React JS Developer

Looking for candidates only with tier 1 colleges OR have a minimum 1yr of experience in a product-based company.

The primary role is a Frontend software engineer, designing and building user-friendly and intuitive applications
You will be involved and drive product & design discussions.

Desired Skills
● Minimum 1+ years of coding experience.
● Proficiency using modern web development technologies and techniques, including HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, etc.
● Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
● Programming experience with at least one modern framework such as ReactJS or VueJs.
● A strong product design sense.
● Understand end user requirements, formulate use cases and come up with effective solutions.
● Good understanding of REST APIs and the web in general.
● Ability to build a feature from scratch & drive it to completion.
● Excellence in technical communication with peers and non-technical cohorts.
● Ability to learn and work independently and make decisions with minimal supervision

• Job Title - Frontend Software Engineer - Data
• Reports Into - Senior Software Engineer - Data
• 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 a Frontend Software Engineer in the Data Science Team, you will build tools and develop technology that deliver data products to a team of strategists, marketing experts and game developers. You will design, build, test and deploy products which serve a company fuelled by data.

Your Team Mates

The Data Science team is central in developing the technology behind the growth and monetisation of our games. We are a cross functional team that consists of analysts, engineers and data scientists, and work closely with the larger engineering team to deliver products spanning our modern, cloud first, tech stack.

What Does The Job Actually Involve?

• Develop and maintain user-friendly and visually appealing web applications using Vue.js
• Create interactive and informative data visualisations for general audiences as well as highly specialised teams
• Integrate with large, complex data sources and machine learning models via APIs
• Work within a data focused team to increase access to and the understanding of test and analysis results within game development, marketing and other aspects of the company

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 VueJS but could also be others e.g. ReactJS, AngularJS, Svelte)
• Knowledge of data visualisation libraries and techniques
• Understanding of REST APIs, asynchronous programming, and data handling
• An excellent working knowledge of various database, scripting, and development tools, for example bash, Python, Postgres, MySQL, CouchBase, git, JIRA
• A creative mindset motivated by challenges and constantly striving for the best

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!

 Strong Angular experience.

•            Proficiency with Javascript/Typescript and HTML5, Bootstrap, CSS5/SCSS

•            Knowledge on Jquery

•            Experience on building the rich user interface.

•            Translate UI/UX design wireframes to code

•            Develop user interfaces for modern rich internet applications with the latest front end technologies

•            (Good to have) Experience on creating the animation effects with the latest front end technologies.

• Drive UI/UX & design aspects of the platform Innovate on UX to provide the best possible experience to the customer
• Convert UI design wireframes to functional UI (HTML/CSS/JS)
• Build high performant UI features
• Optimise existing features for better performance
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use
• Complete the assigned features with validations
• Should take end-to-end ownership and pride in building assigned features
• Collaborate across the teams to define, design, and ship new features
• Budget work and stick to the deadlines
• Requirements
  
  • 3+ years of experience as a front-end developer
  • At least one product built and published
  • Proven experience in building/or been a lead contributor in a tech set-up
  • Strong analytical and structural thinking skills
  • Passion to build beautiful, responsive and performant user experiences
  • Strong understanding and fundamentals in Javascript & JQuery
  • Proficient in React.js, material design concepts, UI/UX best practices and design standards
  • Willing to work on pure Javascript based projects as well as React.js based projects
  • Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and their solutions.
  • Proficient in HTML5 CSS3
  • Proficient with CSS preprocessors LESS and SASS

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience with one of the top frontend frameworks - React (preferred)/ Angular / Vue
• Solid understanding of modern CSS methodologies like SCSS, SASS
• Exposure to latest developments in UI development like PWA, Single Page Apps, Hybrid Apps, Responsive web design etc
• Working knowledge of RESTful APIs, HTTP 2, Socket Connections
• Deep understanding of Javascript topics including the V8 Engine, Async, Memory Management, Duplex Communication.
• Experienced in Unit / Integration / Visual Testing.
• Ability to develop pixel-perfect web pages from designs
• Prior startup experience is a plus

Roles , Responsibilities& Skills  :-

• Proficiency in js, deep knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Knowledge of ElasticSearch is a plus.
• Design, build and maintain high performance, reusable system applying best Engineering practices.
• Experience in building and consuming REST API.
• Work with Agile methodology
• Go getter attitude with delivery mindset.
• Strong communication skills across the board, with a passion for finding and sharing best practices and driving greater discipline.
• Team player
• Ability to multi-task and work in fast paced environment
• Quality focus.

UI experience

• Angular Version 7+ or React experience
• Knowledge of CSS/design frameworks
• Ability to coordinate and implement UX designs.

SDE-II (FE)

Responsibilities

• Gather functional requirements from product management/UX teams and translate requirements into technical specifications to build robust, scalable, supportable solutions
• Serve as technical lead throughout the full development lifecycle, end-to-end, from scoping, planning, conception, design, implementation and testing, to documentation, delivery and maintenance. 
• Provide design reviews for other engineers, including feedback on architecture and design issues, as well as integration and performance. 
• Manage resources on multiple technical projects and ensure schedules, milestones, and priorities are compatible with technology and business goals.
• 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 back-end
• Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders

Requirements

• 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 AngularJS, ReactJS
• 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 as Gimp or Photoshop is a plus.
• Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them.
• Proficient understanding of git
• Good understanding of SEO principles and ensuring that the application will adhere to them.
• BTech/BE Equivalent.
• 3-5 years of experience