Senior Software Engineer

FirstFiling is a FinTech startup that is managed, operated, and driven by Chartered Accountants, Company secretaries, IT engineers, and Lawyers. We provide registration and financial compliance services to businesses and individuals across India.

Our aim is to simplify the lives of people by helping individuals and businesses with mandatory compliances, filings, and statutory requirements while promoting financial literacy among the masses. 

Technology Profile-

The candidate must have experience in the following technologies (the more the better):

Frontend:

Core - JavaScript, CSS, Bootstrap, etc.

Frameworks - ReactJS, Angular, Vue, etc.

Requirements:

• Ability to reuse components
• Proven experience in working with Git and Github 
• Creating and consuming a RESTful API
• You must have clear concepts of client-server architecture
• Familiarity with MVC (Model-View-Controller) design patterns
• Understanding of OOP concepts

Furthermore, the candidate must have built or published any web app or project through which they can demonstrate their experience and knowledge of the aforementioned technologies and requirements. 

About Hexr Factory :

We are always exploring the possibilities to bridge the physical and digital worlds. We design and build Metaverse & Digital twin technologies for the future of industry and entertainment.

Project Role: Full-Stack Developer

Project Role Description :

The primary focus will be the development of all core engines, designing back-end components, and integrating data storage, and ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front end. You will also be responsible for integrating the front-end elements built by your co-workers/Third-Party into the application.

Work Experience :1 - 4 years

Work location: Chennai

Must-Have Skills:  JavaScript, C / C++, Rust, Node.js, 

Key Responsibilities:

• Extensive experience building services using these technologies (Nodejs, Microservices )
• Extensive knowledge of web technologies like ReactJS, Javascript, and Typescript.
• Should have worked on ReactJS class-based and functional concepts.
• Experience writing REST APIs or GraphQL APIs
• Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as OAuth2, OIDC, and SAML.
• Knowledge of front-end technologies such as HTML5 and CSS3.
• Good hands-on experience with cloud technologies AWS/Azure
• Should have a good understanding of CICD pipeline practices, CICD, etc.
• Excellent engineering practices - code quality, performance tuning, operational excellence, etc
• Advanced working SQL and NoSQL knowledge and experience working with relational and non-relational databases
• Strong analytic skills related to working with unstructured datasets.
• Experience supporting and working with cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment.
• Experience in user authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
• Proficient in microservices, API gateway, Containerization, and implementation of the same
• In-depth understanding of concurrency, synchronization & memory usage
• Deployment and build experience on cloud platforms are preferred
• Maintain, improve, and refactor product and test code base
• Evaluate, prototype, and implement technical solutions for modern real word business problems
• Ability to dig deep into the code to deliver a highly optimized & performant product

Educational Qualifications :

 Any Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Mathematics / Commerce / Computer Science / Electronics / Electrical / Mechanical Engineering with a consistently high academic track record. 

Skills Required : 

• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model.
• Basic 3D technologies such as WebGL, Three.js, etc.
• Deep understanding of REST principles and experience working with HTTP REST/JSON.
• Ability to create GraphQL Schemas
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git.
• Passionate about new technology and innovation.
• Understanding the nature of asynchronous programming and its quirks and workarounds
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

About KAFQA

At Kafqa, we are building the next generation performing arts platform. Our mission is to transform how India learns, performs & watchers performing arts. We are currently in stealth mode with a target public launch date in April. Our launch services consist of technology enabled dance classes in our proprietary studios, production facilities and social media broadcasting & competitions.

Founder & Team

The founder is Shariq Plasticwala. He is a graduate of IIT Bombay & Stanford GSB. He was part of the founding team of Amazon India where he played a key role for over 8 years. Among his roles at Amazon, he was the CEO of Amazon’s first joint venture in India and a Board Member of Amazon’s payments business. The other members of the founding team consist of senior executives from Shiamak Davar & Byju’s.

Role

We are looking for an experienced Frontend engineer with ReactJS development experience to join our team.
Here’s are some of the things you might have to do on any given day:

• Implement responsive and performant UIs with user centered approach with frontend technologies including ReactJS, Javascript(ES 6), Typescript, SCSS, etc
• Write meaningful test cases for frontend &amp
• Develop Infrastructure for delivering services using a performance driven approach, build databases, schedule automated jobs, etc

Ideal Background / Experience

• At least 12 months of diverse experience in web development for product or services oriented environment with exposure to working production deployments
• Expertise in programming using Python/ReactJS or similar scripting languages
• In-depth exposure to technologies used in web-based SaaS products, including REST APIs
• Sound understanding of Postgres and NoSQL databases such as MongoDB

Nice to have exposure to any of

• AWS
• Azure
• ELK
• Object Relational Models (SQLAlchemy, etc)
• Google APIs
• Microservices Architecture Pattern
• NodeJS / ExpressJS

Responsibilities :

Build awesome web experiences using React.js
Plan and accommodate all mediums, screen sizes and device types
Build in flexibility and customization from the start
Internalize the user and promote good usability and accessibility in every experience
Be nimble and react quickly to changing business conditions
Work with product managers, content producers, QA engineers and release engineers to own your solution from development to production

Qualifications :

5+ years building web and/or mobile experiences with evidence of exceptional ability
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience or other evidence of exceptional ability
Solid understanding of fundamental web technologies such as HTTP, REST, AJAX and JSON.
Strong proficiency in JavaScript / ES6, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model
Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles
Unit Testing with Jest/Enzyme
Experience with Redux
Experience with common front-end development tools such as Babel, Webpack, NPM, etc.
Experience working with RESTful APIs
Experience with Nodejs, Expressjs or NextJs
Excellent mastery of web standards, cross-browser compatibility, accessibility and SEO.
Strong CSS skills w/ experience building responsive applications across a variety of browsers and devices using modern CSS3 techniques
Ability to identify tasks which require automation and automate them
Expert knowledge of maintaining and debugging live software systems
Prior experience with Symfony MVC frameworks desirable.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Working with designers, product managers to collaboratively own the front-end layer at FalconBrick and deliver stellar end user experiences
• Building responsive and elegant mobile and desktop web UIs
• Test, debug and maintain the application software throughout the product lifecycle
• Architect, develop and maintain front-end libraries

Desired Candidate Profile

• You love working with JavaScript and are very familiar with JavaScript design patterns and can build fairly complex UI
• Have at least 2 years experience in development of responsive web/mobile applications using advanced JS and web technologies
• And with at least 1 year of experience building frontend UI with a framework like ReactJS
• Youre very comfortable in writing HTML and CSS and love designing beautiful webpages
• Have good communication skills, strong work ethics And are comfortable with agile, iterative development practices and code reviews

• REQUIREMENTS

  • Write hand-coded HTML5, JS, and CSS(SCSS) that is thoroughly standards-compliant.

  • Solid Javascript experience.
    -WordPress Must needed
    -Experience designing and developing responsive design websites

  • Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token

  • You know how to architect all components of a frontend project

  • You have experience reading API documentation and working with different endpoints to compose the desired effect

  • You know how to run projects through solid processes (things like code reviews, reviewing stories, planning)

  • Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements

  • Picks up new technologies quickly and efficiently

  • Uses Git effectively

  • Know how to create tests and why it's important

  • Knowledge of OOP and software design principles

  • You know how to optimize frontend load times, debug rendering issues, and overall provide a smooth experience to the user.

  • Knowledge of responsive frontends

  • You don't have to be an expert in backend tech, but you'll need to understand how to integrate with the backend guys.

  • Understanding differences between multiple delivery platforms, such as mobile vs. desktop, and optimizing output to match the specific platform

• WHAT do WE expect?

  • Someone who is comfortable taking on multiple projects at the same time, juggling tasks.

  • Experience of working in and collaborating with teams

  • Should take ownership of tasks.

  • Acumen. You must be able to think and judge multiple solutions for a problem and be able to reason between them.

   

  GOOD TO KNOW

  • Experience in Linux and command-line interface.

  • JS/Webpack/Browserify.