Sr Frontend Developer

Software Engineering

• 4+ years of experience in designing, developing, and maintaining React-based applications
• 4+ years of hands-on experience in developing medium to large-scale applications using Javascript frameworks
• Experience with projects that involve, improving the reliability and performance of your web-apps, by leveraging different observability tools like Lighthouse, Sentry, and Datadog.
• Good understanding of functional programming paradigms and UI architecture patterns
• A decent understanding of cloud infrastructure like AWS to orchestrate and manage our applications.
• Experience with testing frameworks like JEST, modern auth mechanisms, and server-side rendering through frameworks like NextJS
• Experience with backend technologies like JAVA, and Kotlin would be good to have.

Product Development

• Ability to scope, review and refine user stories for technical completeness and to resolve dependency risks.
• Well-versed in working in an agile environment and being involved in different stages of SDLC - Design, Development, Code Review, Testing, and Release Management
• Ability to work with different CI/CD frameworks, with hands-on experience with Git or any similar source code management tools
• Continuously refactor applications so that they are easy to maintain, easy to extend, and contribute to

Your Tech Stack

Web Application Frameworks: React, Ruby on Rails

Programming Languages: ReasonML/Rescript, Typescript, Javascript, Kotlin, HTML, CSS

Tools and Libraries: Webpack, Sentry, NextJS, NodeJS, Jest, Figma

Communication: HTTP, GraphQL, Amazon SQS, Amazon SNS

Observability: Google Analytics, Lighthouse, Sentry, Kibana, Datadog

What you will build with us?

The front-end platform at Porter is geared toward developing a variety of products for customers, partners, and our internal teams. You will be a part of Porter’s Web Engineering Platform team.

What will be your primary focus?

1. enabling our engineering teams to create highly reliable and scalable software systems, reduce client and server outages and increase system hygiene.
2. building the right set of tooling and flows for our web and mobile teams, for improving developer productivity. This will enable our application teams to churn out user features rapidly and will help them build the best-in-class product solutions for our business teams.
3. work on security initiatives, to protect information and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction in order to provide confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

What will you closely influence?

1. Providing the right user experience to our customers, partners, and cc agents when they reach out to us
2. Building tools to help boost user growth on our platform including our driver onboarding, training and certification system, referral system, and lead management models. A step towards sustainable user growth and providing personalized experiences, on our platform
3. Unlocking new growth levels for Porter, in form of our new vibrant customer base through business initiatives like Packers and Movers, Part-Load, and help Porter on its journey to becoming a super Logistic App.
4. Enabling us to engage our partner ecosystem better with our fast-moving initiatives in the Insurance and Lending segments. Your work here will directly impact the livelihood of our partners
5. Solving problems related to optimal pricepoint for partners and customers, matchmaking with supply and demand, and building confidence around payment experience and location tracking.

We are looking for a creative, skilled UI developer to design web apps with functionality and aesthetics in mind. The UI developer will work with back-end developers and front-end developers to ensure that the applications are optimized for several devices and presented attractively. To be successful as a UI developer you should have excellent knowledge of HTML, JavaScript, and CSS. In addition to this, you must work well in a team as there are several individuals involved in the development process.

• Work with other developers to ensure that the web apps are functional and visually appealing.
• Liaise with the client to gauge their needs and expectations.
• Plan the layout of the applications.
• Ensure that the applications are optimized for various devices.

• Proficiency in HTML, JavaScript, jQuery, and CSS.
• Knowledge of Adobe Illustrator.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Understanding of key design principles.
• Good problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

· Developing user-facing applications using Vue.js

· Building modular and reusable components and libraries

· Optimizing your application for performance

· Implementing automated testing integrated into development and maintenance workflows

· Staying up to date with all recent developments in the JavaScript and Vue.js space

· Keeping an eye on security updates and issues found with Vue.js and all project dependencies

· Proposing any upgrades and updates necessary for keeping up with modern security and development best practices

What we need in you?

· Highly proficient with the JavaScript language and its modern ES6+ syntax and features

· Highly proficient with Vue.js framework and its core principles such as components, reactivity, and the virtual DOM

· Familiarity with the Vue.js ecosystem, including Vue CLI, Vuex, Vue Router, and Nuxt.js

· Good understanding of HTML5 and CSS3, including

· Understanding of server-side rendering and its benefits and use cases

· Knowledge of functional programming and object-oriented programming paradigms

· Ability to write efficient, secure, well-documented, and clean JavaScript code

· Familiarity with automated JavaScript testing, specifically testing frameworks such as Jest or Mocha

· Proficiency with modern development tools, like Babel, Webpack, and Git

· Experience with both consuming and designing RESTful APIs

● Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model

● Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles

● Experience with popular React.js workflows (such as Flux or Redux)

● Familiarity with newer specifications of EcmaScript as well as HTML and CSS

● Experience with data structure libraries (e.g., Immutable.js)

● Working knowledge and integration knowledge with RESTful APIs

● Knowlegde of websockets implementation is a must.

● Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token

● Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools

● Experience with common front-end development tools such as Babel, Webpack, NPM, etc.

● 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}

● Added advantages if you have working knowledge of AWS

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience with one of the top frontend frameworks - React (preferred)/ Angular / Vue
• Solid understanding of modern CSS methodologies like SCSS, SASS
• Exposure to latest developments in UI development like PWA, Single Page Apps, Hybrid Apps, Responsive web design etc
• Working knowledge of RESTful APIs, HTTP 2, Socket Connections
• Deep understanding of Javascript topics including the V8 Engine, Async, Memory Management, Duplex Communication.
• Experienced in Unit / Integration / Visual Testing.
• Ability to develop pixel-perfect web pages from designs
• Prior startup experience is a plus

Job brief:

We are looking for an expert Web Developer responsible for the coding, innovative design and layout of our website. The key responsibility areas shall include building project website from concept all the way to completion from the bottom up, fashioning everything from the home page to site layout and function.

Responsibilities:

• Write well designed, testable, efficient code by using best software development practices
• Create website layout/user interface by using standard HTML/CSS practices and dynamic host servers
• Integrate data from various back-end services and databases
• Gather and refine specifications and requirements based on technical needs
• Create and maintain software documentation
• Be responsible for maintaining, expanding, and scaling project sites
• Stay plugged into emerging technologies/industry trends and apply them into operations and activities
• Coordinate with web designers to match visual design intent
• Coordinate with content writers to match the website objective

Requirements:

• Proven working experience in web programming
• Top-notch programming skills and in-depth knowledge of modern HTML/CSS
• Familiarity with at least one of the following programming languages: PHP, ASP.NET, Javascript or Ruby on Rails, React JS, Angular, Mongo DB and other programming languages
• A solid understanding of how web applications work including security, session management, and best development practices
• Adequate knowledge of relational database systems, Object Oriented Programming and web application development
• Hands-on experience with network diagnostics, network analytics tools
• Basic knowledge of the Search Engine Optimization process
• Aggressive problem diagnosis and creative problem-solving skills
• Strong organizational skills to juggle multiple tasks within the constraints of timelines and budgets with business acumen
• Ability to work and thrive in a fast-paced environment, learn rapidly and master diverse web technologies and techniques.

Educational qualification

• BSc / BCA / B-Tech in computer science or a related field

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