Senior Frontend Developer

Responsibilities:

• Developing and maintaining our web applications using React, NextJs and other modern web technologies
• Design and develop components
• Optimise app performance for speed.
• Integrate third-party APIs and services as needed.
• Troubleshoot and debug issues to ensure smooth website functionality.
• Collaborate with designers to implement responsive and visually appealing user interfaces.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Web Development, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• Proven experience in web development using React and NextJs.
• Proficiency in HTML, CSS, TypeScript, JavaScript, and related web technologies.

As a Front-end developer, you will work with motivated individuals who are passionate-beyond-measure to offer the Ultimate Shopping experience to consumers. You will leverage the latest technologies (HTML5, Javascript, ajax) and application paradigms (web apps on the desktop) to create a beautiful client that runs seamlessly on windows, mac, chrome, firefox, IE, safari.

Responsibilities:

• Implement Visual Designs in standards compliant, clean markup (HTML5/CSS3/JS)
• Develop responsive designs and thoroughly test cross browser compatibility of all product interfaces
• Identify and research new UI technologies
• Suggest and implement improvements to existing product interfaces
• Assist in building wireframes/prototypes
• Make data driven decisions based on analytics to improve user engage
• Advise, collaborate with, and synthesize feedback from designers and the backend team.
• Ready to explore and perform tasks that are out of your own pool of expertise
• Fulfil several project requests simultaneously while meeting tight deadlines.
• Make pages optimized for both performance as well as SEO

Requirements:

• Expert in making scalable and modular Front End code
• In depth knowledge of HTML, CSS & JavaScript
• Good experience in making Progressive Web Apps
• Knowledge of cross browsers & devices development issues and inconsistencies
• Good knowledge and experience in ReactJS and Server Side Rendering
• Experience in setting up & running task runners like Gulp & Webpack
• Experience in CSS pre and post processors like SASS/Stylus & PostCSS (we use SASS combined with PostCSS) & BEM style coding
• Experience in creating transitions/animations at 60fps especially on mobiles

About Us:

Aakash EduTech Pvt. Ltd. (AEPL) is the digital learning arm of Aakash Education Services Ltd. (AESL). AEPL is a rock solid team of 800+ passionate individuals within 2 strong online learning brand names, under its umbrella:

Aakash Digital(digital.aakash.ac.in) geography access to education in the test-prep segment by removing barriers of geography, income, safety or time. Our unique digital offerings i.e. Aakash Live - live online classes, Aakash iTutor - recorded video lectures and Aakash Practest - integrated test series facilitate right guidance to students preparing for competitive exams from the safety and comfort of their homes. We have a reach in almost 7+ countries and 750+ cities world-wide.

Role Summary:

We are looking for a Front-End Web Developer who is motivated to combine the art of design with the art of programming together with our team of engineers.

The role includes translation of the UI/UX design wireframes to actual code that will produce visual elements of the application. It also includes Creating quality mockups and prototypes, ensuring high-quality graphic standards and brand consistency 

The  Candidate should be fluent in frontend language and also an exceptional problem solver with great communication skills 

What We Are Looking At :-

• Translate UI designs and wireframes into high quality code ensuring cross browser compatibility, responsiveness and performance
• Write semantic, modular front-end code using HTML5 and CSS3, CSS, and JavaScript
• Develop new user-facing features
• 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

What Makes You Eligible :

Your Current Profile:

• Strong grasp of computer science fundamentals and excellent problem solving skills
• Good understanding of software engineering practices, Data Structures & Algorithms
• Good programming skills in JavaScript
• Expert in any one of the modern JavaScript MV-VM/MVC frameworks (AngularJS, JQuery, NodeJS, ReactJS/AngularJS/VueJS
• Strong sense of ownership and accountability
• 3-7 years of experience in product driven organisation

Qualification

• A Bachelors or Master's degree in engineering from a reputed institute

• Developer/Senior Developer Role in Javascript/React
• Design and Develop Libraries for React
• Strong analytical skills - ability to turn business requirements into technical concepts and code
  • Minimum 3 years of experience in React (at least 3 projects) and familiar with modern React (Hooks, Context API)
  • At least one PWA project
  • Deep knowledge of Typescript (at least 2 years)
  • Excellent problem solving and communication skill
  • Used to writing automated tests with tools like Jest & Cypress
  • Working with a ticket tool like Jira
  • Experience with SCRUM/Agile Development
  • Experiences with NodeJS is a plus
  • Experiences with Monorepositorys and Nx is a plus

Job responsibilities

·        Understand the current technical architecture including constraints related to platforms, standards and skillsets.
·        Review and integrate all application requirements, including functional, integration, security, performance, quality, and operations.
·        Review designs, documents and have hands-on coding exp.
·        Follow up the activities and team commitments to deliver the right solution at the right time.
·        Review and integrate the technical architecture requirements for the development and make all final decisions regarding system software.
·        Follow and adopt approaches, methodologies, and SDLC standards.
·        Apply techniques and skills required to identify a root cause of a given software integration issue.
·        Escalate encountered technical software issues to project leadership in a timely fashion and respond back consistently on time.
·        Acts as the technical subject matter expert for a product domain and the technical leader within a team
·        Leads and sets the direction for design and implementation of software features/functionality, correction of defects and/or creation of new products
·        Applies advanced systems analysis techniques to evaluate newly created code
·        Provides thought leadership and innovation within a technical domain

.       documents and communicates on complex technical topics outside the immediate development team

Qualifications:

·        Bachelor/Master’s degree in CS or Computer Engineering required
·        5+ years of programming experience in web applications development
·        Hands on Angular development experience 
·        Working knowledge of HTML and CSS
·        Working knowledge in Designing, Developing, and Deploying RESTful web services and other Web APIs.
·        Deep knowledge of Web Application Architecture and Object oriented design. Should have practical knowledge of design on more than two web applications.
·        Should be able to technically lead a small group of members

• Delivering a complete Front-end application
• Ensuring high performance on mobile and desktop
• Writing tested, idiomatic, and documented JavaScript, HTML and CSS
• Coordinating the workflow between the graphic designer, the HTML coder, and yourself
• Cooperating with the back-end developer in the process of building the web service/ application
• Communicating with external web services

Technical/Functional Skills:

• 3 to 5 yrs of experience working as an Angular Developer
• Experience in Angular 7,8,9 versions are mandated.
• Proficiency in CSS, HTML, javascript
• Experience on Multi-Language is preferable
• Knowledge on Arabic design is a plus
• Experience on Components based Architecture
• Experience on CSS Grids and Flex Layout mandatory
• Well versed with coding standards
• Be able to provide effort estimations based on the customer requirements
• Experience of implementing enterprise level Angular applications and the related Architecture
• Implementation knowledge on Agile, working experience on Continuous Integration (CI) process is required
• Experience of integration with SAP is highly desirable
• Working knowledge with databases ORACLE, SQL Server, mySQL
• Be hands-on technical and should work as either individual contributor or team member
• Must have knowledge in code version mechanism using tools like TeamCity, GitHub
• Knowledge on Agile scrum and waterfall methodology
• Optimizing performance of code and reviewing code of junior developers
• Work closely with the architecture team and provide architecture inputs
• Experience with understanding of mobile related frameworks like Cordova is a plus
• Comfortable dealing with APIs and utilizing oDATA/REST / JSON interfaces
• End-to-End experience - Discovery to Deployment of Angular applications Soft Skills Required
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Candidates should be independent thinkers, thought leaders, good presentation and communication skills and great at solving problems

• Portfolio is must for the profile.
• Good understanding of Javascript, CSS, HTML5, AJAX.
• Hands on with React JS.
• Understanding of responsive frameworks such as BootStrap or SemanticUI.
• Extensive knowledge of DOM scripting with native JavaScript and JS frameworks such as jQuery.
• Experience in delivering Cross-browser and cross platform compatible solutions.
• Basic knowledge of UI design.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical abilities.
• Experience with agile development practices such as continuous integration and deployment.
• Fluency with version control platform Git.
• Minimum 1+ years of UI development experience.

Technical Lead Typescript Front End Developer:

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• Good communication skills
• Strong background in developing mobile games using OOJS, JavaScript , Typescript, HTML and CSS
• Experience in gaming framework and libraries like Phaser and Create JS
• Knowledge of Object Oriented design patterns
• Experience in game development for mobile devices (IOS/Android browsers)
• Excellent analytical skills for debugging and problem solving
• Excellent problem solving skills and aptitude 
• Ability to review code and design. ​

• Knowledge of various JavaScript libraries available for developing games
• Knowledge of Node JS, NPM & Grunt
• Knowledge of Pixi JS & Cocos2d-x
• Basic knowledge about graphics manipulation software like Photoshop, gimp etc.
• Experience in game development for mobile devices browser (IOS/Android browsers)

• At least 2+ years of product development experience with expertise in designing and implementing high-performance web applications
• You must be proficient in Problem Solving and Data structures since you got to find the best way of handling a huge set of data.
• Strong hands-on experience in developing web applications using JavaScript
• Strong experience and knowledge in single-page frameworks like ReactJS/Angular/VueJs/other frameworks and ability to design the architecture of single-page applications.
• Strong hands-on experience with JAVASCRIPT, OOPS Concepts, Single page applications, REACTJS, D3, NodeJS, etc
• Build tools such as grunt, gulp, web pack.
• Exceptional debugging skills and knowledge on browser developer tools
• Familiar with RESTful APIs to connect applications to back-end services
• Familiar with optimization techniques (both in file weight and perceived/actual processing speed), debugging techniques, dynamic content retrieval, state management e.g: (Redux), cross-browser support.
• Experience in optimizing the application for performance and scalability using CDN, caching, etc
• Deep experience developing modular, object-oriented JavaScript Strong command of the HTTP protocol and the latest web standards
• Knowledge on Node server, Socket connections and mechanisms to handle real-time async data would be a plus.
• Very Good understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies
• Very strong full stack experience with familiarity in serving technologies such as HTTP, CDN, proxies and caching
• Working experience with distributed teams and leading them is a plus
• Strong hands-on on writing test cases and documenting UI component.