Senior React Engineer

Primary Skills

 Frontend framework ReactJS

 Pure JavaScript, jQuery

 Bootstrap, HTML5, CSS, SASS

 Passionate about implementing UX\UI of web applications

 Understanding of Web Accessibility Standards (WCAG)

Skills:

• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model
• Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles
• Experience with popular React.js workflows (Redux)
• Familiarity with newer specifications of ECMAScript
• Experience with data structure libraries (e.g., Immutable.js)
• 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
• 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)

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science.
• 2+ years' experience in frontend development.
• Proficient understanding of HTML5 CSS3 and JavaScript.
• Deep knowledge of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them.
• Familiarity with one or more frameworks, such as Angular, React, or Knockout.
• Experience with TypeScript, ES6/ES2015 a plus.
• Familiarity with Node.js, npm, and build systems such as webpack, Grunt, or gulp a plus.
• Familiarity using Scrum/Agile development methodologies.

About Our Client

It is a last-mile tech-logistics solution provider for intra-state deliveries based in Bangalore. It offers reliable, affordable, and professional services, structured to serve enterprises.

Our Client aggregates light commercial vehicles for urban logistics and has onboarded 55,000+ truckers on its platform across 14 cities. Our Client works across industry sectors like organized retail, FMCG and e-commerce, distribution and 3PL companies. Some of its clients include Amazon, Flipkart, Bisleri, Vishal Mega Mart, Future Supply Chain, Coca-Cola, Delhivery, and Udaan.

The company offers customized logistics solutions for clients, along with other value-added services such as screened drivers, audited and GPS-enabled vehicles, point-to-point billing, status updates, 24x7 service, and greater efficiency, all at transparent and economical pricing.

Our Client, as a brand, is known as one of the market leaders in the enterprise segment, and first movers to identify and empathize with the underserved urban trucker community, playing a huge role in making them a part of the mainstream economy. This series-B funded tech-logistics company aims to disrupt the primitive $35bn+ urban-logistics industry by leveraging technology and help enterprises to reach consumers faster.

Our Client is India's largest enterprise urban-logistics provider in India, with 55,000+ Light Commercial Vehicles on its platform.

Why Our Client?

- Switch career into internet startups.
- Work with fast-paced organizations.

What will I do?

 Develop new user-facing features·
 Build reusable code and libraries for future use·
 Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs·
 Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability·
 Assure that all user input is validated before submitting to back end·
 Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders.· 

What skills should I have?

 BTech, BE, BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field of study or equivalent practical·
experience.
 3+ years·' experience in web and software development.
 Demonstrated knowledge of web technologies such as HTML5, CSS3, Javascript and AJAX/Fetch·
API.
 Demonstrated experience in React, React-Router, Redux, React-saga/Thunk.·
 Ability to work independently and multi-task effectively.·
 Flexible and willing to accept a change in priorities as necessary.·
 Strong attention to detail.·
 A good understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them.·
 Proficient with code versioning tools, such as Git / Mercurial / SVN·
 A good understanding of SEO principles and ensuring that application will adhere to them.· 

• Job Title - Software Engineer - Frontend
• Reports Into - Lead Frontend Web Developer
• Location - Hybrid/Bangalore

A Little Bit about Kwalee….

Kwalee is one of the world’s leading multiplatform game developers and publishers, with well over 900 million downloads worldwide for mobile hits such as Draw It, Teacher Simulator, Let’s Be Cops 3D, Airport Security and Makeover Studio 3D. We also have a growing PC and Console team of incredible pedigree that is on the hunt for great new titles to join TENS!, Eternal Hope, Die by the Blade and Scathe.

What’s In It For You?

• Hybrid working - 3 days in the office, 2 days remote/ WFH is the norm
• Flexible working hours - we trust you to choose how and when you work best
• Profit sharing scheme - we win, you win 
• Private medical cover - delivered through BUPA
• Life Assurance - for long term peace of mind
• On site gym - take care of yourself
• Relocation support - available
• Quarterly Team Building days - we’ve done Paintballing, Go Karting & even Robot Wars
• Pitch and make your own games on Creative Wednesdays! 

Are You Up To The Challenge?

As our Software Engineer - Frontend you’ll be designing and producing excellent web interfaces, working closely with the server and analytics teams. 

Your Team Mates

The frontend team consists of both our frontend developers and designers, we work closely with all parts of the business to create tools that vary across the whole company, from the publishing team to create a portal for people to submit games, the marketing team on things like our website, all the way to our internal teams for things like administration and analytics.

What Does The Job Actually Involve?

• You'll be working directly with the server and client teams to create our games server admin interfaces. And closely with the analytics team developing features for our analytics platform.
• A portion of the work involves maintaining/improving our extensive games server admin interface and our in-house Analytics platform.
• You will be working with a lot of different technologies that make up our worldwide cluster where we support millions of daily players.
• On some projects specific gameplay features rely on server side counterparts and complex web UI interfaces making for a good change of pace from Analytics and Data entry interfaces.

Your Hard Skills

• Minimum 2 years browser-based programming experience
• A proven track record of programming high quality and innovative web pages using Javascript, HTML5 & CSS3 and relevant frameworks (ideally ReactJS but could also be others e.g. AngularJS, NodeJS, Handlebars, jquery, gulp)
• An excellent working knowledge of various programming languages, databases and scripting tools including at least one of bash, MySQL, CouchBase, Python, Java, C#, JSP, PHP
• A creative mindset motivated by challenges and constantly striving for the best
• Interest in mobile games

Your Soft Skills

Kwalee has grown fast in recent years but we’re very much a family of colleagues. We welcome people of all ages, races, colours, beliefs, sexual orientations, genders and circumstances, and all we ask is that you collaborate, work hard, ask questions and have fun with your team and colleagues. 

We don’t like egos or arrogance and we love playing games and celebrating success together. If that sounds like you, then please apply.

A Little More About Kwalee

Founded in 2011 by David Darling CBE, a key architect of the UK games industry who previously co-founded and led Codemasters, our team also includes legends such as Andrew Graham (creator of Micro Machines series) and Jason Falcus (programmer of classics including NBA Jam) alongside a growing and diverse team of global gaming experts.

Everyone contributes creatively to Kwalee’s success, with all employees eligible to pitch their own game ideas on Creative Wednesdays, and we’re proud to have built our success on this inclusive principle.

We have an amazing team of experts collaborating daily between our studios in Leamington Spa, Lisbon, Bangalore and Beijing, or on a remote basis from Turkey, Brazil, Cyprus, the Philippines and many more places around the world. We’ve recently acquired our first external studio, TicTales, which is based in France. 

We have a truly global team making games for a global audience, and it’s paying off: - Kwalee has been voted the Best Large Studio and Best Leadership Team at the TIGA Awards (Independent Game Developers’ Association) and our games have been downloaded in every country on earth - including Antarctica!

1.     Significant experience of working in front-end web development
2.     Extensive programming experience in HTML5, CSS3, SASS or LESS, and Bootstrap, Foundation or Materialize
3.     Angular Material, Chart Libraries(D3, Leaflet, Amchart etc).
4.     Solid understanding and development experience in Angular
5.     Experience with Typescript
6.     Experience with tools like Redux, Webpack, Angular CLI and/or Gulp
7.     Experience consuming REST APIs

 What you need to have:

• Minimum of 4 years (and above) experience in modern UI frameworks like ReactJS web/Native
• Experience and expertise in HTML, CSS and Javascript
• Familiar with UI design concepts and user interface design
• Experienced user of the GIT/GITHUB repository
• Experience with hands on UI development
• Experience in modern UI frameworks like ReactJS web/Native