Frontend Lead/Technical Lead

Certa (getcerta.com) is a Silicon Valley-based tech product start-up that is automating the vendor, supplier, and other stakeholder onboarding processes (think background checks, agreements, and the works) for companies across industries and geographies. With multiple Fortune 500 and Fortune 1000 clients, at Certa's tech team, you will be working on stuff that is changing the way huge companies do business.

Must Haves:

• Experience developing enterprise-grade quality software.
• 3+ years of experience building large-scale front-end applications using React.
• 3+ years of experience using type-safe JavaScript-based languages, such as TypeScript.
• Understanding of modern frontend ecosystems, including Bundling(preferably using vite), Linting, Testing and Releasing
• Success with mentoring mid-level & junior Engineers.
• Experience in Agile software development methodologies.
• Experience writing automated tests (e.g., Vitetest, Cypress, Jest, Testing Library).
• Experience in building, scaling & maintaining a design system from scratch.
• Experience in improving rendering as well as delivery performance for front-end applications.
• Experience in writing semantic HTML.
• Experience in building scalable, responsive, and cross-browser-compatible web applications.
• Experience in a peak-performance organization, preferably a tech startup.
• Experience working with a remote team.
• Data analysis experience, and understanding of how analytics can help with product decisions.

Bonus:

• Experience building integrations and data synchronizations with event pub/sub-models.
• Experience with WebGL
• Experience in building offline applications using Web Workers
• Open source contributions.
• Running his/her own blog.
• Experience with building 100% keyboard and screen reader-accessible applications.
• Experience setting up and customizing JavaScript tooling and building systems.

Join us and become part of a forward-thinking, tech-driven organization that thrives on innovation and continuous learning.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain high-performance web/mobile applications using React.js/React Native and Redux, ensuring optimal speed and scalability.
• Responsible for owning one or more modules end-to-end, including project planning, architectural design, and conducting code reviews.
• Collaborate with business teams to define requirements and deliver on-time product solutions.
• Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code while performing code reviews and troubleshooting issues.
• Stay up to date with industry trends, optimizing UI/UX designs for feasibility and performance.
• Own and manage technical aspects of web and mobile applications, ensuring seamless deployment and functionality.
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Required Skills:

• 4+ years of experience with React.js
• Expertise in JavaScript, CSS, HTML, and modern frameworks (React Native, Redux).
• Proficiency in Webpack, Jest, and CI/CD pipelines; TypeScript experience is a plus.
• Strong understanding of responsive design, RESTful APIs, browser rendering, and performance.
• Familiarity with Git, Agile methodologies, and excellent problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge in Node.js is a plus.

We are looking for a Front-End Web Developer who is motivated to combine the art of design with the art of programming. Responsibilities will include translation of the UI/UX design wireframes to actual code that will produce visual elements of the application. You will work with the UI/UX designer and bridge the gap between graphical design and technical implementation, taking an active role on both sides and defining how the application looks as well as how it works.

• 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
• Experience of theme design on the WordPress CMS is mandatory.

• Proficient understanding of web markup, including HTML5, CSS3
• Basic understanding of server-side CSS pre-processing platforms, such as LESS and SASS
• Proficient understanding of client-side scripting and JavaScript frameworks, including jQuery

Note: Every front-end developer is expected to have a proficient knowledge of JavaScript, while most front-end developers should know jQuery.

• Good understanding of (Depending on the specific case, a developer should have the knowledge of advanced JavaScript libraries and frameworks, such as AngularJS, KnockoutJS, BackboneJS, ReactJS, DurandalJS etc.)
• Good understanding of asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, and AJAX
• Basic knowledge of image authoring tools, to be able to crop, resize, or perform small adjustments on an image. Familiarity with tools such as as Gimp or Photoshop is a plus.

Note: A UI/UX designer is expected to deliver finished resources for the developer to incorporate into the app. However, quite often a front-end web developer needs to make some small adjustments.

• Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as (Git / Mercurial / SVN)
• Good understanding of SEO principles and ensuring that application will adhere to them.

Job Description:

Translating system requirements into the design and development of systems.
Transform vital business needs into code and drive innovation.
Collaborating and integrating code into enterprise systems.
Creative problem-solving skills.
Attitude to achieve the goals with complete ownership and hard work.

Technical Skills:

Must Have:

• 2+ Years of experience in UI/Front-end development of rich interactive web-based applications or modules.
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model.
• Experience working as a React.js Developer. Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles.
• In-depth knowledge of JavaScript, CSS, HTML, HTML 5, JSON, XML and front-end languages.
• Knowledge of REACT tools including React.js, Webpack, Enzyme.
• Knowledge of MVC Pattern and Architecture. Experience with popular React.js workflows (such as Flux or Redux)
• Experience with user interface design.
• Experience with web debugging and performance testing software.
• Experience in all testing phases of development including Unit & Integration Testing.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills.
• Team player
• Excellent time-management skills

Beneficial:

• Working experience with Core Java.
• Knowledge of Jquery , Nodejs, Bootstrap, Struts, Spring, Hibernate, JSP, JSF, Angular, Vue,js Framework.
• Working with Databases (MSSQL, Oracle, Postgres)
• Working experience on source code version control systems (SVN, GIT)
• Working experience on Issue Tracking tool e.g. Jira, Bugzilla
• Working experience on Code Analysis tools e.g. Sonar Qube, Checkmarx.
• Experience in Restful Web Services integration.
• Knowledge of performance testing frameworks including Mocha and Jest.
• Independent worker
• Great interpersonal and communication skills

Responsibilities

• Participate as a team member in all phases of software development lifecycle.
• Co-ordinating with the team on individual responsibilities and roadblocks.
• Perform design, development and testing on individual tasks
• Managing initiatives on UI/UX work
• Transparently share the challenges & feedbacks.
• Participate in integrated testing of product/ package.
• Designing a modern highly responsive web-based enterprise application component user interface.
• Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use.
• Translating designs and wireframes into high-quality code.
• Learn and understand user interactions.
• Optimizing components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers
• Coordinating with various teams working on distinct layers.
• Providing technical assistance to the other teammates.
• Keep compliance with Quality Systems and Procedures.