Frontend architect

About the US 

UniAthena is a rapidly growing EdTech platform offering upskilling courses and self-paced academic programs in collaboration with European universities and awarding bodies. Over 2.5 million learners from more than 150 countries are pursuing their upskilling journey on our 100% online and automated learning platform. Our vision is to make higher education accessible to all. We also offer online Master’s, Postgraduate Certificates, Diplomas, and Doctoral programs developed with European universities. As part of the Westford Education Group, UniAthena is on a high-growth trajectory in the dynamic EdTech space.

Job Description

We are seeking a skilled Angular Developer to contribute to the design, development, and maintenance of our short course platform. This role requires creating efficient, scalable, and user-friendly applications while collaborating closely with cross-functional teams, including UX designers, front-end developers, and backend engineers. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of Angular's ecosystem and a passion for crafting seamless user experiences.

Responsibilities:

• Write reusable, testable, and efficient code for the platform.
• Collaborate with front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic.
• Ensure seamless integration of data storage and retrieval mechanisms.
• Maintain project versions using appropriate version control tools (e.g., Git).
• Document work comprehensively, including inline and explicit documentation.
• Report daily activities and progress to the reporting team.
• Work closely with the UX/Development team to ensure smooth integration of designs and functionality.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Strong proficiency in Angular and its ecosystem.
• Solid understanding of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and modern front-end development practices.
• Experience with RxJS for reactive programming in Angular.
• Familiarity with Angular Material or similar UI component libraries.
• Knowledge of version control tools such as Git or similar.
• Experience with API integration and RESTful services.
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills.
• Familiarity with state management libraries like NgRx.
• Experience with PrimeNG or other third-party Angular component libraries.
• Knowledge of server-side integration, especially with frameworks like Laravel or PHP.
• Understanding of Agile development methodologies.
• Prior experience working on e-learning or similar platforms.

Responsibilities:

• Review, Evaluate, and Validate technical requirements.
• Work and lead other team members to translate the requirements into final deliverables.
• Understand Storyboards and Visual mock-ups.
• Understand and utilize the latest tools, technologies, and trends in Web development.
• Ensure the deliverables meet Primathon standards, and guidelines.
• Developing your frontend capability in complex problems and expanding your horizon of technologies.
• Responsible for designing, coding and modifying web pages that are focused on content within the standards, guidelines and requirements of clients.
• Work with clients, and other team members as appropriate.
• Understand and utilise the tools and technologies being used.
• Work with CTO to keep on track with the project plan.
• Come up with efficient, modular and scalable solutions for business and technical problems.

Requirements:

• Experience with Frontend technologies (React.js ).
• Proficient understanding of web markups, including HTML, CSS-3
• Proficient with modern JavaScript (ES6+: classes, modules, arrow function, destructuring etc).

Key responsibilities: We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Frontend Developer with a strong focus on React JS. In this role, you will be responsible for developing and implementing user-friendly, high-performance web applications. You will be working closely with our team of designers, developers, and project managers to ensure the successful delivery of high-quality digital products.

Responsibilities:

Develop new user-facing features using React JS

Build reusable components and libraries for future use

Collaborate with design and development teams to ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs

Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability

Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code

Stay up-to-date with emerging trends and technologies in frontend development

Participate in code reviews and contribute to the improvement of development processes

Communicate effectively with team members to ensure the timely completion of projects

Troubleshoot and debug issues that arise in production environments

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field

At least 3 years of experience in frontend development, with a strong focus on React JS

Proficient in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

Familiarity with Git and Agile development methodologies

Experience with RESTful APIs and integration with backend systems

Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Ability to work independently and as part of a team

Portfolio of previous work demonstrating proficiency in React JS

This is a full-time position with competitive salary and benefits. If you have a passion for frontend development and are highly skilled in React JS, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity to join our team.

You should apply if you have —

1. 3 - 5 years of technical experience (you can count internships & freelance work towards this).
2. Proficiency in React (especially Hooks) and Typescript; experience in Node.js is nice to have.
3. Experience in profiling apps for performance.
4. A track record of writing accessible and detailed version-control commits, documentation and code reviews.
5. A strong ability to write clean, scalable, self-documenting & highly-testable code.
6. Very good problem-solving skills.

You'll be helping us with some of these challenges —

1. How do we keep building more features while keeping the code clean, as small as possible and highly performant?
2. How do we build a strong testing-first delivery cycle so we can ship code with greater confidence?

We're problem-solvers at heart, and we value data-driven decision-making. We believe in high-quality execution, crafting great user experiences, honest & transparent communication and enabling our people to thrive and be the best version of themselves.

The early engineering + product team includes folks from https://home.lynk.co.in/" target="_blank">Lynk,Zoho and https://www.kilobytetech.com/" target="_blank">Kilobyte, and we're hoping to build one of the best teams in the city; kind & compassionate, diverse and smart — one you can be proud for being a part of.

We're all generalists and prefer picking the right tool for the job. That said, we do use a lot of new & exciting technology.

Backend

• Golang for most services and Node.js (https://koajs.com/" target="_blank">Koa, https://github.com/lukeed/polka#polka" target="_blank">Polka) for a few
• gRPC for inter-service communication
• PostgreSQL

Frontend

• 100% TypeScript
• React v17 & https://nextjs.org/" target="_blank">Next.js v10
• https://github.com/pmndrs/zustand#readme" target="_blank">Zustand
• https://chakra-ui.com/" target="_blank">Chakra-UI
• https://www.framer.com/motion/" target="_blank">Framer Motion
• https://storybook.js.org/" target="_blank">Storybook
• https://maizzle.com/" target="_blank">Maizzle

Infra

• AWS (with extensive use of RDS, S3, ECS, SQS, SES & CloudWatch)
• Gitlab for version-control and CI/CD
• All apps built and shipped as Docker images
• Kubernetes for container orchestration
• https://www.honeybadger.io/" target="_blank">Honeybadger for error analytics & uptime monitoring

1. Work closely with design, product management, and development teams to create elegant, usable, responsive, and interactive interfaces across multiple devices.
2. Turning UI/UX designs into prototypes, creating awesome interactions from designs, writing reusable content modules, and maintainability of the code.
3. Implement UI development principles to ensure that the product client-side serves at scale.
4. Review and optimize app usage by monitoring key metrics and rectifying the issues proactively.
5. An ability to perform well in a fast-paced environment and bring in optimal flow for rapidly changing design/ technology.
6. Developers should be team player or should work individually when required.
7. Developer should work parallel to backend developers.

1. 1 to 2 years of relevant work experience as a web developer, UI developer, JavaScript expert, or frontend engineer
2. Proficiency in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery.
3. Good understanding of APIs and how to use them to get the work done fast.
4. Proficiency in writing clean and optimized code.
5. Familiar with UI layouts, SASS, Bootstrap, and the CSS GRID system.
6. Experience debugging using popular JavaScript-based tools like Chrome Developer Console.
7. Knowledge of ReactJs/VueJs & Python will be a plus

Build large scale web applications with Single Page Applications (SPA) architecture.

Experience to develop MV(C) based front end frameworks.

Experience with JavaScript, HTML, CSS.

Experience with JavaScript frameworks like Angular, preferably React.JS.

Good understanding of asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, AJAX and Redux.

Proficient with Chrome Developer Tools.

Additional Preferred Qualifications

Experience in Restful API services.

Experience in using performance, analytics and UX tools.

Experience with pull request process and contributing to OSS on github.com.

Experience with unit testing frameworks Mocha and Chai.

Experience with Jenkins.