JavaScript Developer (Frontend)

FirstFiling is a FinTech startup that is managed, operated, and driven by Chartered Accountants, Company secretaries, IT engineers, and Lawyers. We provide registration and financial compliance services to businesses and individuals across India.

Our aim is to simplify the lives of people by helping individuals and businesses with mandatory compliances, filings, and statutory requirements while promoting financial literacy among the masses. 

Role: UI/UX Developer (1 opening)

Job Location: Jaipur (Full-time, work from office)

Job Description:

Technology Profile-

The candidate must have experience in the following technologies (the more the better):

Frontend:

Core - JavaScript, CSS, Bootstrap, etc.

Frameworks - ReactJS, Angular, Vue, etc.

Requirements:

• Capable of building UI from wireframes
• Able to clone/layout experience with provided toolset and design
• Ability to reuse components
• Proven experience in working with Git and Github 
• Familiarity with MVC (Model-View-Controller) design patterns
• Understanding of OOP concepts

Furthermore, the candidate must have built or published any web app or project through which they can demonstrate their experience and knowledge of the aforementioned technologies and requirements. 

• Drive UI/UX & design aspects of the platform Innovate on UX to provide the best possible experience to the customer
• Convert UI design wireframes to functional UI (HTML/CSS/JS)
• Build high performant UI features
• Optimise existing features for better performance
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use
• Complete the assigned features with validations
• Should take end-to-end ownership and pride in building assigned features
• Collaborate across the teams to define, design, and ship new features
• Budget work and stick to the deadlines
• Requirements
  
  • 3+ years of experience as a front-end developer
  • At least one product built and published
  • Proven experience in building/or been a lead contributor in a tech set-up
  • Strong analytical and structural thinking skills
  • Passion to build beautiful, responsive and performant user experiences
  • Strong understanding and fundamentals in Javascript & JQuery
  • Proficient in React.js, material design concepts, UI/UX best practices and design standards
  • Willing to work on pure Javascript based projects as well as React.js based projects
  • Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and their solutions.
  • Proficient in HTML5 CSS3
  • Proficient with CSS preprocessors LESS and SASS

Knowledge and Skills:

• Writing semantic, modern, and accessible HTML mark-up.
• ReactJS (v17),Type Script, HTML, CSS
• Organizing and writing modular, well-structured CSS.
• Mastery of turning complex mock-ups into performant components/pages.
• Strong familiarity with Vanilla JS and up to date with the latest TypeScript features.
• Experience with writing scalable and performant code for a high-traffic website.
• Experience and/or knowledge of both Object Oriented Programming and Functional Programming principles.
• Willingness and desire to learn new and legacy frameworks.
• CSS pre-processing via SCSS.
• Experience with JS frameworks such as React, Redux, Backbone, or Marionette.
• Experience with Continuous Integration or Continuous Delivery.

Job Requirements/Responsibilities :

- Participate as a team member in all phases of software development lifecycle.

- Coordinating 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 & feedback.

- 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 Procedure

Mentor To Go is an android and web based platform to help students improve their work readiness through self-learning sessions, personalised mentorship provided by mentor professionals from a range of careers, and work experience opportunities.

The technology platform implements  functionalities such as: screening surveys of mentors and mentees, training content for mentors, matching through an algorithm, and mentorship through the delivery of structured activities. 

The application technology architecture comprises of the following:

o   a Python Django web application with NGinx and Gunicorn

o   PostgreSQL database

o   A React Android and Web app

o   Rest APIs which interact between the Android app and the Django webserver

Our vision at Mentor To Go is to provide career mentorship to young people anywhere, anytime across the length and breadth of India.

We are looking for a frontend software developer who is passionate about using web technologies to solve social problems and creating experiences that are elegant and effective.    You will own the front end development of features  of the Mentor To Go web and mobile platforms, from conceptualisation through design and testing. You will work closely with other developers,the technical project manager, and the program operations team. You are user-centric, continuously demonstrate strategic & analytical abilities, and are laser focused on executing at speed. You must have the ability to succeed in a fast paced environment, where success is dependent on your ability to collaborate with cross-functional team members  in a positive, productive, and transparent way.

Minimum requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering preferably  CS  or related discipline
• 3+ years experience with the development of applications for Android, iOS and  web preferably using React Native/ReactJS

• Experience working in Unix/Linux environments
• Experience with a complete mobile software development life cycle
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Familiarity with version control software such as Git

Desired  requirements

• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Ability to participate in technical discussions and help make technical trade-offs

About Mentor Together

https://mentortogether.org/">Mentor Together is India’s first and largest youth mentoring  non-profit organization with a mission to facilitate empowering mentoring relationships and networks that help young people break the inequalities of opportunity and actualise their potential.

http://bit.ly/mentortogo">Mentor To Go is the world’s first mobile mentoring platform created by Mentor Together with the support of Cisco India, LinkedIn Social Impact, British Telecom and Sterlite Technologies.