatibility
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs and API integration
• Knowledge of version control systems like Git
• Understanding of performance optimization, debugging, and front-end testing practices

QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Minimum 3-5 years of Experience in Java Backend development. 
• Degree in Engineering or Computer Science. 
• Good knowledge/experience in Data structure, Algorithms. 
• Proficiency with Programming Language: Java 1.8 and above (1.8 V must), J2EE. 
• Proficiency with Framework: Spring Stack (Security, Web MVC, REST), Hibernate, JMS. 

• Strong knowledge in any one Relational Databases (Mysql / Oracle / SQL Server). 
• Strong experience in Web services (SOAP and RESTFUL). 
• Tools & Utilities: STS / Eclipse / IntelliJ / NetBeans.Web/Application Server: Jboss. 
• Should have expertise in Design Patterns, Transactions, Multithreading concepts 
• Proficiency in Build Cycle management (Maven, Jenkins, Scripting). 

• Familiarity with Deployment technologies like Docker, Rancher and Virtual machines. 
• Familiarity with Agile Development processes. 
• Exposure to Spring Integration batch knowledge, OAuth2 authentication 
• Excellent verbal communication skills. 
• Good problem-solving skills with attention to detail. 

• Able to create functional, attractive applications that perfectly meet the needs of the user. 

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.

We are looking to hire a Full-time, Remote (India) Frontend engineer to help create a SAAS product from the ground up in a niche industry.
This will be the v2.0 of an existing legacy platform with paying customers. This position is within the first few hires in the founding team of the revamped company.
We are on a mission to build a truly world-class product and deliver at high speeds with high quality.

Read on and apply for the job if you are a doer, likes no BS, think you're competent enough to get things done, want some quiet time every day, want to make a difference, values work-life balance, and enjoy life outside work.

Experience - At least 5 years building scalable SAAS applications in the cloud. It would be great to showcase anything progressive. Education from premier institutions, git contributions, tech blogs, volunteering, pet projects, etc.

Responsibilities -
- Architect, write, deploy and own the (SAAS) product from a technical frontend standpoint working closely with backend engineers and designers
- Create and deliver the product end-to-end all the way to the user
- Write highly performant code and continuously measure performance and make the application better based on benchmarks
- Debug production issues and keep the application quality high always
- Assist with hiring more people when the team grows
- Pick up any appropriate work as in any early-stage company

General Skills Needed -

- Create state-of-the-art user experiences including complex dashboards, pdf reports, complex graphs delivering the end-to-end implementation all the way to the user
- Should be able to build and deploy multi-tenant SAAS applications end to end
- Need to have a technology-agnostic mindset. Should be able to easily pick up any new technology based on the use case
- Should be an expert software craftsman/craftswoman. Must own the code and be proud of what you build
- Write well thought out, well-tested code with extensive unit tests and integration tests so that the addition of future features is easy.
- Must know cloud deployment concepts and be comfortable working on CI/CD pipelines, cost-effective cloud deployment strategies. AWS experience highly preferred
- Must be able to design and architect simple, market-tested yet highly scalable solutions
- Must be able to quickly iterate and produce working software at a high speed. Must not be shy to scrap and rebuild when there is a need
- Must be appreciative of documentation and write well-documented code and technical documentation alongside

Technical Skills Needed -
- Expert level knowledge in JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and modern web development standards and frameworks (React preferred/Angular/Vue/etc)
- Expert level knowledge in the appropriate frameworks

1. React (preferred), Angular, Vue, or other modern frontend frameworks
2. Integrating with Rest APIs
3. PostgreSQL, MySQL, any NoSQL or other database technology

- Expertise in data presentation and reporting - creating beautiful reports and graphs in the UI based on the data collected by the backend
- Must have a great level understanding of various frameworks on authentication and authorization, billing and metrics
- Must have some knowledge in creating cost-efficient and scalable cloud deployments (AWS preferred) and be ready to learn
- Expert level knowledge in industry-standard design patterns and tools

Front-end Developer

*H1 is a Spanish fin/proptech that revolutionizes the mortgage market by offering bank-risk approved loans before knowing the house an individual wants to purchase. It also offers a powerful selling tool for real estate agents and developers that helps manage their businesses. From there, H1 is building a community of millions of high credit profile users (individuals + companies) that use the credit marketplace technology to access a multiproduct platform (including banking and non-banking capital and multiple financial and credit scoring products) that becomes a financial partner for individuals and companies as well as a personal documentation encrypted storage for all family or group members (SAAS model).

*H1 is the future of digital banking. 

*Recently capitalized, and in a strong growth phase to expand nationally and into 5 additional countries.

About the Job:

H1 seeks front-end developers with experience on React, UX and responsive layout for our development team

In this role, you will report directly to the CTO

Agile based organization, with bi-weekly sprints on long-term project

Responsibilities:

• Build an extraordinary tech product (software) from an user centric perspective, for all the different actors involved with the organization and in direct contact with the technology (clients, management, finance, risk/operations team, commercial team, marketing, etc.) 
• Working with the CTO to build the roadmap and agile based organization required.
• Receive and react to product feedback from all internal and external stakeholders
• Create and optimize company web applications
• Product KPIs, and product releases on a recurring basis
• Producing reports to monitor level of usability, engagement, etc. (product metrics and analytics)
• Contributing to deliver the expected results from a usability and engagement perspective

About You:

• With strong software product background, and extraordinary capabilities in terms of product strategy development and usability 
• 3-6+ years robust experience on developing software products in an agile based organization
• Demonstrated success in bringing new products to market, capturing market share and delivering market leading products and services.
• Clear examples of products managed or developed during his/her career 
• Strategic thinking: you are able to think at the strategic level and make the link with the pixel level 
• Able to work in a flat and transparent manner within a fast paced environment
• Results oriented
• Academic education in tech/product/digital related careers
• High level english (spoken and written). Spanish at any level would be a great plus.
• Entrepreneurial mindset: Is looking for a very ambitious project. Due to the stage of growth kick-off the upside could be extraordinary (a life-time opportunity)

Skills:

• Great flavour towards software products
• High expertise and excellence on software usability and user experience optimization. Expertise in software design
• Sensitivity towards customers and users
• Data driven decision making
• Deep knowledge of the digital world
• Fintech / Proptech / Digital banking background experience will be very positively considered, but not necessarily needed
• ReactJS on typescript with class and hooks
• Experience with responsive design
• Css with less compiler experience
• Long SPA development using json web tokens security
• AntD library would be a plus
• Experience in working with tech teams, on an agile based style
• Proactive and able to take initiative. Decisive and resolute
• “Out of the box” thinker
• Creative thinker
• Works well in a team and with a wide range of people from different backgrounds and ages
• Organised and methodical
• Succeeds under pressure
• Is able to have fun and keep a positive atmosphere in the team

Location of Headquarters: Madrid, Spain

Tech Hub in India: Office in Bangalore, Karnataka (India). Full tech team between Madrid, Spain + Bangalore, India

This is a unique opportunity to contribute heavily to the growth of an innovative, market-leading Fintech & Proptech company.

Salary Range: 40k-90k Rupees monthly (5 Lakhs - 11 Lakhs per annum)