Senior React Developer

We are looking for a skilled and motivated React Developer with 5–8 years of hands-on experience to join our growing team in Chennai. The ideal candidate should have strong proficiency in front-end development using React.js, with a solid understanding of modern web technologies, best practices, and Agile methodologies. Experience with Ember.js is also required.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain scalable web applications using React.js and Ember.js.
• Build reusable components and front-end libraries for future use.
• Translate UI/UX designs and wireframes into high-quality, responsive code.
• Optimize components for maximum performance across a wide range of devices and browsers.
• Collaborate closely with UI/UX designers, backend developers, and product managers.
• Participate in code reviews, testing, and debugging activities.
• Stay updated with the latest trends and best practices in front-end development.

Required Skills:

• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3.
• Hands-on experience with React.js, including Redux and React Hooks.
• Experience with Ember.js in production-grade applications.
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs and integrating frontend with backend services.
• Experience using front-end build tools and workflows (e.g., Webpack, Babel, NPM).
• Good understanding of version control systems like Git.
• Exposure to Agile development methodologies and practices.

To be the right fit you will need:

• Min 6+ years of experience in ReactNative (including React-Redux)
• Should have some experience on Responsive UI development.
• Should have some experience on Typescript.
• Should have some experience of Bluetooth connections via mobile app
• Good to have experience of Firebase API’s
• Good to have frontend and backend experience
• Should have good verbal communication, as developers will directly interact with Client on calls and chat.
• Good to have Agile/Scrum based project experience.
• Good to have JIRA and BitBucket experience

What You Will Be Doing:

• Create highly responsive B2C web-app using a wide range of open source frontend and backend technology.
• Create single page applications using a wide range of javascript & cutting edge libraries/frameworks.
• Responsible for the full lifecycle of a project, including development, unit testing, system testing and change management.
• Research technical issues and provides recommendations to enhance JavaScript products.
• Manage/Lead a team of 10+ javascript fullstack developers to handle a wide range of projects across different products.
• Code reviews, Overall project estimations, Estimation reviews, Project planning.
• Interact with stakeholders for the development requirements gathering.
• Layout a technical career growth plan for the team members.
• Working with multiple projects.

 What we are looking for:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent preferably from IIT,NIT & other premier institutes.
• Rockstar Javascript developer, who appreciates the intricacies of JS as well as passionate to follow new trends in JS.
• Experience with product companies.
• 9-12 yrs of software development on advanced JavaScript stack (Native Javascript, Asynchronous Request Handling, AJAX, HTML5, CSS3, etc).
• 2-4 yrs of experience in leading and mentoring a team. 
• In-depth knowledge in ReactJS & NodeJS
• Proficiency in any other modern web frameworks will be a plus.
• A solid knowledge of advanced data structures & algorithms.
• Proficient in Computer Science fundamentals & object-oriented design.
• Solid understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to tackle those.
• Must possess a track record of building Single Page responsive UI.
• Experience with Databases such as NoSQL and any RDBMS will be a plus.
• Experience with transport protocols such as TCP, HTTP & WebSocket.
• Expressing and appreciating design patterns is a real addition.
• Critical of coding practices and development methodologies.

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➢    Expert in React JS with about 4 years of experience

➢    Experience in using libraries like D3, Material UI, style sheets and theme management

➢    Should be able to understand requirements & design, develop efficient React JS Code, should have used tools to automate the test and deployment to production

➢    Should have good knowledge on REST APIs, Error handling and writing Unit and Integration Tests

➢    Knowledge of Java is desirable

Responsibilities

➢    Understand the Visual Designs, Functional Requirements and come up with the design/components needed to build the user interface.

➢    Work with Visual Designers to understand the graphic design patterns, themes, and implement in a structured way in the product front end

➢    Work with server side microservices team to develop the JSON contracts

➢    Develop efficient React JS code to implement these requirements

➢    Automate the testing and deployment of these components to production

Job Description:

The UI Engineer(4-7)  will design; develop front-end for AgroStar product solutions.

 Key areas of responsibility:

1. Responsible for core UI framework, implements and maintains it.
2. Operates effectively as an individual for quick turnaround of enhancements and fixes.
3. Responsible for the development of the front-end applications and components.
4. Responsible for architecture & design of the product.
5. Co-ordinate with the backend engineers & designers for requirement gathering of the product.
6. Responsible for creating POCs to design a scalable system.
7. Build reusable code and libraries for future use.
8. Responsible for quality assurance including web usability, accessibility, testing and debugging.

 As an ideal ‘Agstar UI Engineer’, you will need:

 3-7 years of prior hands-on experience in building responsive web interfaces for consumers

Significant experience with Git and GitHub including managing branches, merges, and administration

Ability to translate product requirements into functional code.

Ability to estimate the scope of work for sprint planning.

Top-notch programming skills.

Self-motivated and able to work in a small team with minimal supervision

Strong development experience on the following technologies -

HTML, CSS, Javascript, AJAX,  working with REST APIs.

Must be fluent in writing code in  ES6+ along with linters.

CSS preprocessor - SCSS/ LESS.

Front end frameworks/library such as ReactJS, Redux.

Web standards, Responsive design, and cross-browser compatibility, SEO, Accessibility.

We are looking for enthusiastic intrapreneurs who want to work at the ‘grass root’ level and want to make a difference to India’s biggest sector. We hope this excites you as much as us and looking forward to the next few conversations.

• Very Strong communication and consulting skills
• Strong front-end development skills, experience with JavaScript libraries/frameworks mainly Angular JS Preferably Version 7 or Version 5
• Experience working with server-side JavaScript Frameworks and build tools (node.js, bower, grunt, gulp)
• Demonstrable experience developing large-scale applications using one or more MV* patterns (MVVM, MVC, MVP)
• Expertise in developing single page web applications using front-end routing, consuming JSON-based RESTful APIs, client-side templating
• Strong competency in responsive layouts leveraging CSS and media queries and related UI frameworks (e.g., Bootstrap, Foundation)
• Experience with CSS preprocessors (e.g., Sass, LESS)
• Experience with code analysis tools (e.g., JSLint, JSPerf)
• Practical knowledge of web page optimization techniques and guidelines for fast page load times
• Strong understanding of Ajax and/or promises
• Experience working in an agile, multidisciplinary team.
• Experience working with a distributed version control system (git, mercurial)
• Experience writing unit tests in one or more of the following: karma, mocha, chai, sinon, jasmine, jest
• Experience working on AWS. Basic understanding of Security Groups/ VPC etc.
• Experience on working with & integrating with microservices
• Experience on developing/ using CI/CD pipeline using Jenkins/ Git