REACTJS DEVELOPER

• Build performant frontend features using React and Next.js.
• Drive UI architecture decisions to support A/B testing and analytics tracking.
• Implement pixel-perfect designs in collaboration with Design and Product teams..
• Contribute to performance baselining and monitoring for web/mobile platforms.
• Ensure seamless experiences across browsers and devices.
• Own CI/CD workflows for frontend deployment and observability.

Software Engineer - Frontend

Experiencing the world we live in is fundamental to our collective happiness and progress as a society. Headout’s mission is, and will always be, to unlock this happier world by connecting amazing in-person experiences with people all over the globe, giving them the opportunity to be entertained, educated and inspired. We are evolving the way people discover the world by connecting them with exceptional experiences at the push of a button. By combining delightful product experience, data-driven decisions, sophisticated supply side logistics network, and world-class operations, our single minded focus is on solving a huge basic human problem: how do we have a good time? On this mission, we've already served 7M+ guests from 190 countries who have headed out to an experience with us. While building scale that drives $200M+ in annualised sales, we hit profitability that is such a rarity on the back of our superior model.

As travel and in-person experiences recover, Headout is playing a critical role in our return to our way-of-life. With pent-up demand, generation and digitisation of experiences having been pushed forward by a decade, there is no better time to build than NOW.

We at Headout, like to solve real-world problems in the simplest & most elegant manner possible. We're seeking Frontend Engineers with the ability and passion for building solutions to people-centered problems that are created at the intersection of human behavior and technology. We also love folks who have a sense of humor and know how to have fun. ;-)

👩‍💻 The Role

• Craft the front-end architecture, develop our core features, and collaborate with our Product & Design teams to build something useful and beautiful.
• Build slick UI interfaces to provide the best user experience.
• Get your hands dirty with cross-platform architectural challenges, new frameworks, design patterns, and technologies.
• Build and contribute to open-source libraries and components.

🌟 Our Dream Engineer

• A penchant for learning and building with new technologies and frameworks.
• A knack for writing the most performance optimized code along with it being modular and scalable.
• No challenge is too big to solve; love thinking product and excited to ideate & build stuff all by yourself.
• You're interested in being an early employee at a growing company, with the influence and responsibility that entails.
• You have broad and deep knowledge across a variety of contemporary technologies.

💝 We like

• 2+ years of experience developing front-end platforms preferably in a high-growth startup.
• Solid hands-on experience with Javascript ES5 and ES6.
• Experience with NodeJS, Typescript, browser dev-tools etc.
• An opinion and preferably hands-on experience of CSS in JS vs old school style of writing CSS.
• Experience developing responsive designs using open source frameworks or even better, an attempt at your own framework.
• Solid understanding of how the web works and it's underlying communication protocols.
• People who give up anything to optimize that animation that they just created.
• Nice to Haves: An interest in UX, travel, local experiences & hospitality.

• Lead multiple client projects in the organization. 
• Define & build technical architecture for projects. 
• Introduce & ensure right coding standards within the team and ensure that it is maintained in all the projects. 
• Ensure the quality delivery of projects. 
• Ensure applications are confirmed to security guidelines wherever required. 
• ​Assist pre-sales/sales team for converting raw requirements from potential clients to functional solutions. 
• Train fellow team members to impose the best practices available. 
• Work on improving and managing processes within the team. 
• Implement innovative ideas throughout the team to improve the overall efficiency and quality of the team. 
• Ensure proper communication & collaboration within the team 

• 5+ Years of experience in developing large scale applications. 
• Solid Domain Knowledge and experience with various Design Patterns & Data Modelling 
• Must be well-aware of the latest technological advancements for relevant platforms. 
• Should have Research Oriented Approach 
• Solid at Logical thinking and Problem solving 
• Solid understanding of Coding Standards, Code Review processes and delivery of quality products 
• Experience with various Tools used in Development, Tests & Deployments. 
• Sound knowledge of DevOps and CI/CD Pipeline Tools 
• Solid experience with Git Workflow on Enterprise projects and larger teams 
• Should be good at documentation at project level and code level 
• Should have solid experience with Agile Methodology and process 
• Should have good understanding on Software UX 
• Proficient with communication and good at making judgments 

Expected Outcomes

• Growing the team and retaining talent, thus, creating an inspiring environment for the team members. 
• Creating more leadership within the team along with mentoring and guiding new joiners and experienced developers. 
• Creating growth plans for the team and preparing training guides for other team members. 
• Refining processes in the team on a regular basis to ensure quality delivery of projects- such as coding standards, project collaboration, code review processes etc. 
• Improving overall efficiency and team productivity by introducing new methodologies and ideas in the team. 
• Working on R&D and employing innovative technologies in the company. 
• Streamlining processes which will result in saving time and cost optimization 
• Ensuring code review healthiness and shipping superior quality code 

• Unlimited learning and growth opportunities 
• A collaborative and cheerful work environment 
• Exceptional reward and recognition policy  
• Outstanding compensation  
• Flexible work hours  
• Opportunity to make an impact as your work will directly contribute to our business strategy.
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At Nickelfox, you have a chance to craft a career path as unique as you are and become the best version of YOU. You will be part of a team with a ‘no limits’ mindset in an inclusive, people-focused culture. And we’re counting on your unique perspective to help Nickelfox grow even faster.  

Are you passionate about tech? Dedicated to learning? Come, join us to build an extraordinary experience for yourself and a dignified working world for all. 
 

What makes Nickelfox a great place for you?

In Nickelfox, you’ll join a team whose passion for technology and understanding of business has driven the company to serve clients across 25+ countries in just five years. We partner with our customers to fuel their growth story and enable them to make the right decisions with our customized technology services and insights. All in all, we are passionate to see our customers win the day. This is the reason why 80% of our business comes from repeat clients.  

Our mission is to provide dignified employment and an environment that recognizes the uniqueness of every individual and values their expertise, and contribution. We have a culture that encourages everyone to bring their authentic selves to work. Our people enjoy a collaborative work environment with exceptional training and career development. If you like working with a curious, youthful, high-performing team, Nickelfox is the place for you.

• Create well-designed, tested code using best practices for website development, including mobile and responsive site design
• Integrate data from various back-end services and databases
• Create and maintain software documentation
• Stay plugged into emerging technologies/industry trends and apply them into operations and activities
• Cooperate with web designers to match visual design intent

• Develop new user-facing features
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use
• Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs
• Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability
• Assure that all user input is validated before submitting to the backend
• Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders

Skills And Qualifications

• 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
• Good understanding of advanced JavaScript libraries and ReactJS frameworks.
• Good understanding of asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, and AJAX
• 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.
• Self-motivated and a good team player.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Preferred years of experience- 2- 3 years
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from a reputed Institute.

ob Purpose :

- To lead Design, Development and Maintenance of Frontend Technology for Viacom18's flagship OTT Platform - VOOT, plan & innovate to deliver best-in class product features, ensuring market leadership and future readiness.

- Head the technology team for Viacom18's flagship OTT Platform - VOOT by enhancing and future proofing the technological infrastructure and capabilities to build a world class product.

Key Responsibilities :

Technological Readiness :

- Strengthen VOOT's technological capability

- Evaluate Frontend technology stacks and choose best in class relevant solutions for business

- Build internal capability for technological functions for future readiness

- Drive technical and technological efficiencies to save cost

Technological Innovation :

- Identify avenues for product enhancement

- Convert relevant ideas to POC (Proof of Concept)

- Act as the technical product owner and work with product management team to deliver features and manage releases and enhancement

- Deliver best-in-class product functionality by minimizing crash rate, reducing improving playback time performance and ensuring maximum device coverage

Collaboration and Partner Management :

- Evaluate and finalize new partners for product enhancement from technical perspective

- Developing technological road maps in collaboration with Product team & external technology partners

- Timely and quality delivery of product/features, including outsourced functionalities and services with no downtime

Resource management of external partners to deliver results

Team management

- Work with the HR partner to create a workforce plan

- Review performance on regular basis

- Ensure optimum levels of engagement through appropriate recognition channels

- Provide inputs on hiring and succession planning

- Identify training needs by using TNA method

Key Performance Indicators :

- Develop best in class product functionality

- Ensure technological readiness for product

- Increase in the number of active daily video viewers

- Application Store rating

- Maintaining a crash rate & Maintain playability above 90%

- No. of new & high quality features rolled out on the platform

Skills : Front End, Android, iOS

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for development of new highly-responsive, web-based user interface
• Develop a flexible and well-structured front-end architecture, along with the APIs to support it 3.
• Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use
• Translating designs and wire frames into high quality code
• Construct visualisations that are able to depict vast amounts of data
• Work with product team and graphic designers
• Learn and understand user interactions

Requirements:

• Deep knowledge of web standards
• Deep knowledge of JavaScript concepts and fundamentals
• Strong understanding of ReactJs. development, and its core principles
• Experience with popular React.js workflows (such as Flux or Redux)
• Experience of working with code versioning tools (such as Git, SVN)
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs
• Familiar with HTML, CSS and SCSS development
• Knowledge of bundlers such as Gulp/Web pack, ES6, Node etc..
• B.Tech from Tier 1 college.
• 3+ yrs of experience with front end technologies HTML and JavaScript
• 1+ yrs of Project experience with react