
Software Engineer - Frontend
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Software Engineer - Frontend
Experiencing the world we live in is fundamental to our collective happiness and progress as a society. Headout’s mission is, and will always be, to unlock this happier world by connecting amazing in-person experiences with people all over the globe, giving them the opportunity to be entertained, educated and inspired. We are evolving the way people discover the world by connecting them with exceptional experiences at the push of a button. By combining delightful product experience, data-driven decisions, sophisticated supply side logistics network, and world-class operations, our single minded focus is on solving a huge basic human problem: how do we have a good time? On this mission, we've already served 7M+ guests from 190 countries who have headed out to an experience with us. While building scale that drives $200M+ in annualised sales, we hit profitability that is such a rarity on the back of our superior model.
As travel and in-person experiences recover, Headout is playing a critical role in our return to our way-of-life. With pent-up demand, generation and digitisation of experiences having been pushed forward by a decade, there is no better time to build than NOW.
We at Headout, like to solve real-world problems in the simplest & most elegant manner possible. We're seeking Frontend Engineers with the ability and passion for building solutions to people-centered problems that are created at the intersection of human behavior and technology. We also love folks who have a sense of humor and know how to have fun. ;-)
👩💻 The Role
- Craft the front-end architecture, develop our core features, and collaborate with our Product & Design teams to build something useful and beautiful.
- Build slick UI interfaces to provide the best user experience.
- Get your hands dirty with cross-platform architectural challenges, new frameworks, design patterns, and technologies.
- Build and contribute to open-source libraries and components.
🌟 Our Dream Engineer
- A penchant for learning and building with new technologies and frameworks.
- A knack for writing the most performance optimized code along with it being modular and scalable.
- No challenge is too big to solve; love thinking product and excited to ideate & build stuff all by yourself.
- You're interested in being an early employee at a growing company, with the influence and responsibility that entails.
- You have broad and deep knowledge across a variety of contemporary technologies.
💝 We like
- 2+ years of experience developing front-end platforms preferably in a high-growth startup.
- Solid hands-on experience with Javascript ES5 and ES6.
- Experience with NodeJS, Typescript, browser dev-tools etc.
- An opinion and preferably hands-on experience of CSS in JS vs old school style of writing CSS.
- Experience developing responsive designs using open source frameworks or even better, an attempt at your own framework.
- Solid understanding of how the web works and it's underlying communication protocols.
- People who give up anything to optimize that animation that they just created.
- Nice to Haves: An interest in UX, travel, local experiences & hospitality.

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Desired Experience
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Job Description
What You’ll Do
- Taking an active role in architecting the solutions we build
- Designing and implementing web applications using JavaScript and its frameworks (i.a. React, Vue, Angular), HTML5 and CSS3
- Working closely with the dispersed development team, client, and project manager in SCRUM methodology
- Ensuring that programming practices and code quality are respected
- Supporting other engineers with your expertise when needed (knowledge sharing)
- Leading your colleagues’ growth and development
What you bring to the table
- 3+ years of Experience with React. Good to have a working knowledge of React Native, Angular, VueJS
- Strong expertise with HTML, CSS, and writing cross-browser-compatible code.
- Good understanding of AJAX and JavaScript DOM manipulation Techniques
- Experience with RESTful services
- Experience in JavaScript build tools like grunt or gulp
- Hands-on and implements complex React modules
- Able to implement automated testing platforms and unit tests
- Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools (Git)
- Critical thinker and problem-solving skills
Bonus if you have…
- Experience with Angular2+ and Node
- Experience with AWS or GCP infrastructure
- Curiosity about new languages, libraries, frameworks
- Contributions to open-source projects
- Experience with Selenium, or Jest or similar front end test frameworks
Job Title: Mid-Level Frontend Developer (React/TypeScript)
Job Description: We are looking for a Mid-Level Front End Developer with 2-3 years of experience in React and TypeScript to join our team. The ideal candidate should have a strong understanding of React and TypeScript, and be able to write high-quality, maintainable code. They should also be familiar with module CSS, have experience working with component libraries and state management frameworks, and have a passion for creating beautiful and intuitive user interfaces.
Responsibilities:
● Develop high-quality, scalable, and maintainable code using React and TypeScript
● Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement new features
● Participate in code reviews and contribute to code quality improvement initiatives
● Use our in-house component library and Storybook to develop reusable components
● Work with Recoil.js for state management and Context API for in-house libraries
● Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code that follows best practices
● Ensure code quality and maintainability through automated testing, linting, and code analysis
● Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and technologies in front-end development
Requirements:
● 2-3 years of experience in developing front-end applications using React and TypeScript
● Strong understanding of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
● Familiarity with module CSS and component libraries
● Experience with state management frameworks like Recoil.js and Context API
● Strong understanding of code quality and best practices
● Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
● Good communication and teamwork skills
● Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field is preferred
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Responsibilities
Below are some of the responsibilities a Vue.js developer is expected to assume in their position:
- Write performant code using core Vue, Vuex, and Vue Router to create websites and web applications
- Create tests for code written by yourself and other web developers, full-stack developers, and software engineers
- Integrate Vue into legacy projects
- Diagnose and fix bugs and other software defects in new and existing Vue applications
- Run code optimization tools and analyzers to spot and refactor inefficiencies to create highly performant code
Job Qualifications and Skill Sets
Below are the qualifications expected of a Vue.js developer:
- Bachelor’s degree or several years of experience in enterprise products, computer science, or other related fields
- Strong understanding of JavaScript and React JS, including the latest revisions of ECMAScript
- Good knowledge of the Vue.js framework and related components such as Vuex and Vue Router
- Experience with standard tools and services in JavaScript front-end development and software development, such as Git, JIRA, HTML5, Laravel, Angular, Node.js, and npm
- The ability to work as part of a team, taking ownership of individual components and following coding guidelines to create performant components that fit into more-comprehensive projects
- An understanding of advanced JavaScript concepts, such as dealing with asynchronous requests and dynamic content
- Experience with integrating and maintaining external software libraries and APIs using a command-line interface and package managers
Requirements:
- Knowledge of REACT tools including React.js, Webpack, Redux.
- Experience with user interface design.
- Excellent troubleshooting skills.
- Good project management skills.
- In-depth knowledge of JavaScript, CSS, HTML, and front-end languages.
Skills Required:
- React (Must), Preferably mobx experience
- Modern CSS layouts like Flex, Grid
- Strong fundamentals in OOP design patterns
- Basic understanding of REST API's
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
- Optimizing components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers
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- Good to have Gradle/Maven, Git, Log4J, Mockito
- Knowledge of Spring and Java
- Knowledge of AWS platform is a plus
What You’ll Do
- Should be able to develop an application with vanilla Javascript without any frameworks.
- Maintain reusable code and improve code quality.
- Optimize application for maximum speed.
- Should take ownership and work closely with other teams. such as back-end.
- Make suggestions for better solutions to problems and keep abreast of the latest and emerging technologies.
- Be comfortable working throughout the lifespan of a project.
Who you are
- Should have minimum 5+ years of experience.
- Proficient understanding of web markup, including HTML5, CSS3 and vanilla JavaScript.
- Should have good knowledge on ES6.
- Understanding of CSS pre-processing platforms, such as LESS and SASS.
- Should be proficient any of the the frameworks ReactJs, VueJs etc.
- Should have knowledge on Node Js.
- Should have hands on experience web component development.
- Good understanding of Responsive Web Designing, CSS media queries and Bootstrap library.
- Understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them.
- Good understanding of asynchronous/Ajax request handling.
- Good understanding of OOJS.
- Knowledge of code versioning tools, such as GIT.
- Knowledge in writing UI test cases using any test framework.
Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent demonstrable experience.
Benefits
- In addition to competitive salaries and benefits packages, Nisum India offers its employees some unique and fun extras:
- Continuous Learning - Year-round training sessions are offered as part of skill enhancement certifications sponsored by the company on an as need basis. We support our team to excel in their field.
- Parental Medical Insurance - Nisum believes our team is the heart of our business and we want to make sure to take care of the heart of theirs. We offer opt-in parental medical insurance in addition to our medical benefits.
- Activities -From the Nisum Premier League's cricket tournaments to hosted Hack-a-thon, Nisum employees can participate in a variety of team building activities such as skits, dances performance in addition to festival celebrations.
- Free Meals - Free snacks and dinner is provided on a daily basis, in addition to subsidized lunch.









