Software Engineer - Frontend

• Work with design and marketing team to improve website conversion rate for different sign up processes
• Work with the marketing team to improve main website KPIs - New users, average time on page, session duration are the main ones
• Write automation scripts to help automate redundant manual processes of other marketing functions– SEO, Outbound, Content, Product Marketing
• Work on our Shopify demo store to showcase new product releases and features. This is pretty interesting as you’ll get to play around with Shopify backend (the most popular eCommerce platform in the world)
• Work on building integrations and workflows between different marketing automation platforms. Our current marketing tech stack involves Salesforce, HubSpot, Reply, Similarweb and more.
• Web scraping for new growth initiatives

• Good understanding of UI, cross-browser compatibility, general web functions, and standards.
• Ensuring the technical feasibility by communicating and co-ordinating with the UI/UX teams.
• Optimizing applications for maximum speed and scalability.
• Working closely with graphic designers and converting designs to visual elements.
•   Expertise and hands-on experience with Web Applications and programming languages such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Bootstrap.
•   Knowledge of using (Ex: advanced JavaScript libraries and frameworks such as Angular, NodeJS, ReactJS, VueJS, etc.).
•   Developing mobile and desktop responsive web applications.
•   Maintaining code integrity and organization.
•   Assisting in updating the application development policies to ensure that all future applications meet the latest technical requirements.
•   Collaborating with other team members and stakeholders for requirements.

Job Description:

Translating system requirements into the design and development of systems.
Transform vital business needs into code and drive innovation.
Collaborating and integrating code into enterprise systems.
Creative problem-solving skills.
Attitude to achieve the goals with complete ownership and hard work.

Technical Skills:

Must Have:

• 2+ Years of experience in UI/Front-end development of rich interactive web-based applications or modules.
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model.
• Experience working as a React.js Developer. Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles.
• In-depth knowledge of JavaScript, CSS, HTML, HTML 5, JSON, XML and front-end languages.
• Knowledge of REACT tools including React.js, Webpack, Enzyme.
• Knowledge of MVC Pattern and Architecture. Experience with popular React.js workflows (such as Flux or Redux)
• Experience with user interface design.
• Experience with web debugging and performance testing software.
• Experience in all testing phases of development including Unit & Integration Testing.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills.
• Team player
• Excellent time-management skills

Beneficial:

• Working experience with Core Java.
• Knowledge of Jquery , Nodejs, Bootstrap, Struts, Spring, Hibernate, JSP, JSF, Angular, Vue,js Framework.
• Working with Databases (MSSQL, Oracle, Postgres)
• Working experience on source code version control systems (SVN, GIT)
• Working experience on Issue Tracking tool e.g. Jira, Bugzilla
• Working experience on Code Analysis tools e.g. Sonar Qube, Checkmarx.
• Experience in Restful Web Services integration.
• Knowledge of performance testing frameworks including Mocha and Jest.
• Independent worker
• Great interpersonal and communication skills

Responsibilities

• Participate as a team member in all phases of software development lifecycle.
• Co-ordinating with the team on individual responsibilities and roadblocks.
• Perform design, development and testing on individual tasks
• Managing initiatives on UI/UX work
• Transparently share the challenges & feedbacks.
• Participate in integrated testing of product/ package.
• Designing a modern highly responsive web-based enterprise application component user interface.
• Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use.
• Translating designs and wireframes into high-quality code.
• Learn and understand user interactions.
• Optimizing components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers
• Coordinating with various teams working on distinct layers.
• Providing technical assistance to the other teammates.
• Keep compliance with Quality Systems and Procedures.

• Convert design to Angular 5 components.
• Must have good experience in UI Developer + Angular.
• In-hand experience on UI Developer, Discovery, Angular, Brand and platform exploration, Styleguide, Proof of concept, Design production, Usability testing.
• Use SCSS as the CSS macroprocessor.
• Integrate the Angular services with APIs from the backend team.
• Test your screens using a tool for all browsers and resolution compatibility.
• Handle and track tasks assigned using Agile methodology.
• Strong commitment towards quality and schedule.
• Cross team coordination.
• Implement UI development best practices to write optimized and non-buggy code.
• Work in Agile environment with sprint releases ranging from 2 to 4 weeks.
• Feasibility study of requirement and suggest multiple approaches for a problem after sufficient RnD.
• Keep abreast with trending recent UI tools, technologies, plugins and software in the industry.
• Roll-up your sleeves attitude to get things done.

Company Overview: We are a fast-growing vertical SaaS company in Chennai. Our product - GrowSmart - is used by leading project contracting companies across India. Our team values the following: respect for every individual, excellent learning opportunities, challenging work environment, larger responsibilities earlier in your career, commitment towards results, recognition for hard work. Website: https://growsmartsmb.com 

Job Overview: You will be part of the core product engineering team. It’s a small, highly productive team building a large and complex product. Our web app is built with React and Redux. The mobile apps are built with React-Native. The backend is built with NodeJs and PostgreSQL. So, javascript is the language we speak 😉. If you are fluent in javascript, you will be a great fit! This position is primarily for the front-end, but we encourage full-stack developers.

You will be a team player working collaboratively with product leaders, UI designers, and the testing team. Requirement Analysis, Design, Development, Unit Testing, and Integration Testing are the major activities you will take up. You will own a feature from UI design to go live.

Skills Expected:

1. Sound understanding of HTML/ DOM / Javascript / CSS.
2. Strong practical expertise in React and Redux.
3. Good understanding of usability, error handling, performance, and reusability concepts.
4. Ability to learn new concepts rapidly.
5. Ability to handle complexity - you will work on a large and complex app, often more than one task at a time.
6. Being self-driven - you enjoy taking ownership; you don’t need constant follow-up from a manager.

Job Highlights: Great opportunity to work on the full-stack in a large and complex product, with a small core team. Modern workplace at the heart of the city – Ashok Nagar. Young and flat team – you get full freedom to learn and grow. Excellent growth opportunity – can take up bigger responsibilities earlier in your career. Medical insurance for self. Due recognition and appreciation for hard work.

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We are looking for top-notch, motivated engineers to come join our growing team at IK.

Who you are

• You have 2 - 7 years experience.
• You love the buzz of a highly productive and fast moving team.
• Strong product and design sensibilities and an obsessive attention to detail.
• You have a get-things-done attitude and deep empathy for users and fellow teammates.
• You can write testable, maintainable code that’s easy to understand.
• You love coding and look forward to taking on complex, abstract features.
• You don't care about front end, backend kinda titles. You like working anywhere in the "stack".
• You are looking to grow fast with a company that's on a rapid growth path.

What will excite us

• Previous startup experience or experience being part of early teams.
• Experience with the Django & Python universe.
• Experience with both Relational and NoSQL DBs.
• Competitive Programming experience.
• A keen desire to problem solve, brainstorm and debate during the interview.

What will excite you

• Complete ownership
• Experiment, fail and learn.
• High pedigree, high caliber team.
• Contribute to every area of our business. Have a real impact with your work.
• Top of the line compensation.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience developing modular front-end components using HTML, CSS, JavaScript/Jquery, JSON and micro formats.
• 2+ years of experience in React.
• Played with Webpack and Modular architecture.
• Solid understanding of user-centered design principles.
• Experience in cross-browser compatibility.

Our interview process is designed to help you show the best version of yourself. Once your candidature is finalized, we'll send you a short video explaining the interview process.

Look forward to speaking with you soon!

• Develop new user-facing features
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use
• Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs
• Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability
• Assure that all user input is validated before submitting to back-end
• Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders