Frontend Engineer

Selected intern's day-to-day responsibilities include :
1. Developing new user-facing features using React.js
2. Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
3. Optimizing components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers
4. Build reusable code and libraries for future use
5. Work with backend engineers to build features and ship experiments


Skills Required :
1. Strong proficiency in JavaScript, ReactJS, Redux, redux-saga and ES6.
2. Konwledge with common front-end development tools such as Babel, Webpack, NPM, etc.
3. Familiarity with code versioning tools such as Git
4. Familiarity with RESTful APIs and Express js.
5. Ability to work in a fast-paced and deadline-oriented environment.

About KAFQA

At Kafqa, we are building the next generation performing arts platform. Our mission is to transform how India learns, performs & watchers performing arts. We are currently in stealth mode with a target public launch date in April. Our launch services consist of technology enabled dance classes in our proprietary studios, production facilities and social media broadcasting & competitions.

Founder & Team

The founder is Shariq Plasticwala. He is a graduate of IIT Bombay & Stanford GSB. He was part of the founding team of Amazon India where he played a key role for over 8 years. Among his roles at Amazon, he was the CEO of Amazon’s first joint venture in India and a Board Member of Amazon’s payments business. The other members of the founding team consist of senior executives from Shiamak Davar & Byju’s.

Role

We are looking for an experienced Frontend engineer with ReactJS development experience to join our team.
Here’s are some of the things you might have to do on any given day:

• Implement responsive and performant UIs with user centered approach with frontend technologies including ReactJS, Javascript(ES 6), Typescript, SCSS, etc
• Write meaningful test cases for frontend &amp
• Develop Infrastructure for delivering services using a performance driven approach, build databases, schedule automated jobs, etc

 

Ideal Background / Experience

• At least 12 months of diverse experience in web development for product or services oriented environment with exposure to working production deployments
• Expertise in programming using Python/ReactJS or similar scripting languages
• In-depth exposure to technologies used in web-based SaaS products, including REST APIs
• Sound understanding of Postgres and NoSQL databases such as MongoDB

Nice to have exposure to any of

• AWS
• Azure
• ELK
• Object Relational Models (SQLAlchemy, etc)
• Google APIs
• Microservices Architecture Pattern
• NodeJS / ExpressJS

 

 

Senior Software Engineer - Frontend (IC - Staff)

Bangalore

About

We are building analytics on natural language to help product development teams learn from large-scale customer feedback. Since our inception in 2020, we have been backed by top-tier VC firms from Silicon Valley and India. Today, we are proud to partner with some of the fastest scaling Product Led Growth companies. We are growing really fast and excited about having more people join us on this journey

Roles & Responsibilities

As an early-stage member of the team, some of your responsibilities will include:

• Working closely with founders to build the frontend and iterate product features at a rapid pace.
• Identifying and driving innovative solutions to address the most critical needs of our customers.
• Work in close collaboration with cross-functional partners in data science, design and backend functions.
• Drive architectural changes on frontend architecture by profiling, improve UX, and build with the design system.
• Constantly improve our live site with frontend monitoring and automation
• Build accessible experiences sensitive to the needs of all users

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience in Web Application Development.
• Understanding of engineering best practices, frontend design principles, interface guidelines and principles of system design
• Proficiency with any part of our technology stack: React, TypeScript, Tailwind, Next.js, Graphql
• Experience with network communications on web platforms, making synchronous and asynchronous web service calls.
• Hands-on experience in using versioning systems like Git.
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with automated test suites
• Strong interpersonal skills and a desire to work collaboratively to achieve objectives
• Excellent organisational and analytical abilities

Benefits and Perks

• Autonomy and Ownership
• Smart, Humble and Friendly peers
• Competitive remuneration package with equity options
• Generous vacation
• Maternity and Paternity leaves
• Learning & Development resources
• Initial grant to setup home-office 
• Monthly stipend for coffee / nutritional supplements

Equal Opportunities

We are an equal opportunity employer. We ensure that none of our employees or prospective employees receives less favourable treatment as a result of age, sex, disability, marital status, colour, race, religion or ethnic origin. Equally we aim to ensure that no such employee is disadvantaged by terms and conditions of employment which cannot be justified.

COVID-19 Considerations

Due to the current health crisis related to COVID-19, we are open to a fully remote work setup till it is safe to work in person.

 

 

Our frontend (React) team is passionate about React Technology and we are working on a few world-class products which have their roots and frontend in React Technology along with Redux, web-hooks, and Reducers. Keeping performance, scalability, usability, and user acceptance in mind, we are looking for a smart frontend engineer that has experience developing a variety of Web Applications using React Technology. (Along with strong frontend expertise, needs a good understanding of how frontend applications work in different browsers and have a mobile responsive design)

Basic roles and responsibilities are mentioned for the engineer at our team:

• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model
• 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.
• Good understanding of async functions and their concepts.
• Your primary focus will be on developing user interface components and implementing them following well-known ReactJS workflows (such as Flux or Redux).
• A Commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and quality product is important.

Responsibilities.

• Developing new user-facing features using ReactJS
• Familiarity with modern front-end builds pipelines and tools.
• Translating designs and wireframes into high-quality code.
• Thorough understanding of ReactJS and its core principles.
• Experience with popular React.js workflows. (such as Flux or Redux)
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs.
• Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use.
• Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token and Oauth.
• Good knowledge of CSS and other latest frameworks like a tailwind CSS / Bootstrap.

• Experience developing highly scalable Web applications.
• Knowledge of Media Queries and CSS via useful frameworks.
• Strong experience with React frameworks with components like Redux, Flux, Webhooks.
• Good knowledge of code versioning (git / Github)
• Good experience with code deployment on servers like Ubuntu, Linux systems.
• In-depth knowledge of designing and developing software in distributed architectures for multi-tier applications
• Basic understanding of docker to work with different major versions of Node js and database release(Postgres, MySQL, etc)
• Good knowledge to write and train the team to write unit test cases for the application code.

• You would be knowing how to do a basic code review of team and junior NodeJS engineers.

• Experience with deployment and CI/CD is a plus!
• Have worked with Testing libraries
• Good Verbal and Written communication Skills.

Company Description

Mindler is a technology enabled eco-system for career planning & development for students. We leverage technology, research, machine learning and algorithms to minimise the human bias in career decision making process. Founded by a team comprising of alumni from ISB, Harvard, IIT and some of the leading psychologists across the country, Mindler is the winner of the Economic Times Power of Ideas and was awarded and recognised by IIM-A, CIIE, Economic Times and Department of Science & Technology.

 

 

Job Description

• Ensure the technical feasibility of UX designs
• Build reusable/hygiene code and customize libraries/tools for future use
• Develop best user interaction and easy navigating features
• Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability, coordinating the same with design team to ensure the required files are in-place
• Ensure that all user input is validated using scripts
• Perform cross-browser testing before staging the platform to the backend integration
• Final functionality of the applications to be ensured after backend integration
• Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders

 

 

Job Specifications

• Proficient understanding of web markup, including HTML5 and CSS3
• Proficient understanding of client-side scripting and JavaScript frameworks, including jQuery
• Good understanding of asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, and AJAX
• Development experience on latest Angular versions is a must.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git or Bitbucket
• Familiarity with tools such as as Gimp or Photoshop is a plus
• 2-6 years of experience in the domain of UI Development
• Tech (preferable)

Experience: 6+ Years

 

Essential Skills & Experience

• Must to have minimum of 3 years of experience in using Angular 2+ and above versions.
• Develop modern software applications and working with the team to solution definition and guide teams through execution and implementation
• Ensuring high performance on mobile and desktop
• Must have experience for writing tested, idiomatic, and documented Angular, JavaScript, HTML and CSS
• Must have knowledge of OOP concepts, industry best practices and architecture designs.
• Must have good understanding of web technology/enterprise level applications.
• Coordinating the workflow between the graphic designer, the HTML coder, and yourself
• Cooperating with the back-end developer in the process of building the RESTful API
• Communicating with external web services
• Experience should include structured source code management using SVN or GIT and build using MAVEN/Grunt.
• Good to have backend experience in any one of the backend technologies mentioned below:
  • Java with Spring boot.
  • PHP
• Need to have good experience in Web application designing.
• Good to have experience in Agile methodology.

 

Nice to Have

• Experience with web servers like Nginx or NodeJS
• Basic awareness of cloud orchestration frameworks like Kubernetes/Docker
• Understanding of Unit Testing Frameworks

 

BEHAVIORAL SKILLS

• Self-motivated and a Quick Learner
• Ability to consistently perform and meet deadlines
• Attention to detail and follow-through
• A good understanding of customer satisfaction
• Ability to work effectively in a team as well as in an individual environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Responsibilities

• Delivering a complete front end application
• Ensuring high performance on mobile and desktop
• Writing tested, idiomatic, and documented JavaScript, HTML and CSS
• Coordinating the workflow between the graphic designer, the HTML coder, and yourself
• Cooperating with the back-end developer in the process of building the RESTful API
• Communicating with external web services

Skills and Qualifications

• Proficiency with JavaScript and HTML5
• Professional, precise communication skills
• 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
• Ability to provide SEO solutions for single page apps
• Extensive knowledge of CSS and JS methods for providing performant visual effects and keeping the framerate above 30fps at all times
• Thorough understanding of the responsibilities of the platform, database, API, caching layer, proxies, and other web services used in the system
• Validating user actions on the client side and providing responsive feedback
• Writing non-blocking code, and resorting to advanced techniques such as multi-threading, when needed
• 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
• Documenting the code inline using JSDoc or other conventions
• Writing extensive unit tests using automated TDD tasks
• Creating e2e test suites for all components, and running them with Protractor (or a well reasoned alternative)
• Creating configuration, build, and test scripts for Continuous Integration environments

Your responsibilities will be:  Write effective and efficient code in JS, Bootstrap, CSS and able translate designs into websites, apps, HTML emails, and interactive experiences;  Code, test and debug that works across multiple browsers and digital platforms  Develop new user-facing features  Build reusable code and libraries for future use  Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs  Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability  Assure that all user input is validated before submitting to back-end  Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders Skills required to do this job  Experience developing HTML, HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap, responsive web applications including multi-platform (mobile, tabs) dashboard  Strong knowledge in JavaScript, AJAX, jQuery and other jQuery libraries i.e. charts, calendar, forms  Able to write effective and efficient code in JS, Bootstrap, CSS and able translate designs into websites, apps, HTML emails, interactive and animated experiences  Experience developing web-based applications in production environments, demonstrating a thorough understanding of CSS/HTML and modern page layout techniques  Experience of responsive layout and design, preferably with Bootstrap framework  Ability to demonstrate familiarity with website optimization techniques  Possess strong problem-solving skills  A wide degree of creativity and latitude required  Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills with the ability to collaborate and interact confidently with individuals at all levels  Must be dedicated to a high degree of customer service with the ability to work well in a team environment and independently based on the requirements Education and Experience Requirement   BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject   5+ years of UI development experience

Job Description : - Able to collaborate with the design and product team to translate visual mock-ups into efficient front-end components. - Develop efficient, user-friendly libraries for applications, which help raise the productivity of engineers across the organization - Apply front-end design patterns, trends and best practices to maximize bandwidth performance, cross-browser compatibility, and high usability. - Partner with the UX design and product management teams to innovate and develop new design and interaction concepts. Requirements : - 5 + years of experience building websites/applications. - Writing clean semantic HTML markup, adhering to a11y standards. - Good knowledge of writing maintainable CSS, following philosophies like OOCSS, SMACSS, Atomic Design etc. - Knowledge of responsive web design, mobile-first CSS, web typography and building layout using Flexbox and CSS Grids. - You take pride in working on advanced CSS. - Proficient understanding of client-side scripting(VanillaJS) and JavaScript frameworks, like Node and React. - Managing a team, provide direction, pair and drive code commits. - Understand the product requirements and work closely with a product or account manager. - Ability to understand and model a solution to a business problem

MANDATORY SKILLSET:Angular JS Version 4 Job Description · Minimum 7 years of experience with UI Technologies · At least 3 years of experience in Angular JS with experience in Angular JS ver 4. · At least 5 years of experience in programming languages like VB, HTML5, C# with working knowledge of SQL Server database · Knowledge of integration with Web API, MS Azure, Cloud · At least 6 years of experience in software development life cycle. · At least 6 years of experience in translating functional/non-functional requirements to system requirements. · Experience and understanding of Production support. · Analytical skills to identify root cause and come up with solutions/alternatives · Ability to work in team environment and client interfacing skills. Experience and desire to work in a Global delivery environment