Software developer

Role:

Senior Frontend Developer

Role Description:

Desired Experience Range 5+ years

Location: Mumbai / Work from Home

Work Experience:

Minimum 5+ years of professional experience in HTML, CSS, AngularJS

Requirements:

1. Must have hands on experience in AngularJS, NodeJS
2. Must have hands on experience in HTML 5, CSS 3
3. Must have hands on experience in developing responsive layouts
4. Must know how to test frontend layouts for various devices and resolutions
5. Must have hands on experience working with SCSS
6. Must have worked with Git
7. Understanding of SDLC process
8. Good to have knowledge of Jira

Key Responsibilites:

1. Converting layouts to HTML/CSS
2. Integrating the created HTML/CSS into the dynamic Slate platform
3. Consuming APIs in AngularJS
4. Setting up oAuth token exchange in AngularJS
5. Looking into any bug fixes post go live
6. Helping the junior developers

Reporting

Candidate will report to the Engineering Lead

• 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!

position Summary

§  Title: UI Developer

§  Location: Bangalore

§  Type: Full Time

§  Qualifications: Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in computer science/Information Science

§  Experience: 4to 7 years

Development skills

§  Top-notch programming skills and in-depth knowledge of modern HTML/CSS, JavaScript

§  Hands-on experience in React JS, ECMAScript (ES5,ES6/above)

§  Experience in Unit and E2E test automation (preferably Jest &Cypress)

§  Knowledge of web components and different component patterns

§  Experience using a state management library (Redux, Context API)

§  A solid understanding of how web applications work including security, session management, performance, and best development practices

§  Adequate knowledge of Object-Oriented Programming and web application development

Methodologies

§  Git, Jenkins

§  Test driven development

Good to have

§  Very good at programming and debugging for cross- browser compatibility and accessibility code

§  Unit testing experience on tools such as chai, mocha, jasmine

§  Reusable components development that can be used across web/ mobile applications.

§  Build tools such as webpack, grunt, gulp, babel

Other skills

§  Collaborate with business partners to gather requirements, implement new functionality, and drive continuous improvements

§  Excellent written, communication & presentation skills

§  Strong analytical skills and enjoys solving complex technical problems.

§  Participate in all phases of software life cycle including architecture, technical design, implement, test, and launch

§  You enjoy wearing multiple hats and roles, and titles are not important to you.

§  You enjoy doing it right first time and utilize tools & techniques to constantly excel in what you work to deliver it on time.

§  You are comfortable working under strict confidentiality agreements and often behind the-scenes.

§  You are self-organized and manage time and resources well.

§  Work independently and as part of a team

§  You are constantly growing your own knowledge, and helping to grow the knowledge of others

We're looking for a Front-end Developer who is able to develop interactive, user-friendly

interfaces which are AMAZING and AESTHETIC in design, appearance, architecture, and compatibility. You will work on a diverse set of unique and challenging projects that allow user to seamlessly interact with technology.

Work Details:

● Deliver best-in-class HTML5/CSS3 front-end code across a broad array of interactive

web and mobile projects

● Excellent eye for layout and ability to translate PSD files into pixel perfect HTML/CSS

code. SASS is a plus.

● Experience with modern JavaScript libraries and frameworks in any of them (React,

Angular or Vue)

● Proficiency working with RESTFUL APIs is a plus

● Intimate knowledge of cross-browser and cross-device development

● Ability to write high-performance, reusable code for UI components, including

appropriate testing

● Some experience in object-oriented programming.

● Strong problem solving, troubleshooting, & analysis skills.

● Familiarity with Linux/Unix environment

● Keen to learn, mentor and willingness to take ownership of work items

● Some experience with distributed version control systems, such as Git

Requirements

● Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent professional

experience

● Experience working with agile teams and making rapid decisions in a dynamic and

disruptive environment

● 3+ years of relevant software development experience

● Strong communication skills

• Build pixel-perfect, buttery smooth UIs across both mobile platforms.

• Leverage native APIs for deep integrations with both platforms.
• Diagnose and fix bugs and performance bottlenecks for performance that feels native.

• Maintain and write clean code to ensure the product is of the highest quality.

• Build fluid, scalable, responsive, and consumer-centric web platforms that target users across a wide array of devices
• Collaborate closely with designers & backend developers and contribute to the full product development life-cycle from design and development to roll out
  Take ownership of work and deliver quality results consistently
• Own the delivery of multiple features in a fast-paced work environment
• Build optimized and modular components to provide performance-oriented solutions
• Work in a dynamic and collaborative culture ensuring good teamwork and communication with remote team members when needed

• 4+ Years of experience in frontend web development (1+ in ReactJS)
• Strong past experience of building, scaling and maintaining feature-rich customer-facing single-page applications
• Ability to translate designs into UI elements with accuracy and an eye for fluidity and responsiveness; strong grasp of any of CSS / sass / less
• Proven ability to implement key concepts of state management, security, and caching practices in enterprise-level web applications used at scale
• Proficient understanding of compatibility issues across different browsers and web and mobile devices and available ways to work around them
• Familiarity with the react ecosystem and popular libraries in that ecosystem
• Strong grasp over core web development concepts like HTML5, JavaScript, CSS3, general Web 2.0 techniques, and working without modern component libraries
• Experience with designing secure web applications with a strong understanding of common security vulnerabilities and best practices
• Understanding of data structures, algorithms and object-oriented programming
• Strong grasp over concepts of performance, optimization, lighthouse, etc
• Strong handle over Git, following best practices to facilitate collaboration

• Hands-on experience with supporting payments and integrating payment gateways
• Experience with progressive web apps, service workers
• Strong grasp over frontend unit and end-to-end testing frameworks

Job Description:

1. Developing the latest user-facing features using React.js.
2. Translate designs and wireframes into high-quality and responsive screens.
3. Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use.
4. Learn and understand user interactions & Translate designs and wireframes
into high-quality code.
5. Optimizing components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers.
6. Creating servers and databases for functionality and coordinating with various
teams working on distinct layers.
7. As a MERN Stack Developer, you will be involved from conception to
completion with projects that are technologically sound and aesthetically
impressive.

Skill Requirements:

1. Full-stack experience designing and building scalable applications end-to-end.
2. Excellent JavaScript skills and strong proficiency in React.
3. Familiarity with the MERN stacks (Mongo DB, Express.JS, React.JS, and Node.JS)
and Working experience with React, Redux, ES6.
4. Experience building backend APIs using Node JS and Express JS.
5. Experience with NoSQL databases such as Mongo DB, mongoose, aggregation
framework, and Redis.
6. Experience with Web sockets and related frameworks (e.g. Socket.IO) and
Knowledge of JSON Web Token.
7. Experience using RESTful APIs and basic Authentication Mechanisms.
8. Create and Maintain Microservices & Ability Showcase past work via live web
pages and familiarity with code versioning tool Git

As a UI Developer with 2+ years of experience

Strong with Javascript/ Typescript with good understanding of DOM

Experience with UI frameworks such as React/ Angular/ VueJS 

Good with CSS/ SCSS/ SASS and handling responsive UI development

Experience using standard UI frameworks such as bootstrap, bulma, material ui etc

Ability to split code into logical components with impetus towards writing reusable components/ styles

Experience with handling state management, separation of layers with the right kind of abstraction 

React Native Developer with iOS  experience - 6 months contract.

Required Experience : 2+ Years

Job Requirements :

- A solid knowledge of JavaScript,HTML&CSS & React Native

- Experience in native iOS and Android development

- Knowledge of functional or object-oriented programming

- Familiarity with native build tools, like XCode, Gradle Android Studio, IntelliJ

- Understanding of REST APIs

Note : This is a 6 months contract position directly under the client payroll.