Lead Frontend

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.  

Designation: Angular / Frontend / Ui / UX Developer

Office Timing: Flexible (Day/Night shift, WFH & WFO)

Office Location: Ambala Cantt.

Experience: 3 – 5 yrs.

Essential Duties /Responsibilities/ Skill Set:

• Translation of the UI/UX design wireframes to actual code that will produce visual elements of custom analytics products and wide web applications.
• Take an active role on both sides and defining how the application looks as well as how it works.
• Experience developing new user-facing features.
• Experience in Angular Material, Angular 12 & Above, HTML, jQuery, JavaScript, Bootstrap.
• Knowledge of working with API integration using Swagger, Postman etc.
• Knowledge of working with Angular unit test frameworks Jasmine and Karma.
• Expert level experience in Angular is needed.
• Strong 3+ years of experience with JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3, and writing cross-browser compatible code.
• Experience building reusable code and libraries for future use.
• Ensuring the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs.
• Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability.
• Assure that all user input is validated before submitting to back-end
• Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders.
• Experience/Knowledge of working with online productivity & collaborative tools like Invision, Figma is a plus.
• Knowledge in Python/Django Framework, and Azure Cloud is a plus.
  
  

Desired Skills:

• Strong UI/UX and design experience with the ability to simplify complex scenarios to the average user without losing functionality.
• Knowledgeable in web standards and responsive design.
• Familiarity with Agile project management principles.
• Confidence to drive assignments to completion.

Fulfil’s software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how millions of customer orders are fulfilled by merchants. Our products need to handle information at a massive scale. We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas into our technology.

As a Front End software engineer, you will work on the ReactJS powered user interface used by Fulfil merchants to manage their back-office operations. This is mission critical software and your primary focus will be on developing user interface components and implementing them following well-known React.js workflows. You will ensure that these components and the overall application are robust and easy to maintain. In this role, you will be collaborating closely with the rest of the team working on different layers of infrastructure in an international environment. Therefore, a commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and quality are important.

What You’ll Do:

• Collaborate with a small yet extraordinarily talented team of engineers to implement front-end technologies
• Develop new user-facing features using React.js and React Native
• Work closely with the Design and Product teams to translate complex technical workflows into delightful user experiences
• Define how Fulfil builds user interfaces and ensure that we’re utilizing and keeping up with modern web standards
• Continually test, measure, and iterate on the results of your work in the spirit of continuous improvement
• Write clean, reusable, and well-tested front-end code
• Help to bridge the responsibilities of the Product and Engineering teams, spending time with both on the way to launching new products
• Architect efficient and reusable front-end abstractions and systems that drive complex web applications
• Create reliable and type-safe applications with Typescript
• Build and contribute to open source projects
• Build reusable components and front-end libraries for future use
• Optimize components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers

We’re Looking for Someone With:

• 5+ years of experience as a front end engineer
• Experience in building large-scale web applications in a fast-moving team environment
• A strong understanding of UX and UI design standards
• The perfectionist’s touch on a pragmatist’s deadline: you strive for pixel-perfection and intuitive functionality
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript (2-4 Years of experience), including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model
• Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles, with experience in popular React.js workflows
• Experience with common front-end development tools such as Babel, Webpack, NPM, etc
• Experience with popular testing frameworks, like Jest, Cypress, and Testing Library.
• The ability to bring any design to life with HTML and CSS, with cross browser compatibility and accessibility
• Smarts, humility, communication skills, and equal willingness to teach and learn
• Familiarity with RESTful and GraphQL APIs
• Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token
• Experience in developing large client side JavaScript applications
• Familiarity with code versioning tools like GIT
• Experience with Javascript testing tools and test automation

Nice to Haves:

• Prior experience at a growth stage Internet/Software company
• Demonstrated work beyond the front-end, experienced in integrating with a wide array of back-end technologies and services (e.g. experience with Python, AngularJS)
• Experience developing large client-side applications and optimizing them for performance
• You can straddle client and server development, creating APIs that drive web apps
• You understand the intricacies of timezones
• Web optimization, performance tools, and load testing
• You maintain or contribute to an open-source project

Requirements

• 2-5 years of experience as a front-end developer
• Experienced in developing applications using JavaScript, ReactJS, Redux, Redux Saga, NodeJS, HTML5, CSS3/CSS4 and other UI technologies.
• Understanding and experience with ES6 concepts, asynchronous processing, partial page refresh, DOM traversal and manipulation.
• Experience with REST API construction, documentation, and architecture, including API description languages like Swagger.
• Comfortable writing Unit Test Cases (Enzyme/ Jest)
• Familiar with cloud services: AWS, Dev-ops such as Git, Jira, Confluence
• Good to have experience/knowledge of
  • Spring (MVC, IOP/DI, REST, Security)
  • Docker,
  • Scala,
  • Python
• Able to connect the dots between code and business value

Responsibilities

• Engage in high level conversations about business strategy and the role tech plays in it
• Write well-designed, testable, and efficient code that powers our application
• Write specs and do planning for everything we build
• Conduct application analysis, testing, and debugging
• Diligently document code to keep it clean and transparent
• Ensure cross-browser and device compatibility

You Are

• You believe it’s always on you to make sure anything you do is a success.
• You have the ability to make quick and effective decisions.
• In love with a challenge. You revel in solving problems and want a job that pushes you out of your comfort zone.
• Open to change. You’re inspired by the endless ways in which everything we do can always be improved.

Add-Ons/Interview Process

• You should be comfortable working in a Start-up for in-house product development.
• Will not be engaged with any Client, but with the internal team (in India & the US).
• Will be provided a hands-on exercise to complete and submit as a part of interview.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Engineering with 3+ years experience.
• Strong knowledge in HTML5, CSS, SASS/Bootstrap, OOP JavaScript, JQuery & AJAX are preferred.
• Strong knowledge in developing responsive web app, designing models (JSON) and (Server communication (REST APIs) are preferred.
• Strong knowledge in modern Frontend frameworks & libraries like Angular, Redux + React are preferred.
• Strong Knowledge in HTML templates and modern templating technologies are preferred.
• Strong knowledge in modern libraries like React is preferred.
• Knowledge of NodeJS, NPM packages is a huge plus.
• Knowledge of Gulp, Bower is a plus.
• Knowledge of ExpressJS is desirable.
• Knowledge of Docker is desirable.
• Basic Knowledge of relational DBMS and SQL