Jr Frontend Developer

• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
• Write, test, and release world-class, production-ready code
• Ensure that the data needs of the UI are fulfilled with efficient database queries
• Ensure compliance with software engineering standards and processes defined at Simform.
• Optimizing components for maximum performance across a vast array of web enabled devices and browsers

• Solid hands-on experience with ReactJS frontend development with modern practices. 
• HTML5, JavaScript, ES6, and TypeScript expertise
• Experience with   React .js / D3.js / GraphQL is a plus
• Proficiency with CSS3, Sass, and Mixins - knowledge of GSAP would be a plus
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs integration 
• Experience with common front-end development tools such as Babel, Webpack, NPM, Bower, Gulp etc. 
• Familiarity with code versioning tools such as Git, SVN, Github, Bitbucket

Want to work for Riskcovry?
We are a passionate, dynamic, and balanced team. Our culture is open, direct, and merit-oriented. Our team has enormous depth across insurance, technology, fintech, strategy and investment. We have great investors partnering with us to help achieve our vision.

Riskcovry is one of the fastest growing startups in our space and we would love to have you onboard. Read more about us:
https://www.riskcovry.com/" target="_blank">https://www.riskcovry.com
https://www.linkedin.com/company/riskcovrycom/" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/company/riskcovrycom/

We are looking for people who:
1. Have a strong bias for action and value speed over perfection.
2. Make decisions with this ethos: Customer > Company > Team > Me
3. Thrive in a flat and open organization
4. Recognize that frugality is the key to efficiency
5. Are self-starters and have a natural tendency to own company and team goals

Responsibilities: 

• Responsible for providing individual contribution for a robust and easy to use User Interface
• Responsible for performance optimization, establishing navigation patterns and rapid prototyping when necessary
• Continuously maintaining the template engine. 

Requirements, Desired Skills and Experience 

• Designing and developing user interfaces using React JS framework is a must.
•  Experience in Redux
• Good experience using TypeScript, JavaScript, CSS, SCSS and HTML5. 
• Understanding MVVM concepts  
• Experience in Web UI design patterns, material components and experience in modular approach of designing in UI. 
• Ability to analyze new UI requirements and ability to provide feedback to designers.
• Able to troubleshoot common problems 
• Know how to optimize speed and performance of websites 

● Developing new user-facing features using React.js

● Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use

● Translating designs and wireframes into high quality code

● Optimizing components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers

● Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model

● Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles

● Experience with popular React.js workflows (such as Flux or Redux)

● Familiarity with newer specifications of EcmaScript as well as HTML and CSS

● Experience with data structure libraries (e.g., Immutable.js)

● Working knowledge and integration knowledge with RESTful APIs

● Knowlegde of websockets implementation is a must.

● Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token

● Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools

● Experience with common front-end development tools such as Babel, Webpack, NPM, etc.

● Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements.

● A knack for benchmarking and optimization

● Familiarity with code versioning tools {such as Git}

● Added advantages if you have working knowledge of AWS

Job Description

We are looking for a qualified Front-end developer to join our IT team. You will be responsible for building the ‘client-side’ of our web applications. You should be able to translate our company and customer needs into functional and appealing interactive applications.

If you’re interested in creating a user-friendly environment by writing code and moving forward in your career, then this job is for you. We expect you to be a tech-savvy professional, who is curious about new digital technologies and aspires to combine usability with visual design.

Ultimately, you should be able to create a functional and attractive digital environment for our company, ensuring great user experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Use markup languages like HTML to create user-friendly web pages
• Maintain and improve website
• Optimize applications for maximum speed
• Design mobile-based features
• Collaborate with back-end developers and web designers to improve usability
• Get feedback from, and build solutions for, users and customers
• Write functional requirement documents and guides
• Create quality mockups and prototypes
• Help back-end developers with coding and troubleshooting
• Ensure high quality graphic standards and brand consistency
• Stay up-to-date on emerging technologies
• Create fast and functional and intuitive interfaces
• Follow coding standards, build appropriate unit tests, integrate tests and deployment scripts

• Translate designs and style guides provided by the UI/UX team into functional user interfaces, ensure cross-browser compatibility and performance

• Suggest improvements to user interface, software architecture or use of new technologies Deliver reliable solutions that handle massive data and high traffic.

Skills Required

• Hands on experience with markup languages
• Experience with JavaScript, CSS and jQuery
• Familiarity with browser testing and debugging
• In-depth understanding of the entire web development process (design, development and deployment)
• Understanding of layout aesthetics
• Knowledge of SEO principles
• Familiarity with software like Adobe Suite, Photoshop and content management systems
• An ability to perform well in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent analytical and multitasking skills
• BSc degree in Computer Science or relevant field
• Tech/ M.Tech in CS or other related fields such as EE or MCA from IIT/NIT/BITS but not compulsory.
• Good experience in JavaScript/ReactJS/Nodejs/HTML/jQuery/Css/SASS

• Experience in AngularJs/ Webpack/ Gulp will be a plus point but not mandatory Strong Javascript fundamentals along with experience with libraries.
• Well versed in software engineering principles, frameworks, and technologies

• Takes responsibility for successful delivery of the solutions Communicates continually with the project teams Explains progress on the development effort

• Self-directed team player who thrives in a continually changing environment A hands on and a passionate coder with minimalistic design sense

• Prior start up experience is preferred

As a Front-end developer, you will work with motivated individuals who are passionate-beyond-measure to offer the Ultimate Shopping experience to consumers. You will leverage the latest technologies (HTML5, Javascript, ajax) and application paradigms (web apps on the desktop) to create a beautiful client that runs seamlessly on windows, mac, chrome, firefox, IE, safari.

Responsibilities:

• Implement Visual Designs in standards compliant, clean markup (HTML5/CSS3/JS)
• Develop responsive designs and thoroughly test cross browser compatibility of all product interfaces
• Identify and research new UI technologies
• Suggest and implement improvements to existing product interfaces
• Assist in building wireframes/prototypes
• Make data driven decisions based on analytics to improve user engage
• Advise, collaborate with, and synthesize feedback from designers and the backend team.
• Ready to explore and perform tasks that are out of your own pool of expertise
• Fulfil several project requests simultaneously while meeting tight deadlines.
• Make pages optimized for both performance as well as SEO

Requirements:

• Expert in making scalable and modular Front End code
• In depth knowledge of HTML, CSS & JavaScript
• Good experience in making Progressive Web Apps
• Knowledge of cross browsers & devices development issues and inconsistencies
• Good knowledge and experience in ReactJS and Server Side Rendering
• Experience in setting up & running task runners like Gulp & Webpack
• Experience in CSS pre and post processors like SASS/Stylus & PostCSS (we use SASS combined with PostCSS) & BEM style coding
• Experience in creating transitions/animations at 60fps especially on mobiles

This is a temporary full time role.

Responsibilities

• Developing the latest user-facing features using React.js
• Designing a modern highly responsive web-based 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
• As a React.js Developer, you will be involved from conception to completion with projects that are technologically sound and aesthetically impressive.

• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model
• Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles
• Prior experience with popular React.js workflows (such as Flux or Redux)
• Familiarity with more current specifications of EcmaScript
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs
• Familiarity with HTML / CSS
• GIT experience is a plus
• Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token
• Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools
• Experience with common front-end development tools such as Babel, Webpack, NPM, etc.
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
• Familiarity with code versioning tools