Frontend Engineer

About the Role:

We are seeking a skilled and enthusiastic React.js Web Developer to join our technology team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for building high-quality user interfaces, enhancing user experience, and developing efficient web applications.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Develop responsive, interactive, and high-performing web applications using React.js, JavaScript/TypeScript, and modern front-end libraries.

2. Translate UI/UX wireframes into high-quality code and reusable components.

3. Optimize components for maximum performance across various devices and browsers.

4. Work with the team to design, structure, and maintain scalable front-end application architecture.

5. Integrate REST APIs, third-party services, and internal tools into the application.

6. Manage application state using tools such as Redux, Context API, or other state management libraries.

7. Write clean, readable, and well-documented code following best industry practices.

8. Conduct thorough debugging, troubleshooting, and performance enhancements.

9. Assist in deployment processes and ensure the application works smoothly in production.

10. Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines is an added advantage.

11. Collaborate with the team on planning, development, and code reviews.

12. Stay updated with the latest technologies and development best practices.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 2 - 3+ years of experience in React JS development.
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, CSS3.
• Hands-on experience with React Hooks, Redux, Context API, and component-based architecture.
• Good understanding of REST APIs and asynchronous request handling.
• Experience with build tools like Webpack, Babel, Vite, etc.
• Familiarity with Git/GitHub and version control workflows.
• Knowledge of responsive design and cross-browser compatibility.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities.
• Ability to work independently as well as in a team environment.
• Time management skills and ability to meet deadlines.
• A positive attitude and willingness to learn new technologies.

Why Join Us?

• Competitive Salary and Professional development opportunities and training.
• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies in a fast-paced environment.
• A supportive environment that encourages learning and growth.
• Collaborative team culture focused on creativity and continuous improvement.

• Translate designs and style guides provided by the UI/UX team into functional user interfaces, ensuring cross browser compatibility and performance
• Build efficient and reusable front-end system that drive complex web applications
• Identify, address performance bottleneck and communicate best practices for front end engineering
• Responsible for meeting expectations and deliverables on time and in high quality
• Collaborate with Product Designers, Product Managers, and Software Engineers to build/deliver next generation products
• Interact with other team members to incorporate their innovations and vice versa
• Rapid prototyping web user interfaces

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