React Developer

We’re Hiring – Frontend Developer (3.js)

Location: Chennai

Experience: 0–1 Years

At Hexr Factory, we are always exploring the possibilities to bridge the physical and digital worlds. We design and build Metaverse and Digital Twin technologies for the future of industry and entertainment.

We are looking for a Frontend Developer (3.js) to join our team in Chennai. The role involves designing, building, and configuring applications to meet business and application requirements using React Three Fiber, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS, TypeScript, and ES6.

The ideal candidate will have experience working with Three.js, WebGL, and Canvas/CSS animations, along with knowledge of browser-based 3D rendering and 3D graphics. You should be comfortable collaborating with the design team to implement a clean, elegant user experience and be capable of building scalable, high-performance web applications.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mathematics, Commerce, Computer Science, Electronics, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering with a consistent high academic track record.

0–1 years of relevant experience.

Skills Required:

Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model.

Experience using TypeScript to develop UI components with React and Angular.

Knowledge of 3D technologies such as WebGL and Three.js.

Basic understanding of 3D mathematics.

Familiarity with REST/JSON and Git.

Passion for new technology and innovation.

Ability to write clean, maintainable code.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

If you are passionate about technology, eager to learn, and excited about working on 3D applications and digital innovation, we’d love to hear from you.

• Experience with popular React.js workflows (such as Flux or Redux)

• Experience with data structure libraries (e.g., Immutable.js)

• Experience with standard front-end development tools such as Babel, Webpack, NPM, etc.

• Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles

• Familiarity with RESTful APIs and backend services

• Familiarity with code versioning tools such as Git, SVN, and Mercurial

• Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools

• Knowledge of isomorphic React is a plus

• Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token

• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model

We're seeking a skilled Front-end Lead Engineer to lead an ongoing production-ready enterprise project and contribute to code while leading the frontend team. If you're adept at creating user-friendly products and eager to work with cutting-edge tech in a growing company, we want to hear from you. We value an entrepreneurial mindset and passion for technology in our team members.

Experience: 5+ Year

Working Time: 12.30 PM to 9.30 PM

• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including design, engineering & QA, to deliver high-quality solutions.
• Participate in planning and decision-making processes related to technical architecture, design, and implementation.
• Lead and mentor the Front-end (FE) team, providing technical guidance, coaching, and support.
• Oversee the deployment of frontend applications, coordinating with teams as necessary.
• Drive agile development practices within the FE team, ensuring efficient project delivery.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in leading the front-end development team.
• Proven experience in frontend development, with expertise in ReactJS, NextJS, MaterialUI, and React Query.
• Proficient in TypeScript development, skilled in building type-safe applications and leveraging TypeScript configurations for enhanced development efficiency.
• Proven leadership skills, with the ability to lead and mentor a diverse team.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Benefits

• Gain real-world experience in corporate functioning.
• Learn to collaborate with diverse teams and meet deadlines in a professional environment.
• Access various learning and development programs to explore your passion.
• Work in a fast-paced, rapidly expanding tech team undergoing a revamp, with exposure to advanced technology and tools relevant to your role

• Job Title - Software Engineer - Frontend
• Reports Into - Lead Frontend Web Developer
• Location - Hybrid/Bangalore

A Little Bit about Kwalee….

Kwalee is one of the world’s leading multiplatform game developers and publishers, with well over 900 million downloads worldwide for mobile hits such as Draw It, Teacher Simulator, Let’s Be Cops 3D, Airport Security and Makeover Studio 3D. We also have a growing PC and Console team of incredible pedigree that is on the hunt for great new titles to join TENS!, Eternal Hope, Die by the Blade and Scathe.

What’s In It For You?

• Hybrid working - 3 days in the office, 2 days remote/ WFH is the norm
• Flexible working hours - we trust you to choose how and when you work best
• Profit sharing scheme - we win, you win 
• Private medical cover - delivered through BUPA
• Life Assurance - for long term peace of mind
• On site gym - take care of yourself
• Relocation support - available
• Quarterly Team Building days - we’ve done Paintballing, Go Karting & even Robot Wars
• Pitch and make your own games on Creative Wednesdays! 

Are You Up To The Challenge?

As our Software Engineer - Frontend you’ll be designing and producing excellent web interfaces, working closely with the server and analytics teams. 

Your Team Mates

The frontend team consists of both our frontend developers and designers, we work closely with all parts of the business to create tools that vary across the whole company, from the publishing team to create a portal for people to submit games, the marketing team on things like our website, all the way to our internal teams for things like administration and analytics.

What Does The Job Actually Involve?

• You'll be working directly with the server and client teams to create our games server admin interfaces. And closely with the analytics team developing features for our analytics platform.
• A portion of the work involves maintaining/improving our extensive games server admin interface and our in-house Analytics platform.
• You will be working with a lot of different technologies that make up our worldwide cluster where we support millions of daily players.
• On some projects specific gameplay features rely on server side counterparts and complex web UI interfaces making for a good change of pace from Analytics and Data entry interfaces.

Your Hard Skills

• Minimum 2 years browser-based programming experience
• A proven track record of programming high quality and innovative web pages using Javascript, HTML5 & CSS3 and relevant frameworks (ideally ReactJS but could also be others e.g. AngularJS, NodeJS, Handlebars, jquery, gulp)
• An excellent working knowledge of various programming languages, databases and scripting tools including at least one of bash, MySQL, CouchBase, Python, Java, C#, JSP, PHP
• A creative mindset motivated by challenges and constantly striving for the best
• Interest in mobile games

Your Soft Skills

Kwalee has grown fast in recent years but we’re very much a family of colleagues. We welcome people of all ages, races, colours, beliefs, sexual orientations, genders and circumstances, and all we ask is that you collaborate, work hard, ask questions and have fun with your team and colleagues. 

We don’t like egos or arrogance and we love playing games and celebrating success together. If that sounds like you, then please apply.

A Little More About Kwalee

Founded in 2011 by David Darling CBE, a key architect of the UK games industry who previously co-founded and led Codemasters, our team also includes legends such as Andrew Graham (creator of Micro Machines series) and Jason Falcus (programmer of classics including NBA Jam) alongside a growing and diverse team of global gaming experts.

Everyone contributes creatively to Kwalee’s success, with all employees eligible to pitch their own game ideas on Creative Wednesdays, and we’re proud to have built our success on this inclusive principle.

We have an amazing team of experts collaborating daily between our studios in Leamington Spa, Lisbon, Bangalore and Beijing, or on a remote basis from Turkey, Brazil, Cyprus, the Philippines and many more places around the world. We’ve recently acquired our first external studio, TicTales, which is based in France. 

We have a truly global team making games for a global audience, and it’s paying off: - Kwalee has been voted the Best Large Studio and Best Leadership Team at the TIGA Awards (Independent Game Developers’ Association) and our games have been downloaded in every country on earth - including Antarctica!

• Build fast and efficient next-generation web applications
• Implement new features and optimize existing ones
• Collaborate with Designers to iterate on the design
• Work closely with Backend Engineers to integrate APIs and other services
•  Find and address performance issues
• Identify and communicate front-end best practices
• Customer-focused, whether responding to support queries or developing new features and functionality.
• Able to provide constructive feedback and effectively review code, guiding other UI engineers in the right direction

• 3+ years of experience in UI/frontend development.
• Hands-on experience using React as a front-end development framework.
• Sound knowledge of front-end development languages, tools and methodologies like HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript and associated technologies and toolsets (e.g. jQuery, Sass)
• Able to write front-end code that is cross-browser and cross-device friendly, through responsive or adaptive techniques is essential.
• Working knowledge of AWS for product development and deployment is preferred
• Experience using Continuous Integration (CI) / Continuous Delivery (CD) systems for development and deployment.
• Proven knowledge of Test-Driven Development (TDD).

Who should not apply for this job

• If you are looking for a 100% hike in your salary but can't commit to what value you will bring to the team
• If you never read books
• If you jump companies every 11-12 months
• If you are not comfortable working on Saturdays
• If you have less than 1 years of experience
• If you have more than 4 years of experience
  
  

About the Role:

We are looking for a Front-End Web Developer who is motivated to combine the art of design with the art of programming. Responsibilities will include translation of the UI/UX design wireframes to actual code that will produce visual elements of the application. You will work with the UI/UX designer and bridge the gap between graphical design and technical implementation, taking an active role on both sides and defining how the application looks as well as how it works.

Key-Skills Required:

Node.js  | Express | REST Api | Javascript | Redux-Saga | MongoDB | Web security TLS/SSL | Web Sockets |   Promises & Call-backs | Database & Data structures |  Redis | React.Js

Key Deliverables: 

• New feature design and implementation, Bug fixing, testing, and performance tuning.
• Work on the API and Engines.
• Code deployment on cloud & maintenance of the same.
• Take complete ownership of a product/feature from setup to deployment.
• Time-bound feature delivery & updating.
• Cost-saving using efficient & effective technologies

Role and Responsibilities: 

• Work on back-end (+ frontend integration) development of core scripts using React/Redux/Saga/Hooks and Redis.
• Manage Key-value based databases like Redis.
• Document code consistently throughout the development process by listing a description of the program, special instructions, and any changes made in database tables on procedural, modular and database level.
• Be able to write unit tests.
• Knowledge of bluebird.js (Promises), Async, etc will be of advantage.
• Passionate about building products and features and build the product from scratch with thrust on Web security, TLS/SSL, web sockets, etc
• 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 back-end
• Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders

3-6 LPA based on experience and on performance in the interview round (70% Fixed - 30% Variable Incentive based on delivery schedule)

(We do ZERO deductions since the salary will be paid from US/Singapore)