Lead Frontend Engineer

PayGlocal is building the next-gen payments stack for a globally connected world. That is how we derive our name and motto – Stay Local, Pay Global. Our vision is to build a state-of-the-art payments stack that helps businesses worldwide collect payments from customers around the world in the best way possible. 

We are a well-funded early-stage startup with a passion to grow and a commitment to solving payments-related challenges in an innovative way. And we are hiring talent to join our early team to grow together. Work with smart, passionate, and fun-loving folks.

Position Summary

Passionate and creative designer who will design, develop, manage, build, and maintain internal websites and applications using Webflow.

What will you work on?

• Provide development and design on internal web applications through Webflow.
• Work closely as a project team to iterate on UI/UX designs.
• Participate in all aspects of the software development lifecycle.
• Develop custom code in Webflow to add functionality or integrate third-party tools and APIs.
• Work collaboratively in an Agile environment.
• Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs.
• Debug and troubleshoot technical issues.
• Provide hands-on support with web development and maintenance as needed.
• Build reusable code and libraries that drive complex web applications.
• Optimize applications for maximum speed, scalability, SEO and responsiveness.
• Conduct testing of completed applications, websites and software to assess user experience.
• Write custom HTML, CSS and JavaScript for existing websites and applications. Must be comfortable with React.js
• Keeping up with the latest technological advancements in web and mobile app development
• Willing to commute to Bangalore office
• Should be able to join immediately

Qualifications

• Working experience – 2 to 4 years.
• Proven experience with WebFlow development.
• Experience in creating wireframes using Figma.
• Strong HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript.
• Advanced CSS, animations, and responsiveness.
• Excellent communication and time management skills
• Strong attention to detail and ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.

Selected intern's day-to-day responsibilities include:

1. Push the limits of web design and create great user experiences

2. Build smooth, stable, and fun products

3. Develop features from design through implementation and launch

4. Evaluate technical tradeoffs of every decision

5. Work with high available infrastructure practices

6. Perform code reviews that guarantee code quality

Other requirements

1. Knowledge in NextJS, React, NodeJS, HTML, JavaScript, CSS,ES6/TypeScript, Redux, React Hooks

2. Basic knowledge on version control and continuous integration systems (e.g., Git)

3. Good to have knowledge of Python, AWS, or Google Cloud

4. Good problem-solving skills, logical thinking ability, strong coding fundamentals

5. Willing to work in the startup environment, challenge yourself and grow

6. Based in Bangalore and willing to work from our office

About Us:

Aakash EduTech Pvt. Ltd. (AEPL) is the digital learning arm of Aakash Education Services Ltd. (AESL). AEPL is a rock solid team of 800+ passionate individuals within 2 strong online learning brand names, under its umbrella:

Aakash Digital(digital.aakash.ac.in) geography access to education in the test-prep segment by removing barriers of geography, income, safety or time. Our unique digital offerings i.e. Aakash Live - live online classes, Aakash iTutor - recorded video lectures and Aakash Practest - integrated test series facilitate right guidance to students preparing for competitive exams from the safety and comfort of their homes. We have a reach in almost 7+ countries and 750+ cities world-wide.

Role Summary:

We are looking for a Front-End Web Developer who is motivated to combine the art of design with the art of programming together with our team of engineers.

The role includes translation of the UI/UX design wireframes to actual code that will produce visual elements of the application. It also includes Creating quality mockups and prototypes, ensuring high-quality graphic standards and brand consistency 

The  Candidate should be fluent in frontend language and also an exceptional problem solver with great communication skills 

What We Are Looking At :-

• Translate UI designs and wireframes into high quality code ensuring cross browser compatibility, responsiveness and performance
• Write semantic, modular front-end code using HTML5 and CSS3, CSS, and JavaScript
• Develop new user-facing features
• Designing, developing, and testing UI for mobile and web applications
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use
• Accurately translate user and business needs into functional frontend code

What Makes You Eligible :

Your Current Profile:

• Strong grasp of computer science fundamentals and excellent problem solving skills
• Good understanding of software engineering practices, Data Structures & Algorithms
• Good programming skills in JavaScript
• Expert in any one of the modern JavaScript MV-VM/MVC frameworks (AngularJS, JQuery, NodeJS, ReactJS/AngularJS/VueJS
• Strong sense of ownership and accountability
• 3-7 years of experience in product driven organisation

Qualification

• A Bachelors or Master's degree in engineering from a reputed institute