Senior Frontend Engineer

Job Title : Lead Web App Developer – Frontend

Experience : 10+ Years

Location : Bengaluru

Work Mode : Hybrid (3 days in office)

Role Overview :

We are seeking a Lead Frontend Engineer to build and maintain responsive, cloud-based web applications. This role involves developing efficient user interfaces using React.js, collaborating closely with UX and backend teams, and ensuring high-quality code.

Key Responsibilities:

• Frontend Development: Create and maintain web applications using React.js, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Collaboration: Work with UX designers to deliver excellent user experiences and ensure seamless backend integration.
• Code Quality: Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code while staying updated with modern practices.
• Build & Deployment: Manage build pipelines with Jenkins, deploy to CDNs, and leverage GCP for scalable solutions.
• Technical Expertise: Implement JavaScript frameworks and libraries for web analytics and use Git for version control.

Requirements:

Technical Skills:

• Proficiency in React.js, HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript, and Node.js frameworks.
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills.
• Exposure to RDBMS and SQL (preferred).

Soft Skills:

• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
• Leadership skills to guide and inspire a team of developers.
• Education: Bachelor's/Master’s in Computer Science or related fields.

Notice Period: 30 days preferred

Interview Process:

1. Technical Round: Online technical assessment (1 hour).
2. Face-to-Face Interview: In-person interview with the team at the Bengaluru office (3 hours).
3. Final Round: Online interview with the CEO (30 minutes).

Additional Information:

• Candidates from Bengaluru or willing to relocate are preferred.
• F2F interview attendance on a weekday is mandatory.

Role : React Developer

Location : Bangalore

Requirements: 

· Developing and implementing UI components using React.js

· Collaborating with cross-functional teams to design and ship new features

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

· Translating designs and wireframes into high-quality code

· Optimizing components for maximum performance across various web browsers

· Staying up-to-date with the latest industry trends and technologies

· Troubleshooting and debugging issues to ensure smooth user experiences

· Participating in code reviews to maintain code quality and consistency

· Required React developer requirements, qualifications & skills:

· Proficiency in React.js and its core principles

· Strong JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3 skills

· Experience with popular React.js workflows (such as Redux)

· Familiarity with RESTful APIs and integration

· Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Tokens

· Understanding of front-end build tools and pipelines

· Excellent problem-solving and communication skills

· A strong attention to detail, and a passion for delivering high-quality code

· Adaptability to changing project requirements and priorities

· Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git)

· A degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field

• Design and develop new user-facing features using React adhering to best coding practices and standards
• Translating designs and wireframes into high-quality code and building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use
• Consistently follows and promotes SDLC best practices: Coding standards, testing, code reviews, code comments, etc.
• Keeps key stakeholders informed about progress and problems; avoids surprises
• Building responsive web applications across a vast array of web-capable devices
• Design and architect technical solutions for the business problems
• Organizes and expresses ideas clearly and concisely
• Exhibits excellent teamwork, and strong problem-solving skills and helps achieve team goals.

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science or any other relevant engineering field from a reputed institute.
• Experience of 3 - 6 years as a Frontend Engineer.
• Excellent programming skills in JavaScript
• Proficient in ReactJS
• Good Exposure to AngularJS and VueJS
• Familiarity with CSS, Restful API modern build pipelines and development tools
• Good understanding of design patterns and a strong grasp of Material Design guidelines 

  
  Preferred Skills

  • Experience in developing and deploying applications on AWS, and Firebase. Experience with popular state management, frontend, and server-side rendering libraries
  • Understanding common front-end development tools (Babel, Webpack, NPM, etc.) and code versioning tools (Git and Mercurial)
  • Familiarity with Micro-frontends Architecture, Material UI, Ant Design, and GraphQL
  • Has delivered projects with end-to-end accountability
  • Identify and resolve performance and scalability issues
  • Strong desire to learn and grow, with intelligence & adaptability while building the best-in-class systems
  • Strong flair for effective communication and collaboration - you know when to push on and when to step back
    

    Additional Notes

    As we have to Bring your device policy, candidates should have a Laptop.

Must Have: 

• Must have Javascript and React.js 

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 the 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 

Skills looking for: 

• Understanding of key design principles. 
• Proficiency in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and React.js. 
• Should be good at CSS and sound knowledge about Tailwind and Material UI. 

• Understanding of server-side CSS. 
• Understanding of SEO principles. 
• Good problem-solving skills. 
• Excellent verbal communication skills. 
• Good interpersonal skills. 

Good to Have: 

• Experience in Next.js and AngularJS is highly preferred 

Opportunity in the Role: 

• Experienced founding team. 

• Right to win - The founding team knows the business & its secrets inside out. We are starting with a significant head start and a precise plan of action. 
• Barriers to entry - This is a specialized play with natural barriers to entry, allowing for significant value creation for all equity holders. 
• Backed by marquee global investors. 
• Exposure to all aspects of company building - exposure to investors, fund-raising, decision making, building the team & culture. 
• All of the above perks of joining a high potential company very early, along with a competitive market salary. 

• Meeting with the development team to discuss user interface ideas and applications.
• Reviewing application requirements and interface designs.
• Identifying web-based user interactions.
• Developing and implementing highly responsive user interface components using react concepts.
• Writing application interface codes using JavaScript following react.js workflows.
• Troubleshooting interface software and debugging application codes.
• Developing and implementing front-end architecture to support user interface concepts.
• Monitoring and improving front-end performance.
• Documenting application changes and developing updates.

About us:  

We are a fiercely restless creative studio with a broad vision across design & product experiences. Big brands and startups approach us because they find a cool team of committed individuals with great taste, obsessed with technology, originality, music, art & quality. We believe in independence, curiosity, experimentation and reinvention as the beacons to navigate the world. Learn more about us: ​https://grappus.com/">https://grappus.com/ 

About the role:

We are seeking a Frontend developer who has a knack for coming up with creative solutions to unique problems. You should have good time management skills and be able to work both autonomously and collaboratively with a cross-discipline team of product managers, strategists, UX designers, art directors, and developers. Most importantly, you have an eye for detail and the ability to make beautiful designs come to life through code. 

What we’d like to see:

• Developing new user-facing features using React Native
• Building reusable components and 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
• Developing and implementing strong algorithms/techniques for solving problems in a high-volume, high-availability environment
• Good knowledge of User Interface patterns and techniques to solve common UI problems
• Solid understanding of building scalable, maintainable and efficient user interfaces

Must Have:

• Strong proficiency in JavaScript , the JavaScript object model and ES6
• Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles
• Experience with state management libraries like Redux, Mobx etc.
• Familiarity with Android / iOS platforms and ability to link native libraries with React Native
• Familiarity with newer specifications of EcmaScript 6
• Experience with data structure libraries (e.g., Immutable.js, immer)
• Knowledge of isomorphic React is a plus
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs
• 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, SVN, and Mercurial
• Familiarity with frameworks like Bootstrap, Backbone, Angular,  React JS, and libraries like jQuery, LESS and Ajax

Nice to Have:

• Personal projects or contributions to the open source community
• Strong organizational skills to juggle multiple tasks within the constraints of timelines
• Team player (those great personality types that people love to work with)
• Great communication skills 

Benefits of being part of our amazing team:

• Flexible working hours
• We don’t track your leaves & work-from-home
• Freedom to implement latest technologies & new ideas
• Lots of in-house training sessions &  an in-house product lab
• A pretty unique & unconventional culture and a damn cool office space
• Lots of ways to have fun - TT,  Indoor basketball, PS4, board games and variety of books to read