Software Engineer II - JavaScript

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

Skills:

• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model
• Good Experience in Next.js
• Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles
• Experience with popular React.js workflows (Redux)
• Familiarity with newer specifications of ECMAScript
• Experience with data structure libraries (e.g., Immutable.js)
• Knowledge of isomorphic React is a plus
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs
• Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token
• Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
• A knack for benchmarking and optimization
• Familiarity with code versioning tools (such as Git, SVN, and Mercurial)

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.

Role: UI Developer (ReactJs Developer)

Experience: 1.5 - 2.5 Years
Qualification: BE (IT/ Computer), B.Tech., M.Tech., MCA.

Primary Skills (Must Have):

·      1.5 - 2.5 years of experience in web UI development 

·      Hands-on experience in developing responsive design using ReactJs,HTML 5 + CSS3, jQuery

·      Bootstrap 3 and other JavaScript Frameworks 

·      Worked on SCSS and LESS 

·      Worked on UI integration, collaborate with the design team to define the UI architecture, using Web design best practices 

·      Knowledge of Material design framework Good communication and interpersonal skills 

Additional skills/good to have:

·      Hands-on experience in developing a web-based solution using the latest technologies covering React.Js Angular, Angularjs, jQuery, JavaScript, HTML5 technology (CSS3, Compass, etc.), object-oriented javascript and MVC js frameworks like Extjs/angular/backbone

·      Bootstrap 4 WCAG standards (AAA) W3C validator BEM standards Table structure (Mailer) 

·      Ability to work independently, good communication skills have experience in working on complex and medium to large projects.

·      Good understanding of SDLC and flair to follow the processes. 

·      An understanding of the fundamentals in object-oriented development, UML and Design Patterns

·      Experience building complex web apps that have been successfully delivered to customers 

·      Exceptional analytical abilities, creativity, and attention to detail 

·      Good team player who is a self-starter and well organized

·      Good expertise, good in technical analysis/debugging problems/issues, 

·      Experience in designing and architecting medium to complex systems, well versed with design standards &   framework

·      Experience in working on multiple technologies and complex projects 

·      Knowledge in Design Patterns. 

·      Mobile development experience would be an added advantage.

·      Functional and Technical Specs documentation

Role: Angular Developer

Positions: 4

• Experience 3 to 5 years
• Strong front-end development skills, experience with JavaScript libraries/frameworks mainly Angular JS Preferably Version 7 or Version 5
• Experience working with server-side JavaScript Frameworks and build tools (node.js, bower, grunt, gulp)
• Demonstrable experience developing large-scale applications using one or more MV* patterns (MVVM, MVC, MVP)
• Expertise in developing single page web applications using front-end routing, consuming JSON-based RESTful APIs, client-side templating
• Strong competency in responsive layouts leveraging CSS and media queries and related UI frameworks (e.g., Bootstrap, Foundation)
• Experience with CSS preprocessors (e.g., Sass, LESS)
• Experience with code analysis tools (e.g., JSLint, JSPerf)
• Practical knowledge of web page optimization techniques and guidelines for fast page load times
• Strong understanding of Ajax and/or promises
• Experience working in an agile, multidisciplinary team.
• Experience working with a distributed version control system (git, mercurial)
• Experience writing unit tests in one or more of the following: karma, mocha, chai, sinon, jasmine, jest
• Experience working on AWS. Basic understanding of Security Groups/ VPC etc.
• Experience on working with & integrating with microservices
• Experience on developing/ using CI/CD pipeline using Jenkins/ Git

Key Result Areas: 

• Build world class Webapps for the Ola Electric ecosystem.
• Work on a full product development lifecycle from requirement gathering, product design, development, to roll out and maintenance
• Effectively collaborate with multiple teams and stakeholders including product and design
• Own the delivery of multiple features of the product end to end 
• Advocate best development practices such as continuous integration/continuous delivery, automation (testing and infrastructure) and code modularity, extensibility, quality
• Experience in building Websites from Scratch is a big plus

Key Skills Required: 

• Min 3+ Years in Web Application Development
• Write clean, solid and testable code while keeping the user experience fast and reliable
• Strong understanding of HTML, CSS, JS, JQuery, Reach, Redux 
• Proficient in Web Interface designing
• Experience in developing reusable UI components
• Deep functional knowledge or hands on design experience with Web Services 
• Strong grasp of security principles and how they apply to E-Commerce websites.

Responsibilities 

• Convert wireframes into rich interactive prototypes. 
• Work with backend development team to integrate front end code. 
• Understand business requirements and convert into functional specifications. 
• Participate in architecture and technical level discussions and takes initiative. 
• Passion for web design and eager to learn and implement the latest trends.
• A focus on delivering high-quality code through strong testing practices
• Working on Information architecture and Designing wireframes and prototypes.

Skills Required:

• 4+ years of commercial-grade web/front-end development experience.
• Strong experience in JavaScript, ideally ES6 or ES7, Node.js, building Single Page Web Applications with modern frameworks (Angular or AngularJS, React, Vue).
• 2+ years hands on experience with frameworks like react/relay/Redux/node.
• 2+ years with JS build tools like grunt,webpack,gulp etc.
• Knowledge in ES6, Webpack is a plus.
• Experience in creating web applications with delightful user experience.
• Experience working with REST APIs.
• Experience in TDD, Writing Clean & Readable code.
• Experience in Version control - Git.
• Awareness of cross-browser compatibility issues and client-side performance considerations 
• Experience in creating responsive pages and cross-browser support.
• Ability to clearly communicate thoughts and ideas by rapid prototyping.
• Debugging skills, familiar with debugging tools of all major browsers.

Nice to Have:

• Prior experience in Fintech Startups
• Knowledge of Node.js, Express js, AWS (EC2, S3, Elasticsearch)
• Knowledge and working experience with MongoDB, NOSQL