
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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Job overview:
We are seeking an experienced React.js Developer who is passionate about crafting high-quality, scalable, and performant front-end applications. The ideal candidate should have strong hands-on experience in modern JavaScript frameworks, UI development, and a keen eye for detail.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain responsive web applications using React.js, JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, and CSS3.
- Build scalable and reusable UI components with React Hooks, Redux/Context API, and component-driven architecture.
- Optimize app performance to ensure fast load times, smooth interactions, and cross-browser compatibility.
- Write clean, modular, well-documented code following industry best practices and Git-based workflows.
- Troubleshoot, debug, and enhance existing features based on user feedback, analytics, and technical requirements.
- Integrate RESTful APIs and collaborate closely with backend engineers, designers, and product managers.
- Stay updated with emerging trends, tools, and best practices in front-end development to continuously improve the codebase and architecture.
Required Skills
- 4+ years of hands-on experience in React.js and JavaScript (ES6+).
- Strong understanding of HTML5, CSS3, Flexbox, Responsive Design, and UI frameworks (Tailwind/Bootstrap).
- Experience with state management using Redux, Redux Toolkit, or Context API.
- Hands-on experience with REST APIs, asynchronous programming, and front-end build tools (Webpack, Babel, npm/yarn).
- Good understanding of version control using Git.
- Ability to write efficient, scalable, and re-usable components following best practices.
· 7+ years of professional experience in front-end development.
· 5+ years of hands-on experience with React.js and its ecosystem (Redux, Context API, Hooks, etc.)
· Strong understanding of JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, and CSS3.
· Experience with RESTful APIs, GraphQL, and WebSocket integration.
· Proficiency in modern build tools (Webpack, Vite, Babel, etc.).
· Expertise in state management libraries (Redux, MobX) and React Query.
· Solid understanding of UI/UX principles and responsive design.
· Experience with testing frameworks (Jest, React Testing Library, Cypress, etc.).
· Familiarity with modern CI/CD pipelines and version control tools (Git).
About the Company:
Our client is a B2B2C tech Web3 startup founded by founders - IITB Graduates who are experienced in retail, ecommerce and fintech.
Role Description :We are looking for a React.Js developer interested in building performant mobile apps on both the iOS and Android platforms. You will be responsible for architecting and building these applications, as well as coordinating with the teams responsible for other layers of the product infrastructure. Building a product is a highly collaborative effort, and so we are looking for a strong team player with a commitment to perfection.
Key Responsibilities
• Developing new user-facing features using prominent front-end frameworks • Involved with and translates designs and style guides provided by the UI/UX team into functional user interfaces using responsive design, ensuring cross-browser compatibility and performance • Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use • Optimizing components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers • Takes ownership and responsibility for the successful delivery of the solutions • Works collaboratively with the engineering and product solution team, demonstrates prototypes for faster feedback to keep improving the user experience • Contributes to continual improvement by suggesting improvements to the user interface, software architecture, or use of new technologies
Required Skills and Qualifications
• 3-8 years of experience in frontend development primarily using React
• Experience in Hypertext Markup Language revision 5 (HTML5), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), TypeScript and ReactJS (JavaScript)
• Thorough understanding of NodeJs & React.js(SSR) and its core principles
• Experience with common front-end development tools such as Babel, Webpack, NPM, etc.
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
• A self-starter, who loves to take on hard problems and is enthusiastic to learn new technologies and work in startup environments
Regards
Team Merito
- Expertise of UI framework - React/Redux, RXJS
- Experience with React Native is preferred
- Preferred experience with new generation of Web Programming - using Micro Service, REST/JSON, Component UI models
- Expertise with data visualization flow development along with usage of modern charting and graphical java script library
- Preferred experience with AWS RedShift or Postgress
- React/Redux, RXJS, HTML, CSS, Javascript (ES5, ES6), Data visualization and Chart Libraries
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WORK FROM HOME / 1 year Contract Role |
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Designing a modern highly responsive web-based user interface with the latest user-facing features ·
·Building reusable components and front-end libraries ·
Translating wireframe and design into high-quality code ·
As a React.js Developer, you will be involved from conception to completion with projects that are technologically sound and aesthetically impressive ·
· Maintain code and write automated tests to ensure the product is of the highest quality ·
· Optimizing components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers ·
· Leverage assets and resources provided by the client into applications ·
· Write and optimize code in a well-documented and clean way alongside its benchmarking products
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REQUIREMENTS:
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We are looking for experienced React JS developers who are proficient with JavaScript and TypeScript.
The primary focus of the selected candidates would be on developing user interface components implementing and executing them following well-known React.js workflows (such as Next and redux). Enduring these components, the overall application should be robust and easy to manage.
You should be a team player with commitments to achieve perfection by every stage of development that includes collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and quality products |
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TECHNICAL SKILLS:
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·Proficiency in JavaScript and TypeScript including DOM manipulation
· Knowledge of functional and object-oriented programming in JS/TS · Experience with HTML, CSS, ECMAScript (ES6), Restful APIs (application programming interfaces)
Experience with common front-end development tools such as babel, Webpack, NPM, Yarn, etc. ·
Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Tokens · Knowledge of other frameworks such as Gatsby JS, Angular, Vue, etc. is a plus · Knowledge of Code versioning tools such as Git, SVN, etc. ·
Understanding of automated testing tools like Jest, Mocha, etc.
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assigned domain(s) by collaborating with solution architects, product managers, and software engineers.
This position will be actively involved with implementing software solutions that meet project needs.
Responsible to design and implement solutions for the assigned domain areas
In this role you will
- Be a part of a small UI team and will work closely with the UXdesigner and product manager to shape the product design.
- Build web UI components for a cloud-native SaaS product.
- Drive clear requirements for the backend APIs working closely withthe backend engineers.
- Focus on quality and velocity by developing appropriate tests.
Requirements
- Highly motivated self-starter with a builder’s mindset.
- 5+ years of web UI development experience.
- Highly skilled in JavaScript, HTML and CSS.
- Deep knowledge and experience of REST APIs.
Preferred: experience with frameworks such as React
Preferred: full stack development experience
Responsibilities
- A complete ownership of the feature.
- Find innovative ways to increase efficiency/Application performance.
- Implement Visual Designs in standards compliant.
- Build efficient and reusable front-end systems and abstractions.
- Suggest and implement improvements to existing product interfaces.
- Ensure that all the assigned systems are performing to scale.
- Work closely with product management team to define and refine feature.
Requirements
- At least 2 years of product development experience with expertise in designing and implementing high-performance web applications.
- Strong hands-on experience in developing web applications using JavaScript.
- Strong experience and knowledge in single page frameworks using ReactJS and ability to design the architecture of single page applications.








