React JS Developer

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.

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.
• 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.

• 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!

We are looking for highly skilled candidates with experience in frontend programming and are comfortable in dealing with backend tools.

• Reviewing application requirements and interface designs.
• Identifying web-based user interactions.
• Developing and implementing highly-responsive user interface components using React concepts.
• Writing application interface codes using JavaScript following ReactJS workflows.
• Troubleshooting interface software and debugging application codes.
• Developing and implementing front-end architecture to support user interface concepts.
• Monitoring and improving front-end performance.

An enthusiastic individual with the following skills. Please do not hesitate to apply if you do not match all of it. We are open to promising candidates who are passionate about their work and are team players.

• 6 to 9 years of strong design and development experience in building massively large-scale distributed internet systems and products.
• Previous experience working as a React.js Developer.
• In-depth knowledge of JavaScript, CSS, HTML, and front-end languages.
• Strong experience using a client side MVC framework such as NodeJS, ReactJS, or Redux.
• Experience with user interface design.
• Knowledge of performance testing frameworks including Mocha and Jest.
• Experience with browser-based debugging and performance testing software.
• Experience in responsive design, cross browser compatibility, and website performance.
• Knowledge of frontend CSS frameworks like Bootstrap, Material UI, and preprocessors like SASS and LESS.
• Experience with handling Services, RESTful, APIs (NodeJS preferably).

You will be working with top-quality engineers who have built one of the best employee engagement SaaS platforms. You will be reporting to the Engineering Head and working closely with the Architect and other leads.

A wholesome opportunity in a fast-paced environment that will enable you to juggle between concepts, yet maintain the quality of content, interact, and share your ideas and have loads of learning while at work. Work with a team of highly talented young professionals and enjoy the benefits of being at this Company

We look forward to connecting with you. As you may take time to review this opportunity, we will wait for a reasonable time of around 3-5 days before we screen the collected applications and start lining up job discussions with the hiring manager. We assure you that we will attempt to maintain a reasonable time window for successfully closing this requirement. The candidates will be kept informed and updated on the feedback and application status.

• 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.

If a misaligned shadow bothers you, we already like you 😆

• Master's / Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or Self taught developer.
• 3+ years of experience in fundamentals of web, HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
• Familiarity with JavaScript frameworks such as Vue or React.
• Understanding of product design, user experience and skills to recreate and match high quality pixel perfect designs and can go above and beyond in detailing.
• Has ability to build a ground up resoluble components and in-house UI system that can scale across the product.

A collaborative role with Individual ownership ✅

• Ownership of developing UI related features. Work with with the rest of the engineering team to develop, launch or maintain features.
• Take ownership of design <> dev collaboration and participate in the education of both sides.
• Work closely with design team and become a bridge between engineering and design.
• Maintain code integrity.

passion for all things JavaScript, having built complex single-page applications on React/Redux for at least 2 years.

Profound understanding of HTML, CSS, and browser capabilities to build beautiful, fast and snappy applications.

Comfortable with jest for writing unit and integration tests/puppeteer for e2e tests.

Curiosity to remain updated with the newest technologies and frameworks. Intuition for usability and UI design, with an ability to balance polish with the constraints of timing and scope.

Comfort with any of WebRTC/Backend Stack/React Native is a strong plus.

Most importantly, love coding and debugging gnarly problems! 

GMetri - Frontend Developer, Bengaluru

At GMetri, we are passionate about driving business impact through immersive experiences. We partner with change-makers across various industries  — from Fortune 500 brands to small disruptors—to help transform the way XR (or eXtended Reality - a blanket term encompassing Virtual / Augmented and Mixed Reality) is used in business, through our unique platform. 

Founded in 2017, the company was identified by industry leaders Oculus/Facebook as the top VR/AR/MR tech company in India. We were also recently featured at Facebook F8 in San Jose for our work. GMETRI currently boasts a growing client list comprising of national and global giants like Myntra, BigBasket, Accenture, Cafe Coffee Day, Bosch, Reliance, DXC Technology, Legrand, Zoomcar and Jio among others.

About the Role:

GMetri works with bleeding edge technologies in order to be able to innovate at breakneck speeds. Which means most of the development technologies and standards being adopted by the industry at large have already been used, upgraded or discarded by us, and we have moved on the next upcoming piece in the stack.

The decision to stay bleeding edge isn’t something that is taken lightly - it is a stepping stone in the promise of innovation that helps us service our clients better.

Core Responsibilities:

Once you are here, you will 

• Get hands on experience with emerging trends and technologies in the field of cloud development, including open source products and contribute to the on-going development of GMetri’s suite of products
• Design, develop, test and deploy features for our VR platform
• Research and find opportunities to utilize web development best practices, guidelines to improve system productivity, scaling and monitoring
• Driving the entire GMetri dashboard independently resolving its features/issues and deploying to production bug-free
• Developing and Designing GMetri Analytics and monitoring dashboards
• Developing new user-facing features using React.js

• Min 2+ years experience in software development
• Should be a quick learner, agile with technology, a hacker at heart
• Strong proficiency in ReactJS, Redux
• Well versed with the Unix environment, es6/es7 concepts
• Should have a broad understanding for both frontend and backend technologies and be abreast with the latest trends
• Team Player, Ability to work in a fast paced and changing environment

Think you're passionate about cutting-edge tech?

Want to push up your learning curve by several notches?

If you're ready, so are we. Apply Now!