React.js Developer

 Lead Frontend Developer

We are an early stage EdTech startup founded by people from IIT-D, IIM-B, Flipkart, Google, Cure.Fit & ICICI Venture. Our vision is to help each child discover their hidden treasures. We want to provide the best learning platform to ensure all round holistic development of children (social, physical, intellectual, cultural, and emotional) by enabling them to pursue their passion. If you are passionate about helping the future generations to have holistic development and achieve their full potential, come talk to us.

Responsibilities :

1. Develop user-facing stack from scratch
2. Build reusable code and libraries for future use
3. Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs
4. Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability
5. Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders

Technology Skills :

1. Proven 4 years work experience as a ReactJS Frontend developer
2. In-depth understanding of the entire web development process (design, development and deployment)
3. Good experience with Typescript and ReactJS (17.x). NodeJS knowledge is a plus.
4. Familiarity with Unit Testing Frameworks, UI Testing, Monorepos and Graphql principles
5. Knowledge of Alerting and Monitoring tools
6. Knowledge of SPA principles
7. UI Performance: should have hands on experience of optimising page load, rendering, caching
8. Sense for appeal & aesthetics from a usability perspective.

Soft Skills :

1. Obsessed with best practices, structuring, documentation and have an eye for detail.
2. Self starter with a high level of drive and commitment.
3. High energy and drive to work in a startup environment.
4. Conceptual thinking, flexibility and ability to juggle with multiple responsibilities.
5. Ability to work under pressure and confidence to deal with complex issues.
6. Good communication skills.
7. Hands-on and detail oriented.

This is a remote position.

About Company

Our client is angle funded,  growth stage B2B SaaS startup that enables a seamless and streamlined collaboration between big pharma, bio-techs and their external manufacturing partners.

Job Profile

• Develop all user-facing products in React.JS
  
• Build reusable components and front-end libraries for future use.
  
• Translate designs and wireframes into high quality code
  
• Focus on code maintainability and performance of application.
• Provide technical advice and assists in solving programming problems

• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model
• Good foundation in design and a knack for designing interactions and elegant interfaces
• Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles
• Good to have experience with popular React.js workflows (such as Flux or Redux)
• Experience with data structure libraries
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs
• Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools
• A knack for bench-marking and optimization
• Familiarity with code versioning tools (such as Git)
• Proficient in industry standard best practices such as Design Patterns, Coding Standards, Coding module, Prototypes etc.
• Experience in using debugging tools used for profiling/optimizing performance
• Experience in debugging, tuning and optimizing UI components

Responsibilities:

• Meeting with the design team to discuss application features and design ideas.
• Researching similar application designs and user interface modules.
• Creating a website and application design mockups with enhanced UI features.
• Presenting updated front-end designs for final sign-off.
• Writing the front-end code and building the user interface.
• Debugging code errors and troubleshooting software issues.
• Conducting live application tests and tweaks.
• Updating web applications in line with user trends.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent practical experience.
• Understanding of OOPS concepts, Persistence, Threading.
• Good understanding of version control system (GIT).
• Knowledgeable in data structures and algorithms.
• Good understanding of web stack and how all the pieces fit together.

• 3+ years prior experience as a UI engineer.
• Familiarity with automated testing tools including Selenium, Jasmine, and Karma.
• In-depth knowledge of user interface models, application design, and website functionality.
• Proficient with front-end languages including HTML, JavaScript, and CSS.
• Familiarity with prototyping tools including InVision Studio, Balsamiq, and Sketch.
• Advanced problem-solving skills.

Good To Have:

• Competent in developing web apps using React.
• Prior experience of working in a product-based company.

• Prior experience of working in a startup.

JOB SUMMARY:

The Senior Software Engineer designs, develops, troubleshoots, and debugs software applications for our core product. This includes developing software components including Frameworks, APIs, Websites, Utilities, Databases, and Internet-related tools. Demonstrate technical leadership, mentor junior team members, contribute in effort estimation and identify hardware needs.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• 4+ years working with React Js, exposure to Ember JS will be an advantage
• 5-12 years of industry experience in programming web applications, mobile and/or large-scale enterprise products.
• Proficient in JavaScript, CSS
• Strong experience in one of the following JavaScript frameworks: Ember, React, Angular
• Experience in XML, HTML, IIS
• Familiar with Agile methodologies
• Sense of ownership
• Passion for troubleshooting and problem solving
• Detailed oriented, professional, and possesses a positive work attitude
• Communicate professionally both verbally and in writing
• Extensive experience creating high-quality software in a team environment
• Experience leading projects from start to finish
• Experience with test-driven development (TDD) and/or writing and maintaining high-level test coverage, including both unit and integration tests

• Design and develop cloud native enterprise applications as per the strategic application roadmap of DSP
• Ensure strict adherence to code quality, coding standards and overall deliverable quality as per the defined standards
• Write automated unit and integration tests to ensure defect free code
• Learn and develop proof of concepts with newer technologies when required