Lead Frontend Engineer

About the Role  

We are seeking an experienced Next.js Developer with minimum 6 years of hands-on experience to join our development team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in architecting scalable applications, deploying projects, and writing robust test cases. You will play a key role in the full software development lifecycle, from initial concept and architecture through deployment and maintenance.  

Key Responsibilities  

·       Design, develop, and maintain high-performance, scalable web applications using Next.js  

·       Architect project structure for maintainability, scalability, and performance, following best practices for folder and component organization  

·       Lea d and participate in project deployments using modern CI/CD pipelines and cloud platforms. AWS is must  

·       Write comprehensive unit, integration, and end-to-end test cases using frameworks like Jest, React Testing Library, or Cypress  

·       Collaborate with cross-functional teams (designers, backend developers, product managers) to deliver seamless user experiences and integrate APIs (REST/GraphQL)  

·       Optimize applications for SEO, server-side rendering (SSR), static site generation (SSG), and performance  

·       Conduct code reviews, enforce coding standards, and mentor junior developers  

·       Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve issues across the stack to ensure reliability and security  

·       Maintain technical documentation, including architecture decisions, deployment guides, and test plans  

  Required Skills and Qualifications  

·       Development experience of 6+ years in Reactjs and Nextjs (preferred)  

·       Proven expertise in Leading, architecting and organizing large-scale Nextjs projects.  

·       Hands-on experience with project deployment and cloud platform as AWS (preferred)  

·       Strong proficiency in JavaScript (ES6+), TypeScript, MaterialUI and CSS Frameworks  

·       Experience writing and maintaining test cases using Jest, React Testing Library, Cypress, or similar tools  

·       Familiarity with state management libraries (Redux, Context API) and API integration (REST, GraphQL)  

·       Working knowledge of version control systems (Git) and CI/CD pipelines (preferred)  

·       Solid understanding of SSR, SSG, and SEO best practices  

·       Excellent problem-solving, communication, and teamwork skills  

·       Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (preferred)  

Nice to Have  

·       Experience with CSS frameworks (Tailwind, Bootstrap, Sass)  

·       Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and monitoring tools.  

·       Contributions to open-source Next.js projects or technical blogs.  

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and implement scalable server-side solutions using Java.
• Write optimized front-end code using HTML, CSS, and Javascript
• Write unit, automation, and integration tests
• Implement quality application logging for operational monitoring at scale
• Investigate, debug and resolve production site issues
• Work with co-located teammates to deliver on common goals

TECHNICAL & FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Professional experience in enterprise Java software development using Spring MVC frameworks, RESTful APIs, and SOA
• Proficiency in HTML/CSS/JavaScript/jQuery
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and microservices
• Experience with Selenium for UI automated tests written in Cucumber or Scala will be a plus
• Working knowledge of design patterns and CI/CD principles
• First class communication skills in written and verbal form
• Outstanding problem-solving skills
• A commitment to producing high-quality code with an attention to detail
• Dedication and a self-motivated desire to learn
• A collaborative, team-orientated attitude
• Experience working in the Cloud (AWS)
• API development experience
• Exposure to monitoring tools such as ELK, Splunk

Work Timings: 1:30 PM to 10:30 PM IST

Location: Noida/Delhi NCR/Mumbai

Qualifications: B Tech / MCA or Higher

Experience: 2-7 Years

IMMEDIATE JOINERS & SERVNG NOTICE PERIOD CANDIDATES ARE PREFFERED.

NextGen Invent (“NGI”) is a leading global professional services company that specializes in providing strategy, technology, operations, and data management services. NGI has always been at the forefront in providing solutions using disruptive technologies such as Big Data Analytics, Blockchain, IOT, Artificial Intelligence and Augmented Reality. Our in-depth Industry knowledge, specialized technical expertise, unmatched data science experience, and global delivery network along with our “Customer first” policy has allowed us to grow via word of mouth. Our clients are fortune 500 companies to start-ups with innovative ideas. Regardless of technology, we can be your trusted technology partner who can solve your business problems. NGI is Microsoft gold certified partner, AWS consulting partner and IBM Registered Partner.

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Headquartered: New York, USA

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

You'll be expected to own projects from start-to-finish. We are looking for passionate Web Engineers who appreciates good engineering and user experience. The person should be enthusiastic about maintaining a clean codebase and possess a passion for pushing web technologies to the limits to design and build exceptional products.

§ Work closely with design, product management, and development teams to create elegant, usable, responsive, and interactive interfaces across multiple devices.

§ Turning UI/UX designs into prototypes, creating awesome interactions from designs, writing reusable components and maintainability of the code.

§ Demonstrates excellent problem solving & debugging skills.

§ An ability to perform well in a fast-paced environment and bring in optimal flow for rapidly changing design/ technology.

§ Write unit and integration tests to improve and maintain high code coverage.

Skills, Knowledge, Experience:

• Excellent programming skills in JavaScript

• Experience with expertise in designing and implementing high-performance web applications

• Expert in SPA Frameworks React JS

• Solid understanding and demonstrated ability of creating self-contained, reusable, and testable modules and components.

• Solid understanding of HTML5, CSS3 and cross-browser compatibility issues.

• Solid understanding of CSS box model and flex layouts.

• Proficient in SASS.

• Experience with REST APIs, Node JS/.Net Web API/Golang is a plus.

• Experience with the entire Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

• Experience with unit testing & Test-Driven Development (TDD) with various test frameworks (like Jasmine, Karma, Protractor).

• Experience in optimizing the application for performance and scalability.

• Experience in state management using Akita and cross-browser support.

• Experience with Git.

• Experience with DevOps tools for CI/CD

• Working with USA or European clients is a plus.

• Experience working with multi-vendor, multi-culture, distributed offshore and onshore development teams in dynamic and complex environment.

• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• 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

We are looking to hire an experienced Frontend Developer with a very good grasp over Javascript and the capability to make responsive pages.
The candidate should have good knowledge of:
- Javascript 
- HTML & CSS

- Node js
- PWA 
- Electron JS platform.
- API Integration
Candidates having good logical skills are preferred.