Sr Frontend Developer

About Shopflo

At Shopflo, we're trying to change the way consumers experience brands and businesses. Our first product was a cart and checkout platform for e-commerce, that allowed marketers to personalise discounts, rewards, and payments. We are currently also working on a new product that takes it a notch higher by unlocking enterprise-grade personalization for all consumer tech businesses.

Team & Company

Shopflo was founded by three co-founders:

• Ankit Bansal (ex-IIT Kharagpur, Oracle, Gupshup)
• Ishan Rakshit (ex-IIT Bombay, Parthenon, Elevation Capital)
• Priy Ranjan (ex-IIT Madras, McKinsey, Elevation Capital)

We’re a fast-growing team of ~50 people, based in HSR Layout, Bengaluru. We raised a $3.8M seed round from Tiger Global, TQ Ventures.

What you will do:

• Own and build next generation web applications which are efficient, reusable front-end abstractions and systems
• Developing highly responsive user interface components using react concepts
• As part of an innovative, fast-paced team, you will actively participate in design and code reviews to build robust applications and prototypes
• Ensure that all the assigned systems are performing to scale
• Work closely with co-founders, product managers, and backend engineers to decompose UI/UX flow into actionable tasks and ensure timely features delivery

You should apply if you have:

• 2-4 years of work experience working as a ReactJS developer
• In-depth knowledge of JavaScript, CSS, HTML, and knowledge in any one of the react based frameworks like Next, Gatsby is a plus
• Understanding of browser internals and the network stack
• Basic awareness of application security practices and deployment techniques for frontend projects
• Basic knowledge of testing frameworks including Mocha and Jest is a plus
• Fluency in using Git and GitHub
• Ability to write concise and structured code

Good to haves:

• Experience with React Native
• UI/UX design sense
• CSS frameworks like Tailwind, Bulma, and CSS Preprocessors
• Understanding of SSR, SSG, CSR

Description:

Looking for a great JavaScript developer who is proficient with React.js. primary focus will

be on developing user interface components and implementing them following well-known

React.js workflows with Redux.

Requirements:

Experience with web technologies (REACT, REDUX, AJAX, SCSS/LESS/CSS,

Hooks,HTML)

Excellent conceptual understanding of DOM, JavaScript, HTML/CSS and cross browser

rendering, behavior and performance. The candidate should have high level knowledge

on user experience, asset loading, browser rendering, responsive design, state

management, JavaScript asynchronous patterns, request handling, partial page updates, and REST APIs

with AJAX

Experience implementing static typing in JavaScript (Babel, Typescript)

Familiar with TDD practices. Comfortable with Jest, Jasmine, Cypress, Webdriver.io,

and other automation frameworks to develop and keep the test suite up to date.

Familiarity with front-end build/publish tools, such as npm. Grunt/Gulp.js, Webpack,

browserify.js

Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as GIT.

Your primary focus will be developing web applications and components. You'll implement them with the React.js framework, following generally accepted practices and workflows. You will ensure that you produce robust, secure, modular, and maintainable code. You will coordinate with other team members, including backend developers and UX/UI designers. Your commitment to team collaboration, good communication, and a quality product is crucial.

Day-to-day responsibilities include:

1. Developing new user-facing features using React.js and workflows like Redux.
2. Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use.
3. Translating designs and wireframes in high-quality code.
4. Optimising components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers.
5. Integrating APIs for complete functionality.
6. Write technical documentation.

Responsibilities include:

1. Experience developing desktop and mobile applications for a minimum of 2 years.

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

3. Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles

4. Should have experience with Redux and respective middlewares (eg. redux-thunk or redux-saga)

5. Familiarity with RESTful APIs

6. Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token

7. Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools

8. Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements

9. Knowledge of D3.js would be plus

Skills Required: HTML/CSS, Javascript, React.js, Redux.

Required Experience: 2 - 4 year of experience