Technology Lead - Frontend

Job Title : Lead Web App Developer – Frontend

Experience : 10+ Years

Location : Bengaluru

Work Mode : Hybrid (3 days in office)

Role Overview :

We are seeking a Lead Frontend Engineer to build and maintain responsive, cloud-based web applications. This role involves developing efficient user interfaces using React.js, collaborating closely with UX and backend teams, and ensuring high-quality code.

Key Responsibilities:

• Frontend Development: Create and maintain web applications using React.js, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Collaboration: Work with UX designers to deliver excellent user experiences and ensure seamless backend integration.
• Code Quality: Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code while staying updated with modern practices.
• Build & Deployment: Manage build pipelines with Jenkins, deploy to CDNs, and leverage GCP for scalable solutions.
• Technical Expertise: Implement JavaScript frameworks and libraries for web analytics and use Git for version control.

Requirements:

Technical Skills:

• Proficiency in React.js, HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript, and Node.js frameworks.
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills.
• Exposure to RDBMS and SQL (preferred).

Soft Skills:

• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
• Leadership skills to guide and inspire a team of developers.
• Education: Bachelor's/Master’s in Computer Science or related fields.

Notice Period: 30 days preferred

Interview Process:

1. Technical Round: Online technical assessment (1 hour).
2. Face-to-Face Interview: In-person interview with the team at the Bengaluru office (3 hours).
3. Final Round: Online interview with the CEO (30 minutes).

Additional Information:

• Candidates from Bengaluru or willing to relocate are preferred.
• F2F interview attendance on a weekday is mandatory.

About company

It is a fast-growing SaaS startup in the customer onboarding category and has raised $21M in capital (https://twitter.com/RocketlaneHQ/status/1483821563195850753">we rapped about it!) from global VCs such as 8VC, Nexus Venture Partners, Matrix Partners India, and super angels like Gokul Rajaram and Girish Mathrubootham.

Thanks to the rapid early traction and customer love the product has garnered globally from the likes of LinkSquares, AppCues, ContractPodAI, Chargebee, parcelLab, etc., we have been recognized as a Leader in the Client Onboarding category on G2 within six months of product launch.

With a mission to deliver chaos-free, consistent, accelerated, and delightful customer journeys through its purpose-built software the company was founded in April 2020 by second-time entrepreneur trio - Srikrishnan, Vignesh, and Deepak. Previously, the trio built a successful in-app messaging startup that was acquired by Freshworks (NASDAQ: FRSH) in 2015.

We became the https://www.producthunt.com/posts/rocketlane"> #1 Product of the Day on Product Hunt on the day we launched it. We are now building a global and diverse workplace that will empower passionate problem-solvers to innovate, collaborate, do their best work, and see the next phase of hyper-growth together!

What’s the opportunity?

Are you a front-end developer looking to fast-track your learning and growth? Have you looked at world class products like Asana, Notion, or Airtable, and felt “I wish I were part of the early team that built these products”?

We’re a team that has previously built and rolled out globally successful SaaS products used by tens of thousands of customers. We’re laser focused on delivering a world class new product again, and looking for an ambitious front-end engineer to join our existing team of 9 engineers.

If it excites you to think of a fast paced start-up environment, building something big from scratch, breaking down new problems, creating well structured UI components, executing on pixel perfect design, paying great attention to every little interaction detail, and doing demos of your work every Friday with a happy and passionate team, then this is the right opportunity for you.

Some of the tech problems you get to work-on as a front-end developer would include building real-time collaboration experiences across our product, building live document editing and modern spreadsheet experiences from scratch, creating flexible new Kanban-style views of work tasks, and crafting cool new UI components and interactions that we will use across our product.

About you:

• Knowledge in the following areas
  • React
  • SPA Framework patterns
• Hands-on experience in HTML, CSS, SASS & Object Oriented Javascript
• Worked with features provided by browsers (Caching / Storage / Compatibility etc )
  
  

Nice to have:

• Familiarity with AWS
• Experience with startups or early stage teams
• Knowledge of module bundlers like Webpack

What’s in it for me?

• Great opportunity: Rocketlane genuinely cares about everyone we hire. You’ll learn new things and grow no matter how experienced you are; you will be working with founders who have more than three decades of collective experience in building significant B2B SaaS startups.
• Great team: Work with a world-class, high-velocity team that truly embodies the values of empathy, curiosity, and customer-centricity. Check out the https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=rocketlane_meet_the_team">MTT(Meet The Team) videos on our LinkedIn.
• Great culture: An open, fun, and exciting startup culture that empowers its people to champion big problems with the freedom to think and innovate.
• Growth: You could easily and quickly transition into other sales roles you might like.
• Impact: You get to be part of a global, passionate team in a fast-paced and growth-oriented environment. The team has a work philosophy of being high on ambition, ownership, and a bias for action.
• Monetary rewards and benefits: Competitive salary, flexible leave policy, and more!

• 3-5 years of experience developing and implementing software applications.
• Previous experience working as a React.js Developer.
• Knowledge in e-Commerce domain will be a plus.
• In-depth knowledge of JavaScript, CSS, HTML and front-end languages.
• Knowledge of REACT tools including React.js, Webpack, Enzyme, Redux, and Flux.
• Experience with REST API's 
• In-depth understanding of Javascript, the DOM, and relevant concepts.
• Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token. 
• Experience with user interface design.
• Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them.
• Experience with browser-based debugging and performance testing software.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git, Github.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills.

• Building Progressive Web App components and features for the company's advanced health-tech platform using React Js, Node Js
• Communicating effectively in a cross-functional product development team and presenting ideas and solutions effectively.

We are looking for a Product Engineer - Frontend Engineer to join our early stage startup with experience in building B2C products. 

If you have experience of working in product based companies (preferably startups), good to excellent coding skills in react js and typescript, have a keen eye for details in the UI, and are looking to build exciting things that children across the world will use - come talk to us!

What you get to do:

• Design and build advanced applications from scratch keeping scalability and performance in mind
• A good handle on both client and server architecture.
• Work on bug fixing and improving application performance.
• Comfortable in owning large scale products and continuously re-evaluating and innovating.

Who are we looking for:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science
• 1+ years' experience in frontend development
• Familiarity using Scrum/Agile development methodologies
• Experience building object oriented web applications in React JS, Typescript, HTML5, and CSS3
• Should be a quick learner and willing to go the extra mile in delivering the projects.
• Should be able to mentor junior folks whenever necessary.

We are building for the future of work by changing the way the world looks at information and data paradigms. The Meaning Engine by India-based Needle Innovision enables building solutions by processing meaningful data out of anything stored anywhere - structured, unstructured data types, distributed, at scale and more. 

In our quest to do more, we are looking for an exceptionally creative, and technically brilliant Lead React Engineer to join us in a hybrid setting from New Delhi. For us 2 key green flags (read as must-haves) are 

🟢 A need to evolve complete solutions with visibility of end to end modules and not just work on tasks in the next leg of their careers. Basically the excitement to architect.

🟢 Preparedness to move into enterprise-ready environments but as part of a smaller team, so more responsibility to deliver + lead.

This could be an awesome launching pad for someone who enjoys working towards big-picture goals, has a keen interest in leadership, and is excited about aesthetic and useful products, Our teams are sustained on values of care and we offer a generous number of vacation days, the opportunity to craft your calendar with flexible schedules and very soon an insurance plan for you and your loved ones. We offer a starting salary range of 11-15LPA.

What you will do: 

• Work with the product team to understand project requirements.
• Perform technical documentation – Designing architecture, flow diagrams, documenting technical implementation approaches and pseudocode.
• Develop and implement pixel-perfect and highly-responsive user interface components using React.js & ReactNative concepts.
• Oversee development process compliance and CI activities.
• Set and evolve standards and best practices for our application development team
• Guide/Mentor junior developers and empower them on React and related trends.

What you will bring: 

• Today - has a portfolio of beautiful engineered frontend UI. At least some of which they can show us. (🟢 #3)
• Can articulate at least one reason of switch which does not only say growth etc but growth's metric (🟢 #4)
• 3 years minimum detail-oriented experience as a Senior Web Developer creating React.js based solutions and expert-level knowledge of ReactJS, ReactNative ecosystem and ES6.
• Demonstrated experience in B2B application development for large enterprises.
• Ability to review specifications documents and provide technical inputs on successfully implementing business solutions.
• Proficient understanding of build tools and code versioning tools, such as Git/SVN.
• Experience using async RESTful services, CSS preprocessors, bundlers and associated libraries, as well as working knowledge of isomorphic React.

As a Lead React Engineer, you would be expected to understand business requirements, represent Needle to external stakeholders, and have experience in working in agile teams.

If leading a squad that implements real-world impacting digital transformation at the intersection of data science and AI excites you and if our awesome bite-sized team inspires you to be a part of our quest, we think you could be the one to help build the impact, we are looking to building here.