Software Development Engineer III - Front End

About Plum

We are making health insurance - simple, accessible and affordable. Hundreds of businesses of all sizes from startups to large corporates trust Plum for their employee's health protection.

Healthcare in India is seeing a phenomenal shift. Healthcare cost is seeing an inflation that is three times the general inflation. Treatments of diseases including Covid-19 can wipe out entire household savings. Majority of Indians won't be able to afford a health insurance on their own. As many as 600mn Indians would depend on employer-sponsored insurance.

Enter Plum. Plum is re-imagining the health insurance stack, and accelerating the penetration of health insurance in India to 100%. Plum has forged new underwriting and fraud detection algorithms to enable companies as small as 2 to benefit from a group insurance. The platform enables realtime insurance design & pricing to enable companies to buy insurance in 3-clicks. And offers employees a hassle-free claims experience through an integrated digital process.

Plum is backed by leading global investors including Tiger Global, Sequoia Capital, Tanglin Ventures and Incubate Fund (read more https://www.plumhq.com/blog/plum-series-a-funding">here)

Having found exceptional product/market fit, we’re in the midst of transitioning from 'start-up' to ‘scale-up’, and looking for frontend engineers in React to help us scale Plum.

You will have a direct impact on the customer experience through the design and implementation of new features and functionalities in our product. You'll work as part of a small but rapidly growing high-energy team delivering incredible, creative improvements to our product. You'll be in charge of reviewing the implementation of applications following code standards and style guides.

• Push things over the line, ship awesome features, and delight customers
• Spec, build, test, and deliver new features while improving the performance and quality of the product.
• Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use
• Translating designs and wireframes into high quality code Solve complex CSS, HTML, and User Interface compatibility issues across browsers.
• Implement front-end development workflows: build systems, dependency management, quality checkers (linting), etc.

• 5+ years of hands-on experience building web applications with React or similar framework.
• Understanding of chakra is a plus, not mandatory. 
• Comfortable with Responsive Web Development and with a strong product design sensibilities and has an obsessive attention to detail.
• Write testable, maintainable code that's easy to understand.
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model.
• Strong sense of ownership and integrity demonstrated through clear communication and collaboration.
• Having experience with building and maintaining an open source project or design library is a plus.

Strong hands-on experience with ReactJS, Redux, TypeScript, HTML, Bootstrap, Material UI, CSS3/SCSS, Webpack, NPM, NVM, Visual Studio Code

Knowledge/Experience on Restful APIs integration.

Unit testing with Jasmine or an equivalent framework

Experience or Knowledge in developing complex reusable component libraries such as complex grids, spreadsheet components etc.,

Strong in UI/UX standards implementation

Understanding of browser fundamentals and Page Optimizations

Experience working with Git and Azure

• Use markup languages like HTML to create user-friendly web pages
• Maintain and improve website
• Optimize applications for maximum speed
• Design mobile-based features
• Collaborate with back-end developers and web designers to improve usability
• Get feedback from, and build solutions for, users and customers
• Write functional requirement documents and guides
• Help back-end developers with coding and troubleshooting
• Ensure high quality graphic standards and brand consistency
• Stay up-to-date on emerging technologies

• Proven work experience as a Frontend developer
• Hands on experience with markup languages
• Experience with JavaScript, CSS and jQuery and Bootstrap framework
• Familiarity with browser testing and debugging
• In-depth understanding of the entire web development process (design, development and deployment)
• Understanding of layout aesthetics
• Knowledge of SEO principles and AMP is a plus
• An ability to perform well in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent analytical and multitasking skills
• BSc degree in Computer Science or relevant field

• Complete website redesign: The website of the company has been completely redesigned by collaborating with one of the country’s top designers who has worked with brands such as Treebo, Bira 91, etc. You will get the opportunity to create this from scratch.
• Learning Product: Creating the world’s first and most comprehensive live learning product to help kids become confident communicators
• Teacher Product: Ever thought of how millions of Uber drivers are managed completely by technology? You now have the chance to build technology that will manage the entire lifecycle of thousands of teachers across the globe.

•  Break down tech problems and determine a workable solution.
•  Integrate front-end design and/or code into the back-end system.
• Develop incrementally and iteratively to elicit feedback over a short period of time.
• Write a clean, readable code that doesn’t necessarily need to be commented on.
• Collaborate with the business and design teams
• Continue learning and growing in emerging web technologies and methodologies

• As a developer in a funded product company, you will find immense avenues of growth, in the form of knowledge, exposure to different technology, exposure to different products, career progression, and aggressive monetary growth based on performance.
• All 10x engineers will get unparalleled career growth and will outperform their batchmates by two times.
•  You will get complete accountability – you could proudly say that you have built complete products on your own

• Work experience as a front end developer with a reputed organization
• Good Understanding of  ReactJs or Next Js
• Intermediate understanding of relational databases, specifically SQL-based systems, and language.
• Basic to intermediate understanding of front-end languages and technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, etc.
• Solid understanding of object-oriented development and design patterns.
• Good understanding of testing concepts and practices, including unit, integration, and use case testing.
• A BS/MS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field or comparable experience in web application development required.

• Strong development experience of 2 years using front end technologies such as HTML,  JavaScript, CSS, JQuery, HTML5, React JS, Angular 4 or higher , Type Script
• Skilled at Object Oriented JavaScript and having a working knowledge of at least one of  the following MVC Frameworks (Angular, Ember, React etc.)
• In-depth understanding of the entire web development process (design, development, and deployment) 
• Understanding of common frontend design patterns for developing high performance, user friendly and robust applications