Senior Frontend Engineer

MUST-HAVES:

• 5+ years of professional experience in web development.
• Strong proficiency in React.js and the Next.js framework.
• Solid understanding of JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, Tailwind and TypeScript.
• Experience with server-side rendering (SSR) and static site generation (SSG).
• Familiarity with state management libraries (e.g., Redux, Context API).
• Proficient with version control systems like Git.
• Experience with modern build tools and package managers (e.g., Webpack, Babel, NPM/Yarn).
• Familiarity with API integration (REST, GraphQL).
• Strong understanding of web performance optimization techniques.
• Knowledge of testing frameworks (e.g., Playwright, Jest, Cypress).
• Ability to work in an Agile environment, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and deliver high-quality code under tight deadlines.

SKILLS: REACT, REACT NATIVE, PLATFORM INTEGRATION, JAVASCRIPT

Notice Period: 0-15 Days only

Additional Guidelines:

Interview process: - 2 Technical round + 1 Client round

3 days in office, Hybrid model.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Web Developer with deep expertise in React and Next.js to join our growing team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in building high-quality, scalable web applications and will take ownership of both frontend development and architecture. As a Senior Developer, you will collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and other developers to deliver robust and performant solutions. Your ability to solve complex problems, optimize web performance, and mentor junior developers will be key to success in this role.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design, develop, and maintain web applications using React and Next.js.
• Architect and optimize web pages for speed and scalability.
• Build reusable components and front-end libraries for future use.
• Implement server-side rendering and static site generation using Next.js.
• Collaborate with the backend team to integrate APIs and ensure seamless front-end and back-end communication.
• Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs and implement pixel-perfect user interfaces.
• Work with product teams to build features that improve user engagement and satisfaction.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and upgrade existing systems.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior developers.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest web development trends, frameworks, and tools.

REQUIREMENTS:

• 5+ years of professional experience in web development.
• Strong proficiency in React.js and the Next.js framework.
• Solid understanding of JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, Tailwind and TypeScript.
• Experience with server-side rendering (SSR)and static site generation (SSG).
• Familiarity with state management libraries (e.g., Redux, Context API).
• Proficient with version control systems like Git.
• Experience with modern build tools and package managers (e.g., Webpack, Babel, NPM/Yarn).
• Familiarity with API integration (REST, GraphQL).
• Strong understanding of web performance optimization techniques.
• Knowledge of testing frameworks (e.g., Playwright, Jest, Cypress).
• Ability to work in an Agile environment, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and deliver high-quality code under tight deadlines.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience with Next.js API routes and serverless functions.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Vercel) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with modern CSS frameworks (e.g., Tailwind, Styled Components).
• Knowledge of SEO best practices for React and Next.js applications.
• Contributions to open-source projects or a portfolio of personal projects.

Job Description: 

Why are we here?

We are looking for a Fullstack Developer who is motivated to combine the art of design with the art of programming. Responsibilities will include implementing visual elements and their behaviors with user interactions. You will work with both front-end and back-end web developers to build all client-side logic. You will also be bridging the gap between the visual elements and the server-side infrastructure, taking an active role on both sides, and defining how the application looks and functions. You will be boarded into the team that manages higher secondary school projects on the Salesforce stack. You will be given an opportunity to learn the entire ecosystem of salesforce.

Mandatory skills to have/ Responsibilities:

● Overall 4+ years of experience and a strong understanding of JavaScript, its quirks, and workarounds. 

● Good understanding of web markup, including HTML5 and CSS3. 

● Strong hands-on experience with advanced JavaScript libraries and frameworks such as AngularJS or Angular 2+ etc.

● Understanding of Software Design Patterns. 

● Good understanding of AJAX, REST APIs, Remote functions, and prior development experience in building the same. 

● Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around such issues. 

● Familiarity with front-end build tools, such as Grunt and GulpJs. 

● Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git.

Good to have:

● Hands-on experience in Python

As a front end product engineer, you will work with product engineers & designers to improve the overall user experience, performance, reliability and scalability of our systems. From handling millions of messages/ payments a minute to extract buyer intent and priority for processing these transactions to building tools to trace and visualize payments made across a business you'll be involved in projects that span all aspects of the business. Our goals includes scaling and architecting systems to support advanced product features that may not be currently viable because of hard technical considerations. You'll collaborate with our small, but effective, framework team with a track record of highly impactful work for Finly.

WITHIN 1 MONTH, YOU'LL

• Complete Finly's new-hire training week, and learn Accounts Payable Processes & the various partners we work with to make Finly happen.
• Investigate, solve and release a bug fix to production. In order to do this you will ramp up on Finly's engineering stack by pair-programming with your teammates and attending engineering training sessions designed and presented by the team.
• Meet with cross-functional peers around the company to learn how the product functions.
• Complete your engineering starter project and deploy your first changes to production.

WITHIN 3 MONTHs, YOU'LL

• Learn Finly's technical stack and apply development patterns through your work.
• Engage in your first on-call rotation in Support Engineering to help diagnose and resolve production problems and customer issues
• Individually contribute reliably ship full features to customers.
• Estimate technical scope and time to complete major features and initiatives.

WITHIN 6 MONTHS, YOU'LL

• Move to new product vertical & initiative and start designing scalable frontend systems.
• Have made a visible impact on the product for all the users of Finly.
• Work closely with your team to remove roadblocks, educate on best practices and improve how we work.
• Be comfortable navigating most of frontend stack and infrastructure
• Be responsible for the planning, scoping, design, and implementation of new features
• Participate in interviewing and hiring, as a way to influence team growth and how our values inform our culture

WITHIN 12 MONTHS, YOU'LL

• Individually contribute and lead teams to reliably ship full improvements to our frontend services
• Define tools and standards for product engineering to measure performance impact of releases
• Drive service reliability by developing tooling that enables metric visibility using SLIs, SLOs, and SLAs
• Developing Production Readiness standards to ensure service reliability
• Help grow other engineers technically by mentoring, pairing and developing other learning opportunities
• Collaborate with engineering and product leadership to define priorities and set delivery goals

Your understanding of front-end technologies, web application dev, system design, will be put to the test. You will take up a project for a team and then move to another project.

Join us & have the authority and responsibility to make things happen!

We are looking for a great JavaScript developer who is proficient with React.js and React Native. His/her primary focus will be on developing user interface components and implementing them following well-known React.js workflows.

Responsibilities:

• Developing new user-facing features using React.js and React Native.
• Work with Bright's design team to build excellent UI components.
• Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use.
• Architect, build and maintain excellent javascript/React Native applications with clean code.
• 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 fixesReact Native moves fast and often breaks things.
• Maintain code and write automated tests to ensure the product is of the highest quality.

Requirements:

• Strong proficiency in JavaScript and CSS .
• Thorough understanding of React/React-Native and its core principles.
• Past experience with building Customer Facing UI components.
• Some experience with UI design and related tools.
• Knowledge of automation testing framework using any technology for web and mobile apps is a plus.
• Knowledge of Database basics, SQL queries, etc.