React.js Developer(Front End 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!

● 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

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

● Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles

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

● Familiarity with newer specifications of EcmaScript as well as HTML and CSS

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

● Working knowledge and integration knowledge with RESTful APIs

● Knowlegde of websockets implementation is a must.

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

● Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools

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

● Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements.

● A knack for benchmarking and optimization

● Familiarity with code versioning tools {such as Git}

● Added advantages if you have working knowledge of AWS

Job title: Front End Senior Developer 

Job description 

Roles and Responsibilities 

1.Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and push new front-end solutions. 

2.Translate UI/UX design wireframes to actual code that will produce visual elements of the application. 

3.Unit-testing code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability. 

4.Create and be accountable for user interaction models, workflows, information architecture, prototypes, and guidelines for user interfaces. 

5.Designing and building responsive web applications. 

6.Provide technical leadership towards new UI architectures. 

7.Continuously discovering, evaluating, and implementing new technologies to maximize development efficiency. 

Requirements: 

1. 4+ years of Frontend development experience 

2.Experience in ReactJS, Redux and component based design 

3.Experience in HTML5/CSS3, SASS or LESS 

4.Experience in Mobile web Specific Technologies Like PWA, Service Workers. 

5.Experience in Unit testing and Flow testing using Jasmine/Karma, Jest Framework 

6.Knowledge of front-end build tools and frameworks. Webpack and Babel. 

7.Experience in TDD (test-driven development)] 

8.Experience of developing and consuming RESTful web services 

9.Proficient understanding of web Markup. 

10.Good knowledge of caching and memory management for UI applications 

11.Should have executed a production level end to end UI application  

Job description

Responsibilities and Duties:

· Use a variety of languages in order to create user-friendly web pages

· Define visual interfaces that adhere to and extend wireframes and specifications

· Build, maintain and improve company and client websites

· Work in a creative environment with a team of other professionals

· Optimize web applications for maximum speed, usability, and accessibility

· Actively seek to understand business requirements to develop solutions

· Keep up to date on the latest and emerging technologies as it relates to the position

· Use strong problem-solving skills with the drive to find solutions prior to escalation

Desired Candidate Profile

· At least 4-7 years of experience as a Web Developer

· Proficiency with HTML5, CSS3, Sass or LESS, Bootstrap 4, jQuery, JavaScript.

· Translate UI/UX design to actual code

· Person have basic knowledge of Adobe Photoshop.

· Person should be in good practices to develop clean, short and optimized html/css code.

· Basic Knowledge of Backend framework (Laravel, Codeigniter, etc) to work on view part

· Understanding of version control (GitHub, bitbucket, SVN)

· Proficient in Optimize Website for maximum speed and scalability

· Person should have expert in Responsive website designing.

· Must have expertise to make SEO compatible html codes.

· Strong critical thinking, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills

· Sense of ownership and pride in your performance and its impact on success

· A positive and friendly attitude

· Good time-management skills

· Great interpersonal and communication skills

• Write high quality code in ReactJS using TypeScript or JSX that is easy to maintain and test.
• Participate in an Agile environment using Scrum software development practices, Automated unit testing, Continuous integration, Code reviews, Version control systems, Automated build processes. Raise issues proactively that might impact delivery commitments.
• Fix production issues and maintain the code as needed .

• BS degree in CS or equivalent work experience 5+ years professional experience building single page applications in ReactJS using TypeScript or JSX with extensive experience working with HTML5 and CSS3.
• Experience working with cross-browser behaviors and quirks.

• Passion for new technologies. Product development experience building large scale web applications.
• Experience designing and developing highly scalable consumer facing web application. Care deeply about writing high-performance, reusable code for components that will be used across our product.
• GraphQL experience is preferred.