React JS Developer

Kwalee is a leading independent mobile game developer and publisher based in Leamington Spa – the UK’s biggest gaming hub outside Greater London and a great place to live – along with growing teams in Bangalore and Beijing.

Now the largest hypercasual games publisher in the UK, Kwalee is a company known globally thanks to half a billion downloads for hit mobile games including Draw it, Bake it, Shootout 3D, Rocket Sky and many more. These successes have driven rapid growth in recent years and with exciting new projects in the works for Nintendo Switch and PC alongside the studio's hypercasual specialism, Kwalee shows no signs of slowing down!

Founded in 2011 by David Darling CBE, a key architect of the UK games industry who previously co-founded and led Codemasters for many years, 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 mobile gaming experts. Everyone contributes creatively to Kwalee’s success, with all employees eligible to pitch their own game ideas on Creative Wednesdays. Could your idea be the next global hit?

As Frontend Web Developer you love designing and producing excellent web interfaces and have a passion for games.

You'll be part of a development team that will be based in the new office that we're going to open in Bangalore.

What you tell your friends you do

“I make really powerful web-based tools and ensure that everyone in the company has the software that they need, especially when they don't actually know what they need!”

What you will really be doing

• 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 WatchTower.

• A portion of the work involves maintaining/improving our extensive games server admin interface and our in-house Analytics platform WatchTower.

• 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.

How you will be doing this

• You’ll be part of an agile, multidisciplinary and creative team and work closely with them to get the best results

• You'll think creatively and be motivated by challenges and constantly striving for the best.

• You’ll work with cutting edge technology - if you need software or hardware to get the job done efficiently, you can get it. We even have a robot!

Team

Our talented team is our signature. We have a highly creative atmosphere with around 100 staff where you’ll have the opportunity to contribute daily to important decisions. You’ll work within an extremely experienced, passionate and diverse team, including David Darling and the creator of the original Micro Machines video game.

Skills and requirements

• 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

Desirable:

• Knowledge of the Unix, Linux, MacOS or equivalent development environments

• Working knowledge of Amazon Web Services (AWS)

• 2:1 or higher degree in a related discipline e.g., computer science, programming, maths

We offer

• We want everyone involved in our games to share our success, that’s why we have a generous team profit sharing scheme from day 1 of employment

• In addition to a competitive salary we also offer private medical cover and life assurance

• Creative Wednesdays! (Complete freedom to design and make your own games every Wednesday)

• 20 days of paid holidays plus bank holidays

• Great work-life balance with flexible working hours

• Quarterly team building days - work hard, play hard!

• Monthly employee awards

• Free snacks, fruit and drinks

Our philosophy

We firmly believe in creativity and innovation and that a fundamental requirement for a successful and happy company is having the right mix of individuals. With the right people in the right environment anything and everything is possible.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Developing new user-facing features using React.js
• Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use
• Translating designs and wireframes into high quality code
• Optimizing components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers

SKILLS REQUIRED:

• Experience in developing large scale web applications. (SaaS products are a plus)
• Experience in React, Typescript
• Experience in Material Design a plus
• Experience in developing React components
• Experience in testing React components using Snapshot, Unit, Integration testing
• Hands on experience with code versioning systems like Git, SVN.
• Hands on Excellent debugging and problem solving skills.
• Experience with Responsive/Mobile Design.
• Hands on experience with GraphQL will be added advanta

Job Description: Senior React.js Developer

• 2+ years of relevant experience in software development building web applications
• Well acquainted with cutting edge front-end framework like React Javascript dialects like ES6.

• CSS frameworks like Bootstrap, Foundation HTML5, CSS3 and tools like Gulp/Webpack
• Strong analytical and problem- solving skills paired with the ability to develop creative and efficient solutions.
• Enjoys and gets energized by complex problem solving and ability to push the innovation on solutions.
• Ability to work both independently and in various team settings.

Skills:   

• Minimum 5 years of experience as a Front-end Developer
• Responsive/Mobile Design Skills
• Cross-Browser Development
• JavaScript frameworks like NodeJS, ReactJS etc.
• Front End Frameworks like Bootstrap
• Worked on markup languages like HTML, HTML5
• Worked on JavaScript, CSS and jQuery
• Excellent knowledge of browser troubleshooting and debugging practices and techniques
• Knowledge of some SEO principles
• Knowledge of graphics software such as Adobe Suite, Photoshop etc.
• Sense of ownership and pride in your performance and its impact on company’s success
• Critical thinker and problem-solving skills
• Team player
• Good time-management skills
• Good interpersonal and communication skills

To know more about Srijan Technologies, visit the following:

Website: http://www.srijan.net/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Srijan 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/srijan-technologies-pvt--ltd- 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SrijanOne 

The Role

• Create fast and functional and intuitive interfaces.
• Create mobile responsive web pages that work on desktop, tablets and smart phones.
• Create well-written JavaScript, as well as expanding current JavaScript code.
• Create and maintain web forms that integrate with our CRM.
• Assist with API integration for dynamic email/web prospect and customer communications.
• Translate designs and style guides provided by the UI/UX team into functional user interfaces, ensure cross-browser compatibility and performance.
• Create functional pages and banners from design mock-ups.
• Test code across platforms and browsers.
• Document work and communicate issues when they arise.
• Assist troubleshooting production issues.

Requirement:

• Associate degree in a technology-related field required (bachelor’s degree preferred).
• 3+ years of experience in front-end development in a start-up or similar work environment.
• 1+ experience with Front End frameworks such as Angular 2.0/React JS/React Native.
• Knowledge of web standards and accessibility (W3C and s508).
• Ability to create production-quality CSS, SASS, and HTML for web applications with support for mobile and tablet devices.
• Good understanding of web-based application architecture.
• Designing/coding to overcome browser/platform constraints.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and JavaScript Knowledge.
• Ability to learn new tasks outside immediate range of skills.
• Able to collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical colleagues
• Deadline oriented and able to multi-task in a fast pace environment.
• Knowledge of unit test frameworks like karma, Jasmine, Mocha, Chai etc.