Lead React Engineer

Responsibilities

• Work in a fun and fast-paced environment.
• Participate in requirements gathering, design, development, QA, support.
• Communicate with different stakeholders such as QA, Project Managers and Product Owners
• Discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency.
• Groom, mentor and upskill team members with modern technologies and development practices

Key Competencies:

• 5-8 Years of relevant experience in front-end development.
• At least 5-4 years of working experience with the React ecosystem.
• In-depth knowledge of TypeScript, CSS, and HTML.
• Strong proficiency in Vanilla JavaScript, DOM, Browser API’s and ES6 Features.
• Strong Knowledge of State Management with React and relevant workflows.
• Good Understanding of Modern frontend workflows with NPM, Webpack, Babel etc.
• Knowledge of modern programming paradigms like functional and reactive programming.
• Knowledge of testing frameworks including Chai, Mocha and Sinon or equivalent.
• Experience with using browser-based dev tools for trouble shooting and enhancing the performance.

Good to have skills:

• Knowledge of cloud-based services like AWS and GCP.
• Working knowledge of Video streaming and playback
• Knowledge of modern programming paradigms like functional and reactive programming.

Be a part of one of the best IT companies that is making it easier for businesses and customers to interact with each other, efficiently and economically too.

Our client is a global platform that provides exceptional customer engagement through chatbots and various channels for their business clients. They have made their presence known across verticals, small and large businesses and even in emerging markets. The objective of their messaging platform is to create a rich experience for the marketing, sales and support teams using messaging channels, device manufacturers and operators.

They are currently working with nearly 40 thousand brands, serving almost 6 billion messages per month. Their clientele includes well-known giants such as HDFC Bank, Twitter, FB, Whatsapp, Google, LinkedIn, Zomato, Citibank, Vogue and many more. With offices based in the USA, Brazil, Mexico and India, their team has become an integral part of their clients’ numerous customer success stories.

As a Frontend Developer, you will be required to be an expert in technologies such as HTML, CSS, Javascript, ReactJS, UI Design tools, Wireframe tools etc. and work on the Frontend development of our products/ services.

What you will do:

• Designing and developing a UI framework that can be used across multiple products and website
• Working on optimization of the web application/ websites and keeping knowledge of tools used to benchmark the performance.
• Being aware of agile development (short sprints) and helping the team with debugging and troubleshooting issues.
• Learning newer technologies in UI/UX and guiding the team in delivering quality results.

What you need to have:

Requirements:

• Developing and implementing user interface components using React.js concepts and workflows.
• Developing user interface components and implementing them with a well-known React.js workflow.
• Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use.
• Translating designs and wireframes into high-quality code
• In-depth knowledge of JavaScript and React concepts, excellent front-end coding skills, and a good understanding of progressive web applications.
• Optimizing components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers.
• Develop a flexible and well-structured front-end architecture, along with the APIs to support the applications 

We are looking for an experienced Front End Architect who is proficient with React.js. Your primary focus will be on developing efficient Front End layers using well known React.js workflows (such as Flux or Redux). You will ensure that these applications are robust and easy to maintain. You will coordinate with the rest of the team working on different layers of the infrastructure. Therefore, a commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and quality product is important. 

Responsibilities: 

• Architecting large scale Enterprise application Front End layers for:
• Maintainability (Modularity, Testability)
• Reusability (ComponentizationCommon Functionality)
• Performance (Caching, Resource Utilization) 
• Security
• Developing new user-facing features using React.js 
• Building reusable components and front-end 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 
• Leading a team of high performing team React JS developers

Primary Skills:

• React JS, Redux, HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, Jquery, SASS and Typescript
• Develop  user-facing features using ReactJS
• Architect efficient and reusable front-end systems that drive complex web applications
• Identify and resolve performance and scalability issues
• Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs
• Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability.

• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model
• Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles.
• Having Experience with popular React.js workflows (such as Flux or Redux).
• Familiarity with newer specifications of EcmaScript.
• Knowledge of isomorphic React is a plus.
• Strong Proficiency in HTML 5, CSS 3
• 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.
• Familiarity with code versioning tools such as Git, SVN, etc.
• Knowledge of functional or object-oriented programming.
• Ability to write well-documented, clean Javascript code.
• Rock solid at working with third-party dependencies and debugging dependency conflicts.
• Understanding of REST APIs, the document request model, and offline storage. 

Experience: 

10+ years of overall experience with 4+ years of mandatory experience with React JS development

• Experience in developing modern web applications using React and Redux.
• Strong proficiency in CSS, JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model
• Good understanding of Database schema, design, optimization, scalability.
• Great communication skills, strong work ethic.
• Ownership of the product from start to finish.
• Ability to learn new technologies quickly.

• Experience with AWS
• Expert level understanding of the HTML DOM and underlying event model
• Prior Open source contributions
• Experience building responsive design.