React JS Developer

Job Description

 

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.

 

Responsibilities

 

• 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 it to the back-end
• 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 ( Developer should know advanced JavaScript libraries and frameworks, such as AngularJS, KnockoutJS, BackboneJS, ReactJS, DurandalJS, etc.)
• 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.
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• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as (Git / SVN)

● Independently think of solutions to complex requirements; possess exceptional logical skills.
● Work on products that are used across platforms (e.g. Android and iOS Mobile Devices,
Tablets, Desktop/Mac)
● Analyse current products in development, including performance, scalability, diagnosis and troubleshooting
● Work with the existing framework and evolve it by building reusable code & libraries
● Search and introduce new software related technologies, processes and tools.
● Collaborate with other team members
● Working on the robustness of the application

Key Skills Required:
● Strong hands on experience in JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, CSS3 Animations.
● Good understanding of advanced JS libraries and frameworks such as React.js and Angular.
● Understanding of client side unidirectional data flow principles and Redux knowledge.
● Good understanding of - React Native - is a big plus.
● UI Performance: should have hands-on experience of optimizing page load, rendering,
caching.
● NodeJS, Webpack knowledge is a plus.
● Proficient understanding of cross browser compatibility issues and ways to work around such issues.
● Fluent in responsive design and mobile / tablet UI / UX.
● Web mobile (touch devices: mobiles and tablets) experience is expected.
● Familiarity with JavaScript standards(ES5,ES6) and OOPS concepts.

Who are we?  

Whatfix is the #1 Digital Adoption Platform (DAP) for Enterprises. We are disrupting the way Learning, Training and Application Support content is consumed. We provide large enterprises with a SaaS platform that helps accelerate product adoption and reduce support & training efforts by providing contextual and step by step guidance inside any web application at the exact time a task is being performed. The product has redefined the way companies onboard, train, and provide support to users. 

 

What sets us apart from the rest?

With over 100 of the Fortune 500 companies already onboard as customers, Whatfix has been named among the top 20 B2B tech companies alongside the likes of Adobe, PayPal, and Cisco.

With a YoY growth of 300%, we have also been recognized among the top 50 fastest growing SaaS companies worldwide in the SaaS 1000 list and as a Market Leader by Gartner in the Digital Adoption space. 

We are pleased to have an Employee rating of 4.6 on https://www.glassdoor.co.in/Reviews/Whatfix-Reviews-E1016569.htm" target="_blank">Glassdoor and our Customer obsession can be seen in our reviews on platforms like https://www.g2.com/products/whatfix/reviews" target="_blank">G2 Crowd & https://www.gartner.com/reviews/market/customer-communications-management-software/vendor/whatfix/product/whatfix" target="_blank">Gartner Peer Insights.

The employees are happy, the customers are happy, but what about the investors? Take a look for yourself - http://www.sequoiacap.com/" target="_blank">Sequoia Capital || http://www.stellarisvp.com/whatfix-what-we-learnt-from-series-a-to-series-b-in-a-saas-business/" target="_blank">Stellaris || https://blogs.cisco.com/innovation/tomorrows-customer-experience-why-cisco-invested-in-whatfix" target="_blank">Cisco || https://eightroads.com/en/news/our-investment-in-whatfix" target="_blank">Eight Roads || http://www.helionvc.com/blog/we-are-pleased-collaborate-whatfix.html" target="_blank">Helion Ventures

 

“Hustle Mode ON” is something we live by.

 

Our Team:

The Engineering team at Whatfix provides end-to-end engineering throughput that forms part of core platforms and services that drive Whatfix's business.

Our team is responsible for creating the Customer Platform and everything around it - be it Analytics, Infrastructure, or Core Algorithms. The team owns and is responsible for all pieces that we design, build and support end to end for Whatfix product/ business.

Our product is built around a core of JAVA with enterprise businesses using the Whatfix system. On a monthly basis, millions of interactive guides are processed. Building, testing, and deploying to any of our environments are as simple as pushing a commit to a git branch. We like to keep our technology up-to-date. All of the technology is built and maintained by this small development team, so from day 1, the software you write will be used by people from all over the world.  

 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design and develop highly scalable, reliable, and fault-tolerant systems for one of the world’s fastest-growing startups
• Work with business to define requirements
• Perform technical design and hands-on coding for development and enhancement efforts
• Develop new user-facing features
• Building reusable code and libraries for future use
• Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs
• Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability
• Assure that all user input is validated before submitting to back-end services
• Promote best practices in design and coding
• Conduct design and code reviews
• Understand the customer needs & implement
• Articulate complex problems communicating viable architecture and design approaches in a clear and concise manner
• Enhance the agile SDLC within the Development Team through new learning, continued growth, and applying industry best practices and processes
• Occasionally participate in customer demos & provide inputs wherever required
• Keep optimizing & automating mundane tasks

 

You'll be a core member of the team.

 

Individual growth is important to us. We schedule time every week to explore an interest or learn something new. Team members have also used it to do everything from learning new algorithms to playing with the new framework, to exploring what the new analytics layer could be used for. We also take some time each day to discuss what we're working on, and even pair programs to teach each other about parts of the codebase. There's no risk of stagnation in this job, you would still be hands-on after a few years.

 

REQUIREMENTS:

We are looking for a Front-End Engineer to help us scale and go deep on our technical capabilities.

• 4 -12 years of professional front-end development experience
• Hands-on experience with Front end technologies - JavaScript, Typescript, HTML, CSS
• Experience with React Ecosystem (React Router, Styled-components, Server-side rendering, Context API, React Hooks) is strongly preferred
• Experience with state management libraries such as Redux is a huge plus.
• Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around such issues
• Experience in backend programming languages such as Java is strongly preferred 
• Experience in building Web applications using frameworks like Spring, Microservice architecture
• Work experience, preferably from internet companies, products, or startups
• Expertise in design principles and their application
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Fast Learner & a Team Player

 

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

 

Job Description:
 

Do you thrive on working with cutting-edge technology, with innovators in the early stages of ideas, products, or platforms? Do you have the passion to be a core member of a fast-growing start-up? Are you an expert or aspiring to become one who can work on the Full Stack of an application? Do you have a genuine interest in all software technologies? If the answer is yes, do reach out to us - Crediwatch is the place for you!

You will be exposed to work on every level of the stack in a highly agile, fast-growing, start-up FinTech environment while ensuring Breakthrough Simplicity in innovation and Diving Deep to arrive at a solution-based approach to problem-solving and idea creation.

The environment at Crediwatch is vibrant and innovative! You will learn and regularly interact with peers who are the best at what they do and will motivate you to be the best version of yourself, technically and professionally.

The Role Expectation

• You will play a key role in the design and development of the core UI, working directly with the Product team on realizing their needs and translating it into the product.

• You will be involved in developing user-facing features using React.js, building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use, and translating designs and wireframes into high-quality code

• You will participate in the overall design and architecture of the application, maintaining quality and ensuring performance and compliance to software standards and guidelines

• You will help in optimizing components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers

• You will adhere to the best practices of the Agile & TDD

• You will collaborate with the rest of the engineering team to design, prioritize and launch new features.

• You will take ownership for organizing code and maintain its integrity at all points in time.

• You will be responsible for understanding and implementing security and data protection best practices

• Guide and mentor to the team and help them grow in a professional and personal capacity

• You will bring in a passion for technology and hunger to learn

You Have

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

• Thorough understanding of JavaScript frameworks and browser

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

• Experience with utility libraries (e.g., Immutable.js, Lodash, Underscore)

• Familiarity with RESTful APIs

• Knowledge of modern authentication and authorization mechanisms such as Oauth2.0 and SAML2.0 and exchange of claims using JWT tokens

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

• Good understanding of browser JavaScript engines and its compatibility issues

• A knack for benchmarking and optimization

• Familiarity with CI/CD tools and technologies

Good to Have

• Knowledge of isomorphic React is a plus

• Knowledge or experience of back-end languages and technologies

• Prior experience in developing code on large scale distributed systems and knowledge of cloud deployments on AWS/Azure

• Prior experience working in a fast-paced start-up environment.

Your Background

• At least 2 - 4 years of hands-on development experience

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in a related field

You Believe-in & will align with our Business Objectives

• Customer Obsession - Consistently listen to customers; test, enhance and improve the customer experience.

• Breakthrough Simplicity - An innovative approach to making everything simpler

• Diving Deep -Technique used to arrive at a solution-based approach to problem-solving and idea creation

• Drive for Results - Focus on end result of any task

• Encourage and Improve - Encouraging and promoting teamwork and focus on continuous self-development at every stage.

• Be Ethical and Respectful - Willingness to do the right thing – even if it is hard; courteousness and being focused on the best in others.

Who We Are

We build innovative technology everyday!

Crediwatch is a ‘Data Insights-as-a-service’ company that provides lenders, businesses with actionable credit intelligence on private entities they need to improve trust and increase their lending and trading activity. Crediwatch does this with no human intervention by deploying the latest practical AI and technology tools that provide the most reliable comprehensive real-time inputs.

Each day at Crediwatch is about striving for transparent insights, analysis, and accurate results. If this aligns with your interests and aspirations, we have interesting positions for you.

You Will Enjoy

Our start-up environment - fun, casual, informal, family & pet-friendly! Ours is a highly energized playground where brilliant minds come together to make bold, impactful decisions every day! Needless to say, we have excellent filter coffee, health drinks round the clock, lunch buffets, PS4, and Foosball breaks, and a stocked kitchen. We play to win and have fun doing it! We work to engage your brain by organizing brilliant TechTalks by industry leaders and frequent high-on-energy hackathons and engage your crazy fun side at our well-planned retreats. We are a highly eco-conscious team and we encourage and support our team’s physical & mental wellbeing.

All these and a great set of people to work with - We Are Crediwatch!

Company Overview: We are a fast-growing vertical SaaS company in Chennai. Our product - GrowSmart - is used by leading project contracting companies across India. Our team values the following: respect for every individual, excellent learning opportunities, challenging work environment, larger responsibilities earlier in your career, commitment towards results, recognition for hard work. Website: https://growsmartsmb.com 

 

Job Overview: You will be part of the core product engineering team. It’s a small, highly productive team building a large and complex product. Our web app is built with React and Redux. The mobile apps are built with React-Native. The backend is built with NodeJs and PostgreSQL. So, javascript is the language we speak 😉. If you are fluent in javascript, you will be a great fit! This position is primarily for the front-end, but we encourage full-stack developers.

 

You will be a team player working collaboratively with product leaders, UI designers, and the testing team. Requirement Analysis, Design, Development, Unit Testing, and Integration Testing are the major activities you will take up. You will own a feature from UI design to go live.

 

Skills Expected:

1. Sound understanding of HTML/ DOM / Javascript / CSS.
2. Strong practical expertise in React and Redux.
3. Good understanding of usability, error handling, performance, and reusability concepts.
4. Ability to learn new concepts rapidly.
5. Ability to handle complexity - you will work on a large and complex app, often more than one task at a time.
6. Being self-driven - you enjoy taking ownership; you don’t need constant follow-up from a manager.

 

Job Highlights: Great opportunity to work on the full-stack in a large and complex product, with a small core team. Modern workplace at the heart of the city – Ashok Nagar. Young and flat team – you get full freedom to learn and grow. Excellent growth opportunity – can take up bigger responsibilities earlier in your career. Medical insurance for self. Due recognition and appreciation for hard work.

What you need to have:

Experience: 2 to 7 years

- Mastery of Javascript - 1+ years developing and deploying production-ready web applications - Experience building applications with React - Experience working with React Native - UI/UX minded - Passionate about user experience - Experience building SPA (single-page applications) - Mastery of HTML/CSS (Bonus) - Experience with PostgreSQL or MySQL (Bonus) - Exposure or appreciation of agile development practices - Strong communication skills, verbal and written - Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment - A problem solver while working as part of a team of strong developers