Senior React.js Developer

Job Title: Lead Frontend Developer (ReactJS/NextJS/Typescript)

Location: Chennai (Work From Office, yes, we love seeing your face!)

Experience: 5+ years 

About the Company:

F22 Labs is a startup software studio based out of Chennai. We are the rocket fuel for other startups across the world, powering them with extremely high-quality software. We help entrepreneurs build their vision into beautiful software products (web/mobile). If you're passionate about creating stunning web experiences and solving real problems, you’ll fit right in with us. Let’s make cool things happen!

Position Overview:

As a Lead Frontend Developer at F22 Labs, you will take charge of designing, building, and maintaining scalable web applications using React, Next.js, and Typescript. You will lead a talented team of frontend developers while working alongside product and backend teams to deliver innovative solutions. You’ll ensure that we adhere to best practices in UI design, performance optimization, and code quality. Your leadership will help us shape the future of our web products, while continuously improving the user experience and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and mentor a team of frontend developers, providing technical guidance, reviewing code, and ensuring the team follows best practices.
• Architect and design scalable, high-performance web applications using ReactJS, NextJS, and Typescript.
• Drive the development process with a focus on performance, optimization, and maintainability.
• Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions to streamline the development lifecycle.
• Oversee the integration of GraphQL to ensure smooth data management between the frontend and backend.
• Create high-quality, responsive UI/UX using Tailwind CSS, delivering exceptional user experiences.
• Ensure that the team follows best practices for testing (Jest, Vitest, Cypress) and continuously improve our test coverage.
• Take ownership of state management using tools like Redux or Zustand, ensuring consistency and performance across the app.
• Optimize web performance by implementing best practices, improving load times, and enhancing the overall user experience.
• Guide the team in implementing SEO best practices to ensure applications are discoverable and performant.
• Collaborate closely with product managers and backend teams to deliver features that meet both technical and user requirements.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve UI/UX issues quickly and effectively.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, encouraging innovation and ensuring the team remains at the forefront of frontend technologies.

Qualifications and Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience working with ReactJS, NextJS, and Typescript, with a proven track record of leading frontend projects.
• Strong understanding of DOM manipulation and best practices for building interactive, dynamic user interfaces.
• Expertise with module bundlers such as Webpack or Vite for optimizing the build process.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and GitHub Actions for automating deployment processes.
• Extensive experience working with GraphQL and integrating it into frontend applications.
• Expertise in Tailwind CSS for building responsive and visually appealing web applications.
• Solid experience in unit testing (Jest, Vitest) and end-to-end testing (Cypress).
• Advanced experience with state management frameworks like Redux or Zustand.
• Deep knowledge of performance optimization techniques and how to apply them in real-world scenarios.
• Strong understanding of SEO principles and implementing them in frontend projects.
• Proven leadership and mentorship skills, with the ability to guide teams and foster growth.
• Excellent communication skills to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Good to Have Skills (Extra Cool Points!):

• Familiarity with Websockets for real-time communication.
• Experience with WebRTC for building real-time video/audio applications.
• Familiarity with Framer Motion for creating animations in React.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes for containerization and orchestrating deployment processes.

Why Join Us (Perks & Benefits):

• Health insurance (because we want you at your best, inside and out).
• Flexible work timings (get your work done, but do it your way).
• Better-than-market compensation (we know you’re worth it!).
• A supercharged learning culture—grow your skills fast.
• Rapid career growth opportunities—move up faster than a rocket in the sky.
• Work with interesting, fun, and quirky colleagues who make every day feel like an adventure.
• Learn from the best in the industry (and maybe teach us something cool too).

Selection Process:

• Online Assessment
• 1-2 rounds of interviews (no need to stress, we’re all about getting to know you).

Roles and Responsibility

• Design enhancements and new features that improve the self-service experience and overall usability of the portal.
• Create wireframes, user flows, and interactive prototypes.
• Develop designs into responsive, accessible frontend code.
• Produce visually compelling digital flyers, promotional materials, and communications to support product launches, updates, and marketing campaigns.
• Work with development teams to implement UX/UI enhancements within ServiceNow, ensuring consistent styling and optimal user experiences.
• Conduct user research and usability testing to inform and validate design decisions.
• Partner with stakeholders to improve and elevate the TPx.com website, ensuring visual design and user experience align with business objectives and marketing strategies.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams in an agile environment to ensure smooth handoff and implementation of design solutions.

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years of professional experience in UX/UI design.
• Strong proficiency in Figma and Adobe XD for design and prototyping.
• Hands-on experience with front-end development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript).
• Experience designing and developing within ServiceNow or similar enterprise platforms.
• Experience creating marketing visuals, digital flyers, or branded communications.
• A solid understanding of UX principles, self-service flows, and customer-centric design.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Experience working within agile or iterative development cycles.

Our client is the fastest growing company in the space of student mobility in Asia Pacific as per Financial times.

More about them

- Long-term accommodation booking platform for students (think booking.com for student housing).

- Helps 80M students worldwide, find and book full-time accommodations near their universities, without the hassle of negotiation, nonstandardized and cumbersome paperwork, and broken payment process.

- Leading student housing platform globally, with 1M+ student housing units listed in 6 countries and across 80 cities.

- Growing rapidly and targeting $400M in annual gross bookings value by 2022.

Key Skill

Job Description: Senior React.js Developer

• 2+ years of relevant experience in software development building web applications
• Well acquainted with cutting edge front-end framework like React Javascript dialects like ES6.

• CSS frameworks like Bootstrap, Foundation HTML5, CSS3 and tools like Gulp/Webpack
• Strong analytical and problem- solving skills paired with the ability to develop creative and efficient solutions.
• Enjoys and gets energized by complex problem solving and ability to push the innovation on solutions.
• Ability to work both independently and in various team settings.