Senior FrontEnd Software Engineer

Experience: 3-4 years of experience in ReactJS, JS, TypeScript, NextJS frontend technologies.

About: Fletch is a U.S. based technology firm building an open insurance ecosystem

connecting consumer apps to insurance providers. The team has previously built global

payment infrastructure at scale (processing $billions in transactions) and founded enterprise

technology companies with solutions in commercial use by over 100 corporates. 

Fletch has seen rapid traction (existing partnerships with leading U.S. insurance providers)

and is backed by top global fintech VCs and angels. The team is now looking to scale

further hiring & expansion.

Location:  Remote 

Responsibilities:

-Developing new user-facing features using ReactJS, JS, TypeScript, NextJS, HTML5, CSS.

-Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use

-Translating designs and wireframes into high quality code

-Product enhancements in existing Insurance and Financial Services products

-Optimising components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers.

Skills:

-Strong expertise in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model

-Strong experience of ReactJS and its core principles like states, hooks, HoC etc

-Experience with popular ReactJS workflows (such as Redux or Flux)

-Strong expertise in NextJS and performance tuning

-Good 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 Webpack, NPM, etc.

-Familiarity with code versioning tools such as Git

• Use markup languages like HTML to create user-friendly web pages
• Maintain and improve website
• Optimize applications for maximum speed
• Design mobile-based features
• Collaborate with back-end developers and web designers to improve usability
• Get feedback from, and build solutions for, users and customers
• Write functional requirement documents and guides
• Create quality mockups and prototypes
• Help back-end developers with coding and troubleshooting
• Ensure high quality graphic standards and brand consistency
• Stay up-to-date on emerging technologies

• Proven work experience as a Front-end developer
• Hands on experience with markup languages
• Experience with JavaScript, CSS and jQuery
• Familiarity with browser testing and debugging
• In-depth understanding of the entire web development process (design, development and deployment)
• Understanding of layout aesthetics
• Knowledge of SEO principles
• Familiarity with software like Adobe Suite, Photoshop and content management systems
• An ability to perform well in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent analytical and multitasking skills
• BSc degree in Computer Science or relevant field

Responsibilities:

• Build next-generation web applications which are efficient, reusable front-end abstractions and systems.
• Work closely with designers to implement versatile front-end solutions while embracing emerging standards and pushing the limits of what a browser can do.
• Actively participate in design and code reviews to build robust applications and prototypes.

Requirements:

• A deep expertise in Javascript.
• Looking for people with Mean STACK experience that includes: Node JS, Mongo DB, Angular JS, Bootstrap, Express, React JS.
• The above needs to be coupled with Javascript, HTML, CSS.
• Constantly and consistently implementing new features and optimise existing ones from controller- level to UI.
• Vigilantly and rapidly fix bugs.
• Continuously solving problems to give our customers a delightful shopping experience.
• Work closely with Team Lead, UX designers and back-end engineers to implement front end solutions.
• Endorsing upcoming standards, launching, iterating and making a difference.
• Passionate about implementing elegant User Interfaces using HTML and CSS.
• Ability to write well-abstracted, reusable, highly performant code for UI components.

Experience: 4-7 years

Location: Mumbai or Bangalore

Job Responsibilities:

• Developing new user-facing features using React.js
• Building reusable components for future use
• Translating designs and wireframes into high quality code

Required Skills:

• Knowledge and experience in Java Script, ReactJS, Redux, HTML5, CSS3.
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model
• Good experience in UI design and development
• Good experience and thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles
• Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools
• Familiarity with code versioning (version control) tools, such as Git, SVN, and Mercurial
• Preference will be given to those who have worked on libraries such as Bootstrap, Material js.
• Knowledge ofGraphQL and CSS preprocessor like SASS

About the company:

The E Commerce vertical has developed online consumer platforms for Future Group’s portfolio of retail brands -Easy day, Big Bazaar, Central, Brand factory, aLL, Clarks, Coverstory. Backed by our network of offline stores we have built a new retail platform that merges our Online & Offline retail streams. We use data to power all our decisions across our products and build internal tools to help us scale our impact with a small closely knit team.

Our wide spread store network, robust logistics and technology capabilities have made it possible to launch a ‘2-Hour Delivery Promise’ on every product across fashion, food, FMCG and home products for orders placed online through Big Bazaar mobile app and portal. This makes Big Bazaar the first retailer in the country to offer instant home delivery on almost every consumer product ordered online.

• Designing, developing, and testing UI for mobile and web applications
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use
• Accurately translate user and business needs into functional frontend code.
• Developing new user-facing features using React and redux
• Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use.
• Translating designs and wireframes into high-quality code with proper standards.
• Optimizing components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers.
• Work with outside data sources and APIs.
• Added Advantage: Knowledge and experience in Cloud Computing

Requirements

• 2-5 years of experience as a front-end developer
• Experienced in developing applications using JavaScript, ReactJS, Redux, Redux Saga, NodeJS, HTML5, CSS3/CSS4 and other UI technologies.
• Understanding and experience with ES6 concepts, asynchronous processing, partial page refresh, DOM traversal and manipulation.
• Experience with REST API construction, documentation, and architecture, including API description languages like Swagger.
• Comfortable writing Unit Test Cases (Enzyme/ Jest)
• Familiar with cloud services: AWS, Dev-ops such as Git, Jira, Confluence
• Good to have experience/knowledge of
  • Spring (MVC, IOP/DI, REST, Security)
  • Docker,
  • Scala,
  • Python
• Able to connect the dots between code and business value

Responsibilities

• Engage in high level conversations about business strategy and the role tech plays in it
• Write well-designed, testable, and efficient code that powers our application
• Write specs and do planning for everything we build
• Conduct application analysis, testing, and debugging
• Diligently document code to keep it clean and transparent
• Ensure cross-browser and device compatibility

You Are

• You believe it’s always on you to make sure anything you do is a success.
• You have the ability to make quick and effective decisions.
• In love with a challenge. You revel in solving problems and want a job that pushes you out of your comfort zone.
• Open to change. You’re inspired by the endless ways in which everything we do can always be improved.

Add-Ons/Interview Process

• You should be comfortable working in a Start-up for in-house product development.
• Will not be engaged with any Client, but with the internal team (in India & the US).
• Will be provided a hands-on exercise to complete and submit as a part of interview.