Senior Frontend Lead Engineer

Brief:

We are pursuing a complex set of problems that involve building for an international audience and for an industry that has largely been service-centric. As an SDE at GradRight, you’ll bring an unmatched customer-centricity to your work, with a focus on building for the long term and large scale.

You’ll be part of the Innovation Projects team at GradRight. This team works on third party integrations and adopting new tools/technologies to help build a cutting edge platform for the higher education space.

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to design discussions and decisions around building scalable and modular frontend.
• Participate in sprint ceremonies and actively contribute to scaling the engineering organization from a process perspective
• Stay on top of the software engineering ecosystem and propose new technologies/methodologies that can be adopted
• Contribute to engineering hiring by conducting interviews
• Champion infrastructure as code mindset and encourage automation

Requirements:

• At least 3 years experience as an SDE
• Strong experience with at least one frontend framework, preferably vue.js
• Strong understanding of software design principles and patterns
• Passion for solving complex problems
• Really quick learner and able to dive deep into new ideas/experiments at breakneck speed
• Passion for trying out new technologies and focusing on iterative development
• Experience with team management
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Good to have:

• Worked in a full-stack capacity at high growth startups
• Worked on products that addressed an international audience
• Exposure to emerging/latest technologies like blockchain, bots, AR/VR

• Developing new user-facing features using React.js

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

• Translating designs and wireframes into high quality code

• Optimizing components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers.
• Getting involved in design discussion with backend and product team.
• Work with remote teams working in different time zones.

• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model

• Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles

• Good to have experience with popular React.js workflows (such as Flux or Redux)

• Familiarity with newer specifications of EcmaScript-6

• 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 optimization

• Familiarity with code versioning tools (such as Git, SVN, and Mercurial)
  
• BE-Computer/IT, MCS/MCA candidates can apply.

Responsibilities:

• Develop high-quality, reusable, and efficient frontend components using React.js.
• Collaborate closely with UI/UX designers and backend developers to translate design concepts into functional interfaces.
• Participate in architectural discussions and contribute to the overall frontend design and development strategy.
• Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability, ensuring exceptional performance across various devices and browsers.
• Identify and address performance bottlenecks, troubleshooting and debugging frontend-related issues as they arise.
• Stay current with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies, and recommend their incorporation into projects when applicable.
• Mentor and provide guidance to junior developers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development.
• Collaborate with the QA team to ensure the delivery of high-quality software through rigorous testing and code reviews.
• Contribute to the documentation of frontend architecture, coding standards, and best practices.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• Minimum of 3 years of professional experience as a React Developer.
• Strong proficiency in React.js and its core principles, with a solid understanding of state management (e.g., Redux) and component lifecycle.
• Proficiency in JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3, Bootstrap, JQuery with an eye for design and user experience.
• Knowledge of version control systems, particularly Git.
• Ability to write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Job Description:

We are looking for a React.js or React Native Developer to join our team.

In this role, you will be entrusted with developing JavaScript applications using React.js or React Native.

Apply now for the role of a React.js or React Native Developer that is opening doors for skilled, energetic developers looking for Mern Stack Developer Jobs.

If you can help us design and create multiple layers of applications while working cross-functionally across different infrastructures. You would fit perfectly if you love problem-solving, design, and creating quality offerings.

Responsibilities:

• Developing existing programs by analyzing user requirements and identifying areas for modification by R&D followed by coding.
• Develop UI in HTML, CSS, and JS and integration with the backend using REST API.
• Translate storyboards and various use cases to create high-performing apps.
• Write, execute, and maintain clean, reusable, and scalable code.
• Integrate our various data storage solutions.
• Ensure responsiveness and boost the performance of our apps.
• Find and address the various bottlenecks and bug-fixes.
• Work on JavaScript/Typescript using React Native/React, Redux & Node.js.
• Help in code automation.

What You Need To Apply (Technical Competency):

• Previous work experience as a React.js or React Native developer for 1 year at least.
• Professional experience in Javascript Stack / Framework.
• Experience with Object-Oriented Programming
• Ability to document their code.
• Understanding accessibility and security compliance.
• Proficient use of GIT
• Ability to multitask and work in a fast-paced environment.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently or jointly in a self-directed way.
• Demonstrated successful development of web or mobile-based applications
• Proven analytical and problem-solving capabilities
• Keen attention to detail
• Strong work ethic and desire to build industry-leading products
• Proactive instead of reactive
• Looking for ways to improve self and projects.

Interpersonal skills:

• Must be comfortable working in a team and independently when required.
• Must be disciplined, proactive and self-motivated
• Needs to have problem-solving and analytical skills
• Good to have previous experience of direct client interaction for project briefs and updates.

If you have it all in you, we are happy to have you with us!

We are building a global content marketplace that brings companies and content

creators together to scale up content creation processes across 50+ content verticals and 150+ industries. Over the past 2.5 years, we’ve worked with companies like India Today, Amazon India, Adobe, Swiggy, Dunzo, Businessworld, Paisabazaar, IndiGo Airlines, Apollo Hospitals, Infoedge, Times Group, Digit, BookMyShow, UpGrad, Yulu, YourStory, and 350+ other brands.
Our mission is to become the world’s largest content creation and distribution platform for all kinds of content creators and brands.

Our Team

We are a 25+ member company and is scaling up rapidly in both team size and our ambition.

If we were to define the kind of people and the culture we have, it would be -

a) Individuals with an Extreme Sense of Passion About Work

b) Individuals with Strong Customer and Creator Obsession

c) Individuals with Extraordinary Hustle, Perseverance & Ambition

We are on the lookout for individuals who are always open to going the extra mile and thrive in a fast-paced environment. We are strong believers in building a great, enduring

a company that can outlast its builders and create a massive impact on the lives of our

employees, creators, and customers alike.

Our Investors

We are fortunate to be backed by some of the industry’s most prolific angel investors - Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal (Snapdeal founders), YourStory Media. (Shradha Sharma); Dr. Saurabh Srivastava, Co-founder of IAN and NASSCOM; Slideshare co-founder Amit Ranjan; Indifi's Co-founder and CEO Alok Mittal; Sidharth Rao, Chairman of Dentsu Webchutney; Ritesh Malik, Co-founder and CEO of Innov8; Sanjay Tripathy, former CMO, HDFC Life, and CEO of Agilio Labs; Manan Maheshwari, Co-founder of WYSH; and Hemanshu Jain, Co-founder of Diabeto.

Job Role:

• Build pixel-perfect, buttery smooth UIs across both mobile platforms.

• Leverage native APIs for deep integrations with both platforms.
• Diagnose and fix bugs and performance bottlenecks for performance that feels native.

• Maintain and write clean code to ensure the product is of the highest quality.