Senior React JS Frontend Developer

Software Engineer - Frontend

Experiencing the world we live in is fundamental to our collective happiness and progress as a society. Headout’s mission is, and will always be, to unlock this happier world by connecting amazing in-person experiences with people all over the globe, giving them the opportunity to be entertained, educated and inspired. We are evolving the way people discover the world by connecting them with exceptional experiences at the push of a button. By combining delightful product experience, data-driven decisions, sophisticated supply side logistics network, and world-class operations, our single minded focus is on solving a huge basic human problem: how do we have a good time? On this mission, we've already served 7M+ guests from 190 countries who have headed out to an experience with us. While building scale that drives $200M+ in annualised sales, we hit profitability that is such a rarity on the back of our superior model.

As travel and in-person experiences recover, Headout is playing a critical role in our return to our way-of-life. With pent-up demand, generation and digitisation of experiences having been pushed forward by a decade, there is no better time to build than NOW.

We at Headout, like to solve real-world problems in the simplest & most elegant manner possible. We're seeking Frontend Engineers with the ability and passion for building solutions to people-centered problems that are created at the intersection of human behavior and technology. We also love folks who have a sense of humor and know how to have fun. ;-)

👩‍💻 The Role

• Craft the front-end architecture, develop our core features, and collaborate with our Product & Design teams to build something useful and beautiful.
• Build slick UI interfaces to provide the best user experience.
• Get your hands dirty with cross-platform architectural challenges, new frameworks, design patterns, and technologies.
• Build and contribute to open-source libraries and components.

🌟 Our Dream Engineer

• A penchant for learning and building with new technologies and frameworks.
• A knack for writing the most performance optimized code along with it being modular and scalable.
• No challenge is too big to solve; love thinking product and excited to ideate & build stuff all by yourself.
• You're interested in being an early employee at a growing company, with the influence and responsibility that entails.
• You have broad and deep knowledge across a variety of contemporary technologies.

💝 We like

• 2+ years of experience developing front-end platforms preferably in a high-growth startup.
• Solid hands-on experience with Javascript ES5 and ES6.
• Experience with NodeJS, Typescript, browser dev-tools etc.
• An opinion and preferably hands-on experience of CSS in JS vs old school style of writing CSS.
• Experience developing responsive designs using open source frameworks or even better, an attempt at your own framework.
• Solid understanding of how the web works and it's underlying communication protocols.
• People who give up anything to optimize that animation that they just created.
• Nice to Haves: An interest in UX, travel, local experiences & hospitality.

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.· 

Requirements

• 3.5+ years of experience in React JS and Redux
• Expert in React.j, ideally using TypeScript language extensions
• Good understanding of JavaScript Design Patterns
• Good experience writing front-end test cases
• HTML5, CSS3 and Responsive web design are mandatory
• Exposure to Scrum methodology and XP technical practices such as unit testing, pair programming, test-driven development, continuous integration or continuous delivery
• Self-motivated, fast learner, detail-oriented, team player and a sense of humour

Type, Location : Mumbai

Desired Experience: 3+ years

Roles and Responsibilities :

What You’ll Do:

• Designing and implementing web applications using JavaScript and its frameworks (i.a. React, Vue, Angular), HTML5 and CSS3
• Working closely with the dispersed development team, client, and project manager in the SCRUM methodology
• Ensuring that programming practices and code quality are respected
• Supporting other engineers with your expertise when needed (knowledge sharing)
• Leading your colleagues’ growth and development

What you bring to the table:

• 3+ years of experience with JavaScript (good knowledge of ES2016; newer versions and TS 3+ are a plus)
• Experience in developing web applications using Angular, React, javascript, node js, MySQL/Postgres SQL/MongoDB
• Being comfortable HTML5 and CSS3
• Experience with version control systems, preferably Git
• Demonstrated tech leadership in a medium-sized team, and the ability to design a complex system
• Eagerness to learn and constantly improve yourself
• Being a team player focused on getting things done

• 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

• 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)

Job Summary
We are urgently looking for an Angular Developer with 2-3 Years of experience in Angular5 and above. We are looking for a hands-on person who could design and code a system. The person should have demonstrable experience in a minimum of 3 projects of a duration of 6-12 months (or more). The project should be a full web app (please provide us with the links).

Essential Responsibilities:

· Strong understanding of overall web design including basic usability, accessibility, industry standards, architecture, and navigation

· Experience with general user experience concepts and ability to design highly effective user interfaces

· Implement the frontend components and architecture for new features

· Work with backend engineers to specify the APIs that will power these features.

· Architect efficient and reusable front-end systems that drive complex web applications

· Build reusable code and libraries for future use to ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability

· Strong knowledge of frontend optimization, performance techniques, and security design

Required skills:

· Angular (5-12 version)

· Angular: -Rxjs, NGRX, Storybook

· Must know how to create reusable components

· Flexbox/Grid layout experience

· Typescript fundamentals

· JavaScript fundamentals

· Data structures expertise

· HTML/CSS

· ES6

· SCSS

Must Have

Degree in Computer Science or related field.
3 - 4 years’ experience in Angular or React.
Expertise in responsive and adaptive front end design and development. Proficiency in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery.
Experience is RESTful web services.
Understanding of key design principles.
Experience in version control using Git, CI-CD principles.
Good problem-solving skills.
Excellent verbal communication skills.
Good interpersonal skills.

Nice to have

Experience with graphic design applications such as Adobe Illustrator. Understanding of SEO principles.
Knowledge of Cloud technologies like AWS or Azure. 

• 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.