Technical Lead UI - Full Stack Backend

Front end Developer : (Group Manager )

Job Description

Join our product development team to develop our web applications

You are a creative web programmer that will focus on the front-end development and design, but also assist as needed with back-end development if needed.

Design, production, modification, and maintenance of web application’s user interface

Assist with the development and implementation of new features

Work with back-end developers to implement front-end and user interface requirements

Work with team on designing new interfaces to programs

Thoroughly document design and implemented code

Qualifications

- B.E. or B. Tech or MCA

- 5 to 8+ years of overall experience

5 years of frontend web application development

Proficient understanding of web markup, including HTML5, CSS3

Proficient understanding of client-side scripting and JavaScript frameworks, including jQuery. Strong understanding of JavaScript

Good working experience of any of advanced JavaScript libraries and frameworks such as AngularJS, KnockoutJS, BackboneJS, ReactJS

Good understanding of asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, and AJAX

Proficient understanding of code versioning tools GIT/SVN

Good understanding of browser rendering behavior and performance

Good knowledge of charting any frameworks like Highcharts, Highmaps or D3JS

Working with and leveraging cloud PaaS components for front end delivery

Experience in any server-side programming is a plus

Familiarity with Visio, Basic knowledge of image authoring tools, to be able to crop, resize, or perform small adjustments on an image is a plus.

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.

• Complete website redesign: The website of the company has been completely redesigned by collaborating with one of the country’s top designers who has worked with brands such as Treebo, Bira 91, etc. You will get the opportunity to create this from scratch.
• Learning Product: Creating the world’s first and most comprehensive live learning product to help kids become confident communicators
• Teacher Product: Ever thought of how millions of Uber drivers are managed completely by technology? You now have the chance to build technology that will manage the entire lifecycle of thousands of teachers across the globe.

•  Break down tech problems and determine a workable solution.
•  Integrate front-end design and/or code into the back-end system.
• Develop incrementally and iteratively to elicit feedback over a short period of time.
• Write a clean, readable code that doesn’t necessarily need to be commented on.
• Collaborate with the business and design teams
• Continue learning and growing in emerging web technologies and methodologies

• As a developer in a funded product company, you will find immense avenues of growth, in the form of knowledge, exposure to different technology, exposure to different products, career progression, and aggressive monetary growth based on performance.
• All 10x engineers will get unparalleled career growth and will outperform their batchmates by two times.
•  You will get complete accountability – you could proudly say that you have built complete products on your own

• Work experience as a front end developer with a reputed organization
• Good Understanding of  ReactJs or Next Js
• Intermediate understanding of relational databases, specifically SQL-based systems, and language.
• Basic to intermediate understanding of front-end languages and technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, etc.
• Solid understanding of object-oriented development and design patterns.
• Good understanding of testing concepts and practices, including unit, integration, and use case testing.
• A BS/MS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field or comparable experience in web application development required.

Job Description:

- We are looking for a great Frontend developer who is proficient with Javascript and/or React.js to join us at the earliest.

- You will be entrusted with developing user interface components and implementing them using popular React.js workflows (Flux, Redux, etc.).

- You will ensure that these components and the overall application are robust and easy to maintain. You will coordinate with the rest of the team working on different layers of the infrastructure.
- Apply now if you love collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and ensure the quality is maintained.

Know your work:
- Responsible for the development of a new highly-responsive, web-based user interface.
- Construct visualizations that are able to depict vast amounts of data.
- 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.
- Develop a flexible and well-structured front-end architecture, along with the APIs to support it.

What you need to apply:
- Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model.
- Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles.
- Hands-on experience with React Native is an added advantage.
- Experience with popular React.js workflows (such as Flux or 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 builds 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 (Git, SVN, and Mercurial)

What you get:
- Amazing workplace and colleagues in the IT corridor of Bangalore
- Competitive salary at par with the best in the industry
- Immense exposure to new technologies

Notice Period & Location:
Notice Period: Immediately or within 2 Weeks
Location: Bangalore/Bengaluru or Pune

No of Positions: 10

Job Type: Full-time

Responsibilities:

• Meeting with the design team to discuss application features and design ideas.
• Researching similar application designs and user interface modules.
• Creating a website and application design mockups with enhanced UI features.
• Presenting updated front-end designs for final sign-off.
• Writing the front-end code and building the user interface.
• Debugging code errors and troubleshooting software issues.
• Conducting live application tests and tweaks.
• Updating web applications in line with user trends.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent practical experience.
• Understanding of OOPS concepts, Persistence, Threading.
• Good understanding of version control system (GIT).
• Knowledgeable in data structures and algorithms.
• Good understanding of web stack and how all the pieces fit together.

• 3+ years prior experience as a UI engineer.
• Familiarity with automated testing tools including Selenium, Jasmine, and Karma.
• In-depth knowledge of user interface models, application design, and website functionality.
• Proficient with front-end languages including HTML, JavaScript, and CSS.
• Familiarity with prototyping tools including InVision Studio, Balsamiq, and Sketch.
• Advanced problem-solving skills.

Good To Have:

• Competent in developing web apps using React.
• Prior experience of working in a product-based company.

• Prior experience of working in a startup.

passion for all things JavaScript, having built complex single-page applications on React/Redux for at least 2 years.

Profound understanding of HTML, CSS, and browser capabilities to build beautiful, fast and snappy applications.

Comfortable with jest for writing unit and integration tests/puppeteer for e2e tests.

Curiosity to remain updated with the newest technologies and frameworks. Intuition for usability and UI design, with an ability to balance polish with the constraints of timing and scope.

Comfort with any of WebRTC/Backend Stack/React Native is a strong plus.

Most importantly, love coding and debugging gnarly problems!