Senior Software Engineer – Frontend (React.js)

Position:  React/Frontend Developer

Location: Chennai and Exp : 3 to 5 Yrs

We are looking for a great JavaScript developer who is proficient with React.js or VueJs. Your primary focus will be on developing user interface components and implementing them following well-known React.js workflows (Redux). You will ensure that these components and the overall application are robust and easy to maintain. You will coordinate with the rest of the team working on different layers of the infrastructure. Therefore, a commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and quality product is important.

Responsibilities

• 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
• Monitoring and improving front-end performance.
• Troubleshooting interface software and debugging application codes.
• Documenting application changes and developing updates.

Skills

• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model
• In-depth knowledge of JavaScript, CSS, HTML, and front-end languages.
• Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles
• Experience with popular React.js workflows (such as Flux or Redux)
• Should have recent experience with React projects (min. 2 years)
• Experience in VueJs is an added advantage
• Familiarity with newer specifications of EcmaScript
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs
• Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token
• Knowledge of performance testing frameworks including Mocha and Jest.
• Experience with common front-end development tools such as Babel, Webpack, NPM, etc.
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
• Familiarity with code versioning tools. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain responsive and visually appealing websites, focusing on user experience and functionality.
• Build high-converting landing pages tailored to various marketing campaigns and objectives.
• Implement and optimize contact forms for lead generation, ensuring seamless integration with email marketing systems.
• Set up and manage email marketing campaigns using platforms like Mailchimp, Constant Contact, or similar.
• Integrate analytics tools (e.g., Google Analytics, HubSpot) to track website performance and digital marketing metrics.
• Work closely with the marketing team to align website content and design with ongoing campaigns and business goals.
• Conduct A/B testing on landing pages and email marketing materials to improve conversion rates.
• Troubleshoot website issues, including speed optimization and mobile responsiveness.
• Keep up-to-date with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in web development and digital marketing.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Proven experience as a Web Developer, with a portfolio demonstrating previous projects, especially landing pages and contact forms.
• Strong proficiency in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and responsive web design frameworks like Bootstrap.
• Familiarity with content management systems (CMS), such as WordPress, Joomla, or Drupal.
• Experience with digital marketing tools, including email marketing platforms (Mailchimp, Active Campaign, etc.) and Google Analytics.
• Understanding of SEO principles and best practices.
• Knowledge of integrating third-party services (CRM, email marketing, lead capture tools, etc.) into websites.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work independently and as part of a team.

What will you do?

• Developing new user-facing features using React & Redux

• Build modular layouts, reusable code and libraries for future use

• Refactor, optimize and improve the existing code base for maintenance and scale

• Use test-driven development and acceptance tests to ensure feature quality

• Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications

• Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability

• Work closely with back-end developers to make sure the user experience is implemented as it was conceived

Skills Required

• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, object model, DOM manipulation and event handlers, data structures, algorithms, JSX, and Babel

• Complete understanding of ReactJS and its main fundamentals like JSX, Virtual DOM, component lifecycle, etc.

In-depth understanding of redux

• Understanding of RESTful APIs, HTML/CSS, ES6 (variables and scoping, array methods), code versioning tools like GIT, and NPM

• Good understanding of Promises, Async/ Await and Callbacks

• Should have good knowledge of Socket

• Understanding the nature of asynchronous programming and its quirks and workarounds

• In-depth knowledge of object-oriented programming

• Understanding of JavaScript Development on the server side using NodeJS and Express would be a plus

• Knowledge of ES6 would be a plus

• Should have good hands-on experience on MongoDB, designing optimized database structures using MongoDB and writing optimized queries for better performance

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

Job Location : Pune

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 responsibilities

Design and Build
Designing and developing user interface components and implementing
them following well-known Javascript (React.js) concepts and workflows.

You will ensure that these components and the overall application are
robust, easy to maintain and scalable.SDE 3 - Frontend Developer 2

Maintain a very high standard of UI Structuring, layout and ensuring a
delightful visual experience for users.

You will coordinate with the rest of the team working on different layers of the infrastructure. Therefore, a commitment to collaborative problem solving,sophisticated design, and quality products are important.

Collaborate and Lead Collaborating within your product streams and team to bring best practices and leverage world class tech stack.

Measurable outcome You will need to set quantifiable objectives that encapsulate quality attributes of a system. The fitness of the application is measured against set marks.

Technical Skills
4+ years of experience, working with frontend technologies.
Experience working with modern Javascript libraries and tools like ReactJS
(mandatory), ES6/ES7, Webpack, Gulp.
Strong knowledge of HTML+HTML5, JS, CSS+CSS3
Experience leading multi-engineer projects and mentoring junior engineers.
UI Performance - should have hands-on experience in optimizing page load,
rendering, caching
Experience with unit testing in any modern javascript libraries
(Jest/Mocha/Jasmine)
Proficient with creating UI components, interaction patterns, task flows,
converting a design to web pages
Keeps an eye on new front-end ecosystem changes

Regards
Team Merito

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• Experts in HTML To Word press theming
• Plugin Creation and Management
• Able to develop the theme. Mastery of HTML, CSS, PHP and jQuery;
• Experience with object-oriented programming
• Experience with mobile platforms.
• Experience with the following technologies OOAD/OOPS (Object Oriented Programming) PHP 5, MySQL 5, any framework like Zend/Symfony/CakePHP, etc.
• Strong understanding and hands-on in HTML, DHTML, XML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery/Prototype and AJAX.
• Very strong understanding of database technologies and SQL Optimization.
• A clear understanding of product development environment and methodologies.
• Experience in SVN/GIT Hub/Beanstalk
• Familiarity with web technology trends (Web 2.0) and the evolution of the Internet.
• Experience with Word press is mandatory, other CMS/framework experience will be an added advantage.
• Experience with Word Press Theme, Widgets, and Plugin customizing and developing new word press themes, Plugin modification/development, and widgets development.
• Expert knowledge in Word press installation, configuration, administration, security, and optimization.
• Desired Experience in customizing existing 3rd party themes, Plugin.

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•      Should have expert level knowledge to Design, Develop and test Web Apps with Angular versions 6 and above.

•      Primary Skills – Angular6+, HTML, CSS3, JavaScript.

•      Node JS as backend will be advantage

•      Knowledge of Mongo, MySql will be advantage

•      Highly skilled at front-end engineering using Object-Oriented JavaScript, TypeScript, various JavaScript,TypeScript patterns and frameworks.

•      Should have experience in publishing and consuming Services using REST API

•      Excellent time-management, multi-tasking, and communication skills. Capable of handling multiple projects and related complexities at the same time.

•      Compensation - As per industry standards.

•      Joining – at earliest.

Technical Skill :