React.js Developer

TechUnity is looking for a highly motivated and skilled React JS / React Native software developer who is comfortable with both front and back-end programming. Developer will be designing and implementing attractive and intuitive Web-based user interface and developing backend services to support front-end requests. Developer will be required to see out a project from conception to final product, requiring good organizational skills and attention to detail.

Other Responsibilities:

· Seeing through a project from conception to finished product

· Designing and coding of frontend web architecture

· Designing user interactions on web pages

· Developing backend server architecture

· Creating specification for servers and databases needed

· Ensuring responsive performance of applications.

· Designing and developing APIs.

· Meeting both technical and consumer needs.

· Staying abreast of developments in web applications and programming languages

· Good problem-solving skills.

· Excellent verbal communication skills

Invesco is seeking a skilled React.js Developer with a strong background in data analytics to join our team. The Engineer within the Enterprise Risk function will manage complex data engineering, analysis, and programming tasks in support of the execution of the Enterprise Risk and Internal Audit activities and projects as defined by the Enterprise Risk Analytics leadership team. The Engineer will manage and streamline data extraction, transformation, and load processes, design use cases, analyze data, and apply creativity and data science techniques to deliver effective and efficient solutions enabling greater risk intelligence and insights.

Key Responsibilities / Duties:

• Acquire, transform, and manage data supporting risk and control-related activities
• Design, build, and maintain data analytics and data science tools supporting individual tasks and projects.
• Maintain programming code, software packages, and databases to support ongoing analytics activities.
• Exercise judgment in determining the application of data analytics for business processes, including the identification and location of data sources.
• Actively discover data analytics capabilities within the firm and leverage such capabilities where possible.
• Introduce new data analytics-related tools and technologies to business partners and consumers.
• Support business partners, data analysts, consumers’ understanding of product logic and related system processes
• Share learnings and alternative techniques with other Engineers and Data Analysts.
• Perform other duties and special projects as assigned by the Enterprise Risk Analytics leadership team and other leaders across Enterprise Risk and Internal Audit.
• Actively contribute to developing a culture of innovation within the department and risk and control awareness throughout the organization.
• Keep Head of Data Science & Engineering and departmental leadership informed of activities.
  
  

Work Experience / Knowledge:

• Minimum 5 years of experience in data analysis, data management, software development or data-related risk management roles; previous experience in programming will be considered.
• Experience within the financial services sector preferred
  
  

Skills / Other Personal Attributes Required:

• Proactive problem solver with the ability to identify, design, and deliver solutions based on high level objectives and detailed requirements. Thoroughly identify and investigate issues and determine the appropriate course of action
• Excellent in code development supporting data analytics and visualization, preferably programming languages and libraries such as JavaScript, R, Python, NextUI, ReactUI, Shiny, Streamlit, Plotly and D3.js
• Excellent with data extraction, transformation, and load processes (ETL), structured query language (SQL), and database management. 
• Strong self-learner to continuously develop new technical capabilities to become more efficient and productive
• Experience using end user data analytics software such as Tableau, PowerBI, SAS, and Excel a plus
• Proficient with various disciplines of data science, such as machine learning, natural language processing and network science
• Experience with end-to-end implementation of web applications on AWS, including using services such as EC2, EKS, RDS, ALB, Route53 and Airflow a plus
• Self-starter and motivated; must be able to work without frequent direct supervision
• Proficient with Microsoft Office applications (Teams, Outlook, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.)
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong project management and administrative skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills (English)
• Results-oriented and comfortable as an individual contributor on specific assignments
• Ability to handle confidential information and communicate clearly with individuals at a wide range of levels on sensitive matters
• Demonstrated ability to work in a diverse, cross-functional, and international environment
• Adaptable and comfortable with changing environment
• Demonstrates high professional ethics
  
  

Formal Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, or Statistics preferred. Other technology or quantitative finance-related degrees considered depending upon relevant experience
• MBA, Master’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, or Finance a plus
  
  

License / Registration / Certification:

• Professional data science, analytics, business intelligence, visualization, and/or development designation (e.g., CAP, CBIP, or other relevant product-specific certificates) or actively pursuing the completion of such designation preferred
• Other certifications considered depending on domain and relevant experience
  
  

Working Conditions:

Potential for up to 10% domestic and international travel

Responsibilities

• Translate functional requirements into technical design
• Interact with clients and internal stakeholders to understand the visulaisation and platform requirements in detail 
• Design, Develop and Deliver reusable components and front-end libraries
• Translate designs and wireframes into high quality code 
• Optimise components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers
• Work closely with QA team and ensure the application is bug-free

Candidate Requirements

• Strong knowledge for charts
• 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
• Experience with data structure libraries (e.g., Immutable.js)
• Knowledge of isomorphic React is a plus
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs
• 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 optimisation
• Familiarity with code versioning tools (such as Git, SVN, and Mercurial)
• Good understanding of asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, and AJAX4Familiarity with browser testing and debugging

We are looking for a React JS/React-Native developer interested in building performant and pixel-perfect web applications. You will be responsible for architecting and building these applications, as well as coordinating with the teams responsible for other layers of the product infrastructure. Building a product is a highly collaborative effort, and as such, a strong team player with a commitment to perfection is required.

Responsibilities

• Build pixel-perfect, buttery smooth UIs across both web and mobile platforms.
• Diagnose and fix bugs and performance bottlenecks for performance that feels native.
• Reach out to the open-source community to encourage and help implement mission-critical software fixes—ReactJS moves fast and often breaks things.
• Maintain code and write automated tests to ensure the product is of the highest quality.
• Build and deliver features end to end. (frontend and backend)

Skills

• Firm grasp of the JavaScript and TypeScript language and its nuances, including ES6+ syntax
• Knowledge of functional or object-oriented programming
• Ability to write well-documented, clean Javascript code
• Rock solid at working with third-party dependencies and debugging dependency conflicts
• Understanding of Firebase cloud functions, firestore and offline storage
• Experience with automated testing suites, like (Jest or Mocha)

• 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

● B.Tech/M.Tech degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject 

● Proven hands-on Software Development experience 

● Strong proficiency in JavaScript and the JavaScript object model is a must. 

● Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles 

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

● Familiarity with RESTful APIs 

● Familiarity with HTML / HTML5 CSS/CSS3/ Bootstrap 

● Mobile app development experience with Flutter/Dart is a big plus; or willingness to learn these technologies. 

● Experience with MySQL is a plus. 

● Preferably prior experience in working in a start-up.

Responsibilities:

• Build the foundation of our supply side (enterprise) product from scratch. Maintain high standards of pixel perfect Ui’s and efficient User Experiences. 
• Our Supply Side ecosystem involves a plethora of products such as Catalog Management, Analytics Dashboard, Orders Processing, Finance Reconciliation, Notification centres etc. Develop a deep understanding of the mentioned use cases and build the systems for scale.
• Coordinate with Product managers, Product Designers & Backend Developers and outline sprints and tasks on a weekly basis.
• Conduct Comprehensive Unit tests before passing features to QAs. This requires a good top level understanding of backend infrastructure.
• Maintain High level of Code Quality and constantly optimize for performance and user experience.
• Be Collaborative. Self reliant and always keep pushing the limits of your knowledge.