SDE 1 - Frontend Developer

Type, Location

Full-time, Remote

Desired Experience

2+ years

Roles and Responsibilities :

● A great JavaScript developer who is proficient with React.js (preferred).

● Your primary focus will be on developing user interface components and implementing

them following well-known React.js workflows (such as Flux or Redux).

● You will ensure that these components and the overall application are robust and easy to

maintain.

● You will coordinate with the rest of the team working on different layers of the

infrastructure. Therefore, a commitment to collaborative problem-solving, sophisticated

design, and a quality product is important.

● Generating error-free code and compliance with SOW

● Managing development processes & working notes

● Growing technical skills and being an active part of the technical transformation in the company

● When required manage client communication for projects assigned

● Reporting on project activities and ensuring timely completion of projects/assignments

● Guiding Jr. Developers for the completion of their work

Desired Candidate Profile

Primary Skills :

● Hands-on experience in React.js, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, and People Management.

Profile Overview:

We are looking for passionate and keen-eyed front-end developers with 5+ years of experience in React JS for a major project to join our creative front-end development team who can add optimization and efficiency to the user experience and maintain brand consistency across all web page of the web products.

The front-end developer will closely coordinate with our back-end developers, graphic designers and UI designers to ensure all elements of the web creation are consistent.

Responsibilities:

• Turning UI/UX designs into prototypes, creating excellent interactive forms of designs, writing reusable modules and maintainability of the code.

• Implement UI development principles to ensure that the product client-side serves at scale.

• Review and optimize the application usage by monitoring key metrics and rectifying the issues proactively.

• Determining the structure and design of web pages.

• Ensuring user experience by analyzing the design choices.

• Developing features to enhance the user experience.

• Striking balance between functional and aesthetic design.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science, computer applications or related fields.
• Proven working experience as a React Developer for 5+ years and above.
• Hands-on experience with HTML5, CSS3, and  CSS frameworks.
• Demonstrable knowledge of Web services, Web API, REST services & GraphQL.
• Expertise in UI design and development of responsive web applications using React, Redux, Flask and Hooks.
• Applicable knowledge of Social API integration, Core location APIs, Web Views, Payments integration
• Proficiency in understanding layout aesthetics.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and multitasking skills.
• Ability to solve novel and challenging React problems.
• Capability to understand, develop and sustain continuous integration and delivery.

- To analysis business requirements, prepare design and implementation recommendations and estimate development effort

-  Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features
- Lead or participate in design reviews, code reviews and architecture evolution discussions
- Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability
- Work on bug fixing and improving application performance
- Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency

Skills Required :

- Experienced with front end programming language with React JS.
- 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).
- Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token.
- Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools.
- Familiarity with code versioning tools (such as Git, SVN, ).
- Candidates with Good communication Skills.

• You have a minimum of 6 years of experience building high-performance consumer-facing mobile applications at Product companies of a decent scale.
• You have founded/worked in a start-up and have worked in an enterprise environment You have a keen eye for mobile architecture and have led/participated in architectural discussions.
• You have a passion for mentoring and helping people on your team grow and achieve their goals and work with cross teams.
• You practice test-driven development and you are able to drive agile practices.
• You have worked with multiple languages/frameworks and have expertise in any one programming language/framework/stack.
• You have published reusable packages.
• You have worked with building automation, devise farms, multi-target testing.
• You are able to optimize the application for performance and speed.
• You are an excellent collaborator & communicator.
• You know that start-ups are a team sport.
• You listen to others, aren’t afraid to speak your mind and always try to ask the right questions.
• You are excited by the prospect of working in a distributed team and company

Tech Stack

• HTML5 (DOM)
• CSS 3
• Javascript (E6)/Typescript
• React Native/React/Angular/NativeScript/Vue
• In-depth knowledge of how frameworks works
• GraphQL
• Javascript ecosystem
• Linters
• Code formatters
• Transpilers
• Bundlers
• Testing tools(Jest, Enzyme)
• You are comfortable with caching, performance optimization, etc
•  You are comfortable with native mobile development
• Java/Kotlin/Android
• Swift/iOs

We're looking for developers who are interested in solving problems. We like people who are willing to work across the technology spectrum. 

An example of a typical problem would be a product feature that requires UI/UX (Typescript/React/HTML/SCSS), server changes (Java/Scala/R), and database changes (MySQL).

You will own some or all of a product/feature. You will also mentor others, read and review code, maintain code, deploy code, tune the performance of systems, as required.

Requirements :

- We're looking for 4 years or more of relevant work experience. That being said, if you think you have the necessary skills to make the number irrelevant then do talk to us

- Proficiency in Java, JavaScript, and sufficient knowledge of database concepts to write efficient queries

- Working experience in one or more of React, Redux, Typescript, and associated tools such as Webpack, Grunt, Gulp etc.

- Working experience in HTML, (S)CSS

- Working experience writing unit/functional/integration tests

- Knowledge of Java 8 features such as streams and lambdas is a plus

- Knowledge of REST concepts and design is a plus

- Knowledge of ES6 features/syntax is a plus

- Knowledge of functional programming concepts is a plus

- Knowledge of build/deploy tools such as Ant, Maven, Gradle, Ansible, Chef, Puppet etc. is a plus

- Knowledge of one or more scripting languages such as Awk, Bash, Perl, Python, Rubyetc. is a plus

- Ability to use modern IDEs such as VSCode, IntelliJ IDEA, Eclipse etc. is a plus

- Knowledge of container technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, etc. is a plus

Bonus Points :

- For product experience. We're a product company. Talk to us if you have worked on software products

- For startup experience. Have you worked in a any startups? We're always looking for people who have startup experience

- If you've developed and deployed any software for your own, or others- use

- If you've contributed to open source projects

- If you've spoken at developer conferences, published articles in tech websites, published podcasts

- If you communicate well. Do you blog? Can you explain ideas clearly and succinctly? Can you answer questions in short, clear sentences?

- If you have technical certifications such as AWS, Docker, Redhat etc.

- If you're self taught. Have you learned other programming languages, technologies etc. on your own? Share the details of the courses you took online, for instance.

- For deep knowledge in one or more areas. We like people who dig down, understand concepts in detail

- If your code/work is out there in public. We'd love to see what you've developed and deployed to the external world

Job Summary
. Developing the latest user-facing features using React.js
· Designing a modern highly responsive web-based user interface
· Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use
· Translating designs and wireframes into high-quality code
· Learn and understand user interactions
· Optimizing components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers
· Coordinating with various teams working on distinct layers
· As a React.js Developer, you will be involved from conception to completion with projects that are technologically sound and aesthetically impressive.

Technical skills:
· Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model
· Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles
· Ability to create a reusable stateful component using React hooks
· Prior experience with popular React.js workflows (such as Flux or Redux)
· Familiarity with more current specifications of EcmaScript
· Prior experience with data structure libraries (e.g., Immutable.js)
· Knowledge of isomorphic React is a plus
· Familiarity with RESTful APIs
· Familiarity with HTML / CSS
· GIT experience is a plus
· 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.
· Familiarity with working with the siren-JSON schema for generating forms.
· Familiarity with react-hook-form
· Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
· A knack for benchmarking and optimization
· Familiarity with code versioning tools
· jest and enzyme for red-green tdd
· understanding of feature flag
· lint and husky hooks

Job Description:

• We are looking for a seasoned front-end developer to join our product team. This role requires you to be a tech-savvy contributor in translating the customer needs and user expectation into interactive web apps. You’ll be an exceptional problem solver and take responsible actions in ensuring the application is optimized both in technology and in delivering the best user experience. You’ll be working on various projects in collaboration with different teams.

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with design, product management, and development teams to create elegant, usable, responsive and interactive interfaces across multiple devices.
• Turning UI/UX designs into prototypes, creating excellent interactions from designs, writing reusable content modules and maintainability of the code.
• Implement UI development principles to ensure that the product client-side serves at scale.
• Review and optimize the app usage by monitoring key metrics and rectifying the issues proactively.
• An ability to perform well in a fast-paced environment and bring in optimal flow for rapidly changing design/ technology.
• Responsible for the development of a complete set of architectural views for an enterprise in accordance with numerous open-source technologies, messaging/web service protocols (REST, JSONRPC, SOAP, etc.) and one of the more common architecture frameworks.
• Understanding and presenting the immediate/tactical and strategic benefits of adopting a consistent architectural approach within the context of the client’s business to help the stakeholders justify investments. 
• Assessing the requirements and presenting architectural recommendations that are in line with the strategic vision for the enterprise and wider best practice. 

Requirements:

• 5 to 7 years of relevant work experience as a UI developer, JavaScript expert or front-end engineer
• Sound knowledge in HTML and CSS
• Familiar with UI layouts, SASS, Bootstrap, and the CSS GRID system
• Proficient with JavaScript frameworks such as jQuery, Angular 2+ and Ionic framework
• Experience debugging using JavaScript-based tools like Chrome Developer Console
• Passionate to create good design and usability
• Knowledge of Pixi js (is plus)
• Strong business analysis skills and experience, including development of business vision and strategies, functional decomposition, requirements capture, process modeling. 
• Strong knowledge of design and architectural patterns. 
• Experience of software development methodologies and structured approaches to system development. 
• Write high quality source code to program complete applications within deadlines

Person Specification: 

• Should have strong communication and interpersonal skill
• Bright and enthusiastic, self starter
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Outstanding presentation skills
• Implemented CI and Automated frameworks in Enterprise environment 
• Past experience in CI/CD/DevOps practices 
• Qualified in any technical skill assessment platform (Eg: Hacker Ranker, member, stars) in respective technical capabilities