Product Engineer

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Senior React Web Developer to join our product development team. As a Senior React Web Developer, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining our web applications using ReactJS and Material UI. You will work closely with other developers, designers, product managers, and stakeholders to create high-quality, user-friendly, and scalable software.

Key Responsibilities:

● Design and develop high-quality, responsive, and user-friendly web applications using ReactJS and Material UI.

● Collaborate with product managers, designers, and stakeholders to ensure the project meets the business requirements and user needs.

● Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code.

● Optimize the application for maximum speed, scalability, and usability.

● Develop reusable UI components and libraries.

● Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs.

● Identify and troubleshoot bugs and issues.

● Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and technologies in ReactJS, Material UI, and front-end development.

● Participate in code reviews and contribute to the development of best practices.

● Mentor and guide junior developers in the team.

Requirements:

● Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field.

● At least 7 years of experience in front-end development, with at least 4 years of experience in ReactJS and Material UI.

● Strong proficiency in JavaScript, CSS, HTML, and related web technologies.

● Experience with Redux, Redux Saga, and other state management libraries.

● Experience with building scalable and complex web applications.

● Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

● Experience with Agile development methodologies.

● Strong communication and collaboration skills.

● Experience with Git and version control.

● Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Preferred:

● Experience with GraphQL and Apollo Client.

● Experience with server-side rendering using Next.js.

● Experience with AWS or other cloud providers.

● Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation.

● Experience with testing frameworks like Jest, Enzyme, or Detox.

● Experience with UX/UI design and prototyping tools.

• Write clean, testable code with unit tests
• Build and improve code across the entire stack
• Ensure project scalability by having good project architecture
• Participate in the entire application life cycle, focusing on coding and debugging
• Responsible for technical guidance and leading a team of react developers ensuring timely delivery

• Strong React.js, Node.js, and typescript experience
• Working knowledge of React Native and Redux-Saga
• Hands-on experience with REST APIs, HTML/CSS
• Knowledge of GIT
• Proficiency in SQL
• 3-4 years of minimum experience

• We make sure you are growing professionally with quarterly goals and appraisals.
• Health is wealth, so we provide health insurance
• Stand on Top - Employee professional development program
• Welcoming a new member in the family is a great please so we provide maternity and paternity leave

And much more...

• Our engineers are involved in all parts of the product lifecycle: brainstorming, design,prototyping, planning, execution, and deploying.
• We brainstorm to understand and explore the difficult problem and come up with the best solution for the hardest problems that impact the world.
• You will develop broad-ranging skills working on a wide variety of initiatives. You will take responsibility for your projects, but you'll also have teammates who look out for you.
• We operate in a “get s**t done” environment where the goal is always to execute and implement. While doing all of this...You will not forget to have fun!

WHAT WE VALUE

• You're cool with working with others. Our jobs aren’t done in a vacuum and everyone contributes to get the job done.
• You’re not afraid to make mistakes because without challenge, you’re not learning.
• Speaking of learning, you have a constant desire to grow and develop.
• You care about great design, not only in the product and visual sense, but also in your code and technical architecture.
• You are passionate about product craftsmanship, and can balance that with deploying something relevant.
• You move fast with a sense of urgency. You want to work on things that make an impact on the world.

DESIRED EXPERIENCE

• Candidate Expectations: Design, code, deploy and maintain scalable software infrastructure to meet Blowhorn's demands.
• 3+ years’ experience in a start-up environment or any reputed product based company
• Build APIs for business clients to integrate blowhorn into their systems.
• Setup processes and methodology for sustainable software development.

DESIRED SKILLS

• Develop new user-facing features
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use
• Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs
• Good understanding of JS frameworks (AngularJS, ReactJS, VueJS), Angular 5+ and Bootstrap.
• Proficient understanding of web markup, including HTML5, CSS3
• Basic understanding of server-side CSS pre-processing platforms, such as LESS and SASS
• Proficient understanding of client-side scripting and JavaScript frameworks, including jQuery
• Some exposure to Analytics/Dashboard and related client frameworks (D3.js, Apache superset)
• Good understanding of asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, and AJAX
• Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability
• Assure that all user input is validated before submitting to back-end
• Has worked extensively on Google maps and features like live tracking, geo fencing
• Good API integration skills (with backend frameworks)
• Mobile frameworks like Flutter is a plus
• Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders
• Basic knowledge of image authoring tools, to be able to crop, resize, or perform small adjustments on an image. Familiarity with tools such as Gimp or Photoshop is a plus.
• Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as (Git / Mercurial / SVN)
• Good understanding of SEO principles and ensuring that application will adhere to them.

About Xpresslane:
Xpresslane is a universal one-click checkout platform for eCommerce. We want to transform the way online shoppers buy, Democratize optimized checkout and post checkout experience. We have achieved 150+ signups from D2C merchants in the last year alone and are aggressively adding new features to help solve problems in their checkout process.

Engineering @Xpresslane:
We are a small group of Tech Enthusiasts, Product Managers. We give incredible value to design and UX is our topmost priority. We've implemented products using Go, Java, Kubernetes, Docker, Temporal, GraphDB, Svelte & React, Cypress, Gitlab CI/CD.

Why Engineering @Xpresslane:

• Opportunity to Design & Implement new features which are internet-facing.
• Opportunity to Design Scalable Distributed System spanning many regions.
• Freedom to learn & work across Frontend/Backend/Devops/Design Expertise.
• 2-4 years of experience in Frontend Engineering.
• Expertise in one or more frontend frameworks like React/Angular/Vue/Svelte
• Style the frontend applications with an incredible focus on design & UX.
• Self-driven in identifying opportunities to make things better and efficient.
• Ensure code quality and reliability through automated test implementations.
• View frontend as Engineering i.e, plan & implement components for reusability, testability
  and scalability.
• Nice to have, experience in using Figma/Sketch for quick mockups & prototypes
• Nice to have knowledge of cache busting, CSRF, XSS attacks.

• Looking for an expert JavaScript developer who is highly skilled with Vue.js and Vuex(redux).
• Someone with the ability to create testable, reusable, and scalable code.
• Someone very good at understanding requirements and developing services & features quickly.
• Good communication skills & team player, who engages with all stakeholders of the project to add clarity for all aspects of the ongoing software development project.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Collaborate with project stakeholders, gather requirements, and develop the UI application.
• Create reusable, effective, and scalable VueJs Code.
• Implement front-end components with Vue.js and Vuex(redux) framework.
• Ensure developing robust, secure, modular, and maintainable code.
• Translate technical requirements into code.
• Build responsive UI screens with cross-browser & cross-platform support.
• Test and update web applications.

Key Requirements :

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field.
• Highly proficient with the JavaScript language and its modern ES6+ syntax and features.
• Experience with the Vue.js ecosystem, including Vue CLI, Vuex, Vue Router, and Nuxt.js
• Should be having strong knowledge in HTML, HTML DOM, Bootstrap, Stylus, Sass, Less, CSS, and npm for builds.
• Good problem solving, decision making, and prioritization

• Developing and implementing highly responsive UI
• Design software with great UX
• Produce clean and efficient code
• Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade existing software
• Management of entire end-to-end project pipeline

• Strong working knowledge of React JS and Redux
• Experience with JavaScript and CSS
• Experience with REST APIs
• Familiarity with browser testing and debugging
• In-depth understanding of the entire web development process (design, development and deployment)
• Understanding of layout aesthetics
• Git knowledge is a plus
• Comfortable in working in Linux based environment

Build large scale web applications with Single Page Applications (SPA) architecture.

Experience to develop MV(C) based front end frameworks.

Experience with JavaScript, HTML, CSS.

Experience with JavaScript frameworks like Angular, preferably React.JS.

Good understanding of asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, AJAX and Redux.

Proficient with Chrome Developer Tools.

Additional Preferred Qualifications

Experience in Restful API services.

Experience in using performance, analytics and UX tools.

Experience with pull request process and contributing to OSS on github.com.

Experience with unit testing frameworks Mocha and Chai.

Experience with Jenkins.