Senior UI Developer

Frontend Developer

We are inspiring the next generation of young innovators and entrepreneurs in India. We're an education startup co-founded by a Computer Science grad from MIT/Harvard and the former CEO of Apple India. We started out as code school, offering creative tech boot-camps on topics like Drone Programming, Android App Development, Game Programming, Full-Stack Web Development to k-12 students across the nation, and now we're building web and mobile products to deliver powerful learning experiences to students online, at scale.

Job Description

We are looking for a Front End developer who is excellent with JavaScript (React.js + Redux). Some proficiency with Node.js preferred as you’ll be hooking up your front-ends to APIs and occasionally writing your own.

Your primary focus will be to develop the UI/UX for highly interactive / social / multiplayer learning platform, across the Student Product, Parent Product, Teacher Product, Virtual Classroom, and more.

Responsibilities

• Translating designs and wireframes into high quality React code
• Styling re-usable components with pixel perfection and mobile responsiveness
• Structuring state and information flow across your front-end app using Redux
• Optimizing your code for SEO and maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers

Skills / Required Experience

• 3+ years of hands-on experience with React.js
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with Redux
• Bonus: past experience with Socket.io and WebRTC
• Writing and consuming REST APIs with Node.js 
• A knack for benchmarking and optimization
• Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools

About ITLH:

ITLH is an Ed-Tech organization backed by an IT company- Centillion based in India and Singapore.  ITLH aims at bridging the gap between knowledge and opportunities by helping students build their skill sets via practical learning on live projects and classroom training. For the last 5 years we have enrolled 4000 students for the programme and have been successfully placed in several MNC's.

How will we help you grow?

By joining ITLH, you will be part of an ever-growing organization that is redefining learning and helping young students to be industry ready. 

We believe in a healthy and growing working culture that you would love to be a part of. 

Join us if you feel you have the required skills and desire to be a part of our team and create an impact and reach new heights globally.

Responsibilities : 

• Create data visualization tools, libraries, and reusable code for prospects
• Integrate designs and wireframes within the application code
• Leverage the inbuilt React toolkit for creating frontend features
• Monitor interaction of users and convert them into insightful information
• Write application interface code with JavaScript
• Enhance application performance with constant monitoring
• Good understanding of CSS libraries, GIT, Sigma, Adobe XD etc.
• Constant interaction with other developer teams and design teams to discuss UI ideas.

Requirements :

• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, object model, DOM manipulation and event handlers, data structures, algorithms and JSX.
• Complete understanding of ReactJS and its main fundamentals like JSX, Virtual DOM, component lifecycle, etc.
• Understanding of RESTful APIs/GraphQL, HTML/CSS, ES6 (variables and scoping, array methods), code versioning tools like GIT, SVN, etc.
• Preceding experience with ReactJS workflows like Flux, Redux, Create React App, data structure libraries.
• Willingness to learn modern-day tools and processes.
• Good problem-solving, troubleshooting skills.
• Creativity and accountability.

• Ability to program in JavaScript 
• Knowledge of markup languages like HTML and XML 
• Familiarity with stylesheet languages like CSS
• Web development tools and techniques like .NET and AJAX 
• Cloud computing expertise

WHO YOU ARE

To be successful in this role, you’ll need to have the following skills:

• Love for coding: A fanatic about writing beautiful and scalable code.
• Sense of analytics: Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills. Should be resourceful, innovative and inventive.
• Dynamic: Should be comfortable in dealing with lots of moving pieces. Have exquisite attention to detail, and are comfortable learning new technologies and systems. 
• Team player: Knack for influencing without being authoritative. Pitch in wherever the team needs help, from writing blog posts to supporting customers.
• Accountability: High sense of ownership for your code and relentlessness to deliver projects with high business impact. 

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

• BE/BTech in Computer Science or related field. 
• Minimum 3+ years of UI/Frontend development and a strong understanding of building complex layouts using JavaScript, CSS and HTML.

KEY SKILLS

• Strong computer system analysis and design skills in current methodologies and patterns including vanilla JavaScript, some experience with ReactJS, Redux, React Native, Webpack, and Typescript or similar library/tools.
• Obsessed with WPO (Web Performance Optimization) and web/mobile performance analysis.
• Experienced with web standards and protocols such as HTTP, DNS, TCP/IP, and socket APIs in general.
• Familiar with web security, SEO, accessibility and internationalization.

We are looking to hire a Full-time, Remote (India) Frontend engineer to help create a SAAS product from the ground up in a niche industry.
This will be the v2.0 of an existing legacy platform with paying customers. This position is within the first few hires in the founding team of the revamped company.
We are on a mission to build a truly world-class product and deliver at high speeds with high quality.

Read on and apply for the job if you are a doer, likes no BS, think you're competent enough to get things done, want some quiet time every day, want to make a difference, values work-life balance, and enjoy life outside work.

Experience - At least 5 years building scalable SAAS applications in the cloud. It would be great to showcase anything progressive. Education from premier institutions, git contributions, tech blogs, volunteering, pet projects, etc.

Responsibilities -
- Architect, write, deploy and own the (SAAS) product from a technical frontend standpoint working closely with backend engineers and designers
- Create and deliver the product end-to-end all the way to the user
- Write highly performant code and continuously measure performance and make the application better based on benchmarks
- Debug production issues and keep the application quality high always
- Assist with hiring more people when the team grows
- Pick up any appropriate work as in any early-stage company

General Skills Needed -

- Create state-of-the-art user experiences including complex dashboards, pdf reports, complex graphs delivering the end-to-end implementation all the way to the user
- Should be able to build and deploy multi-tenant SAAS applications end to end
- Need to have a technology-agnostic mindset. Should be able to easily pick up any new technology based on the use case
- Should be an expert software craftsman/craftswoman. Must own the code and be proud of what you build
- Write well thought out, well-tested code with extensive unit tests and integration tests so that the addition of future features is easy.
- Must know cloud deployment concepts and be comfortable working on CI/CD pipelines, cost-effective cloud deployment strategies. AWS experience highly preferred
- Must be able to design and architect simple, market-tested yet highly scalable solutions
- Must be able to quickly iterate and produce working software at a high speed. Must not be shy to scrap and rebuild when there is a need
- Must be appreciative of documentation and write well-documented code and technical documentation alongside

Technical Skills Needed -
- Expert level knowledge in JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and modern web development standards and frameworks (React preferred/Angular/Vue/etc)
- Expert level knowledge in the appropriate frameworks

1. React (preferred), Angular, Vue, or other modern frontend frameworks
2. Integrating with Rest APIs
3. PostgreSQL, MySQL, any NoSQL or other database technology

- Expertise in data presentation and reporting - creating beautiful reports and graphs in the UI based on the data collected by the backend
- Must have a great level understanding of various frameworks on authentication and authorization, billing and metrics
- Must have some knowledge in creating cost-efficient and scalable cloud deployments (AWS preferred) and be ready to learn
- Expert level knowledge in industry-standard design patterns and tools

About us:  

We are a fiercely restless creative studio with a broad vision across design & product experiences. Big brands and startups approach us because they find a cool team of committed individuals with great taste, obsessed with technology, originality, music, art & quality. We believe in independence, curiosity, experimentation and reinvention as the beacons to navigate the world. Learn more about us: ​https://grappus.com/">https://grappus.com/ 

About the role:

We are seeking a Frontend developer who has a knack for coming up with creative solutions to unique problems. You should have good time management skills and be able to work both autonomously and collaboratively with a cross-discipline team of product managers, strategists, UX designers, art directors, and developers. Most importantly, you have an eye for detail and the ability to make beautiful designs come to life through code. 

What we’d like to see:

• Developing new user-facing features using React Native
• Building reusable components and 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
• Developing and implementing strong algorithms/techniques for solving problems in a high-volume, high-availability environment
• Good knowledge of User Interface patterns and techniques to solve common UI problems
• Solid understanding of building scalable, maintainable and efficient user interfaces

Must Have:

• Strong proficiency in JavaScript , the JavaScript object model and ES6
• Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles
• Experience with state management libraries like Redux, Mobx etc.
• Familiarity with Android / iOS platforms and ability to link native libraries with React Native
• Familiarity with newer specifications of EcmaScript 6
• Experience with data structure libraries (e.g., Immutable.js, immer)
• 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
• Experience with common front-end development tools such as Babel, Webpack, NPM, etc.
• 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
• Familiarity with frameworks like Bootstrap, Backbone, Angular,  React JS, and libraries like jQuery, LESS and Ajax

Nice to Have:

• Personal projects or contributions to the open source community
• Strong organizational skills to juggle multiple tasks within the constraints of timelines
• Team player (those great personality types that people love to work with)
• Great communication skills 

Benefits of being part of our amazing team:

• Flexible working hours
• We don’t track your leaves & work-from-home
• Freedom to implement latest technologies & new ideas
• Lots of in-house training sessions &  an in-house product lab
• A pretty unique & unconventional culture and a damn cool office space
• Lots of ways to have fun - TT,  Indoor basketball, PS4, board games and variety of books to read