
NowPurchase is transforming the 140B$ Metal Manufacturing industry. The metal industry forms the backbone of the economy and the fundamental block of the physical world - be it transportation, construction and every machinery. NowPurchase is building a rich, digital marketplace where Metal Manufacturers can procure high quality raw materials in a trusted manner. At the same time we are building the OS (Operating System) that will supercharge their productivity and processes to ultimately make procurement autonomous. Now Purchase raises
USD 2.4 million in Nov 2021, led by Orios Venture Partners, InfoEdge Ventures.
The B2B manufacturing industry has a lack of digitisation globally. NowPurchase envisions being the operating system for metal manufacturers, starting off with foundries. The end goal is to be able to automate procurement by creating & connecting the different systems both on the software and hardware end (ex: furnaces, spectrometers).
Website: https://nowpurchase.com/" target="_blank">https://nowpurchase.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nowpurchase/" target="_blank">https://www.
About the role:
We are looking to add an immensely talented Lead Front End Engineer that will help us invent, design, refine and deliver products that will meet our vision. Expect to build a lot of web interfaces and dashboards both for the browser as well as native IoT-enabled terminals that will be placed at the manufacturers' premises. You need to lead the front end team to make sure they are delivering high quality code and are constantly inspired to experiment with tools to push
out MVPs.
Job Role:
● You’ll be working directly with the lead and the product team to make decisions about your code and future of the product.
● Working on modular code installing over web, mobile and native IoT enabled terminals that leverage REST-based services and real time sockets.. This would include visual dashboards and minimising the time that are critical for the manufacturing process.
● Have a strong emphasis on shipping features quickly without sacrificing code quality. Be ready to build a lot of MVPs that will go through iteration or be completely scrapped depending on the outcome at the customer end.
● Lead your own Agile projects and lead the team from software design to implementation and deployment. Maintain sprints, delivery timelines and contribute to better managing the engineering team.
● Transform UI designs and mockups into pages and flows using CSS3 and JavaScript frameworks. Be ready to do the mockups yourself sometimes.
● Build a culture of simplicity and pragmatism, which is reflected in your elegant code that other developers emulate and you ensure through thorough code reviews and processes.
● Have an exceptional understanding of asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, and service workers and command over the internals of JavaScript, React and Redux.
● Continuously evaluate existing engineering processes and recommend improvements.
Required Skills and qualification:
● 4+ years’ experience developing rich UI/Front-end for user-facing web applications.
● Strong experience with React or similar frameworks, TypeScript, SSR (Server Side Rendering), SPA (Single Page Application), PWA (Progressive Web application), OOP (Object Oriented Programming), Reactive programming, and Unit tests.
● Demonstrated ability to function as a project leader as well as an individual contributor.
● Excellent communication and facilitation skills.
Location: WFO in Kolkata, West Bengal (Hybrid)
Benefits:
● ESOPs: 10% of NowPurchase is dedicated to current & future team members. Your package would entail some ESOPs so that you own a part of the company and grow along with it.
● Medical Insurance: Benefits of group insurance of 3 lakhs for family including parents, spouse, children
● Complete Relocation Expenses: We are building a unicorn out of the city of Joy (Kolkata). We will pay for everything you spend to relocate here.

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- Experience with Angular JS
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- Good knowledge in HTML5, CSS, CSS3
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- Proficient understanding of client-side scripting and JavaScript frameworks, including jQuery
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