Software Engineer - Front End

• Job Title - Software Engineer - Frontend
• Reports Into - Lead Frontend Web Developer
• Location - Hybrid/Bangalore

A Little Bit about Kwalee….

Kwalee is one of the world’s leading multiplatform game developers and publishers, with well over 900 million downloads worldwide for mobile hits such as Draw It, Teacher Simulator, Let’s Be Cops 3D, Airport Security and Makeover Studio 3D. We also have a growing PC and Console team of incredible pedigree that is on the hunt for great new titles to join TENS!, Eternal Hope, Die by the Blade and Scathe.

What’s In It For You?

• Hybrid working - 3 days in the office, 2 days remote/ WFH is the norm
• Flexible working hours - we trust you to choose how and when you work best
• Profit sharing scheme - we win, you win 
• Private medical cover - delivered through BUPA
• Life Assurance - for long term peace of mind
• On site gym - take care of yourself
• Relocation support - available
• Quarterly Team Building days - we’ve done Paintballing, Go Karting & even Robot Wars
• Pitch and make your own games on Creative Wednesdays! 

Are You Up To The Challenge?

As our Software Engineer - Frontend you’ll be designing and producing excellent web interfaces, working closely with the server and analytics teams. 

Your Team Mates

The frontend team consists of both our frontend developers and designers, we work closely with all parts of the business to create tools that vary across the whole company, from the publishing team to create a portal for people to submit games, the marketing team on things like our website, all the way to our internal teams for things like administration and analytics.

What Does The Job Actually Involve?

• You'll be working directly with the server and client teams to create our games server admin interfaces. And closely with the analytics team developing features for our analytics platform.
• A portion of the work involves maintaining/improving our extensive games server admin interface and our in-house Analytics platform.
• You will be working with a lot of different technologies that make up our worldwide cluster where we support millions of daily players.
• On some projects specific gameplay features rely on server side counterparts and complex web UI interfaces making for a good change of pace from Analytics and Data entry interfaces.

Your Hard Skills

• Minimum 2 years browser-based programming experience
• A proven track record of programming high quality and innovative web pages using Javascript, HTML5 & CSS3 and relevant frameworks (ideally ReactJS but could also be others e.g. AngularJS, NodeJS, Handlebars, jquery, gulp)
• An excellent working knowledge of various programming languages, databases and scripting tools including at least one of bash, MySQL, CouchBase, Python, Java, C#, JSP, PHP
• A creative mindset motivated by challenges and constantly striving for the best
• Interest in mobile games

Your Soft Skills

Kwalee has grown fast in recent years but we’re very much a family of colleagues. We welcome people of all ages, races, colours, beliefs, sexual orientations, genders and circumstances, and all we ask is that you collaborate, work hard, ask questions and have fun with your team and colleagues. 

We don’t like egos or arrogance and we love playing games and celebrating success together. If that sounds like you, then please apply.

A Little More About Kwalee

Founded in 2011 by David Darling CBE, a key architect of the UK games industry who previously co-founded and led Codemasters, our team also includes legends such as Andrew Graham (creator of Micro Machines series) and Jason Falcus (programmer of classics including NBA Jam) alongside a growing and diverse team of global gaming experts.

Everyone contributes creatively to Kwalee’s success, with all employees eligible to pitch their own game ideas on Creative Wednesdays, and we’re proud to have built our success on this inclusive principle.

We have an amazing team of experts collaborating daily between our studios in Leamington Spa, Lisbon, Bangalore and Beijing, or on a remote basis from Turkey, Brazil, Cyprus, the Philippines and many more places around the world. We’ve recently acquired our first external studio, TicTales, which is based in France. 

We have a truly global team making games for a global audience, and it’s paying off: - Kwalee has been voted the Best Large Studio and Best Leadership Team at the TIGA Awards (Independent Game Developers’ Association) and our games have been downloaded in every country on earth - including Antarctica!

We are looking out for Flutter Developers who will be running and designing product application features across various cross platform devices. We are looking out for someone who has experience using Flutter widgets that can be plugged together, customized and deployed anywhere. You should be passionate about writing code, and taking up full ownership of app development.

Qualification :

Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field is preferred.

Experience :

Minimum 1 year experience in Flutter or Andriod App Development.

Responsibilities

• ● Building and shipping a robust application to Android/iOS devices using a single codebase
• ● Writing readable and clear code using Dart that will be extensively documented for future use and upgrades
• ● Sharing feedback and brainstorming ideas with teams to improve the development process
• ● Understand basic concepts of design for developing user friendly applications
• ● Stay up to date with the latest technologies
• ● Familiarize yourself with the different stacks and products.
• ● Lead development initiatives for other features
• Job Qualifications and Skill Sets
• ● Experience in development of Android/iOS applications and have deployed them on Google Play/App Store
• ● 3+ years knowledge in mobile app development
• ● In depth understanding of Object Oriented programming
• ● Familiarity using Git and IDEs like Android Studio & VS Code
• ● Understanding of the Agile Software Development Life Cycle and been exposed to
• Scrum projects
• ● Knowledge of Dart programming language, Rest APIs and integration of various APIs
• from third parties
• ● Comfortable using test cases for debugging code, enhancing performance and reliability
• ● Track record of successfully managing multiple company or customer websites
• ● Excellent time-management and communication skills 

Role : React JS Developer 

• 3-5 years of experience as a React JS developer. 
• Must have Working Experience in a product based organization at least 18 months.
• Good Communication skills must. 
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model 
• Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles 
• Experience with popular React.js workflows (such as Flux or Redux) ● Familiarity with newer specifications of ECMAScript
• Experience with HTML,CSS, Bootstrap and UI Design 
• Knowledge of 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 
• Familiarity with code versioning tools {such as Git} 

• - Contribute to a full development life cycle, including: requirements analysis, functional design, technical design, programming, testing, documentation, implementation, and on-going technical support.
• - Work closely with the existing team to learn the current application architecture, design and understand its functionalities and complexities.
• - Bridge the gap between graphic design and backend technical implementation
• - Build modular, responsive templates using modern CSS techniques
• - Translate UI/UX design wireframes to actual code
• Testing cross-browser, cross-platform, and/or cross-device compatibility for inconsistencies.

• - 2+ years of industry experience as a Front End Developer Engineer
• - Degree in Computer Science or related field
• - Experience with developing web and mobile applications
• - Extensive knowledge HTML5 / CSS3 / JavaScript / jQuery / Bootstrap / ReactJS, AngularJS
• - Strong experience in JSON/XML and REST/SOAP based Web Service based integration.
• - Experience (mandatory) with working Web Framework versions with exposure to creating components and handling AJAX calls.
• - Good to have knowledge in JIRA, GIT.
• - Strong knowledge of Client-Server Architecture.
• - Basic Proficiency with Python or relevant back-end scripting language
• - Ability to think critically and creatively in a dynamic environment, while picking up new tools and domain knowledge along the way

• - A positive attitude, and a growth mindset
• - Great attention to details

• - Experience with API testing software (e.g. Postman)
• - Good Humor

FRONTEND ENGINEER

Nimbly is looking for an experienced frontend engineer with a passion for building quality user-facing applications. Join our growing engineering team and help build software that companies love!

What you will do here

• Develop user-facing features for our Mobile and Web applications
• Write reusable code and cover it with comprehensive unit tests and integration tests
• Optimize application design and code for performance and scalability
• Maintain build, test, and deployment automation pipelines
• Review technical feasibility of product features and UX designs and provide feedback
• Analyze product feature requirements with the team and decompose them into small, shippable units of work
• Collaborate cross-team with designers and back-end developers
• Transform design mockups and wireframes into code
• Share your knowledge and build best practices with team members

Frontend Engineer Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience
• At least 3-6 years experience developing with ReactJS, ReactNative, preferably with TypeScript
• Excellent analytical skills and a keen eye for detail
• A deep knowledge of various software testing techniques and experience with test automation
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills
• Good organizational skills and a detail-oriented mindset

Our tech stack

We built our web application with ReactJS and our mobile apps with ReactNative, using Redux for front-end state management. Everything is written in TypeScript to take advantage of static typing and the preferred language semantics. We’re using Git (BitBucket) for source control and automated pipelines. Our designers use Figma for wireframing and mockups. We deploy to Google Cloud and use a combination of Google Cloud Functions, App Engine, Firebase, and MongoDB for our back-end.

What we’re looking for

As an ideal candidate, you have substantial previous experience with most of our tech stack and are a highly productive individual with excellent communication skills. You enjoy participating in all aspects of software development from requirements analysis to production deployments. You’re a stickler for good software design, set a high bar for quality, and lead by example in these areas.

Benefits at Nimbly

• Competitive net salary and private insurance
• Remote work with flexible working hours
• Dynamic and fun working environment

Responsibilities

• Develop our products front end
• Optimize applications for maximum speed
• Collaborate with back-enddevelopers and web designers to improve usability
• Stay up-to-date on emerging technologies

Requirements

• 4 to 6 years of work-experience as a Front-end developer
• Experience in developing front end applications at scale
• Strong knowledge and experience with JavaScript ,CSS, Angular,AJAX and jQuery,react,node
• Experience in CSS preprocessor (SASS/LESS/COMPASS), CSS framework – Bootstrap.
• In-depth understanding of the entire web development process
• Knowledge of Wordpress theme integration Template customization
• Able to Write code as Per W3 validation Rules, Cross browser, Cross Device, and SEO Friendly

1. Work closely with design, product management, and development teams to create elegant, usable, responsive, and interactive interfaces across multiple devices.
2. Turning UI/UX designs into prototypes, creating awesome interactions from designs, writing reusable content modules, and maintainability of the code.
3. Implement UI development principles to ensure that the product client-side serves at scale.
4. Review and optimize app usage by monitoring key metrics and rectifying the issues proactively.
5. An ability to perform well in a fast-paced environment and bring in optimal flow for rapidly changing design/ technology.
6. Developers should be team player or should work individually when required.
7. Developer should work parallel to backend developers.

1. 1 to 2 years of relevant work experience as a web developer, UI developer, JavaScript expert, or frontend engineer
2. Proficiency in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery.
3. Good understanding of APIs and how to use them to get the work done fast.
4. Proficiency in writing clean and optimized code.
5. Familiar with UI layouts, SASS, Bootstrap, and the CSS GRID system.
6. Experience debugging using popular JavaScript-based tools like Chrome Developer Console.
7. Knowledge of ReactJs/VueJs & Python will be a plus