UI Developer

Responsibilities -

• Build amazing web applications using ReactJS, HTML, CSS, JS and more
• Work with a cross-shore development team
• Influence and collaborate to create an amazing online experience
• Participate in agile sprints with cross-functional teams including planning, daily standups, backlog grooming sessions and reviews
• Analyze production defects, troubleshoot systems, identify root cause, and implement fixes
• Work with third party vendors to develop software and/or integrate their software into our products
• Perform other duties and/or special projects as assigned

Desired characteristics –

• Experience building responsive web applications using ReactJS, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and TypeScript
• Experience working on an agile development team
• Experience with building React component libraries and dependency management tools like NPM
• Experience with continuous integration environments like Jenkins
• Experience building and deploying applications
• Experience with unit testing frameworks, UI test cases in a Test-driven development (TDD) environment
• Working knowledge of implementing Accessibility (ADA) and Analytics requirements

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related degree OR, in lieu of degree, High School Diploma/GED 2 years of professional web application development experience

• Job Title - Frontend Software Engineer - Data
• Reports Into - Senior Software Engineer - Data
• 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 a Frontend Software Engineer in the Data Science Team, you will build tools and develop technology that deliver data products to a team of strategists, marketing experts and game developers. You will design, build, test and deploy products which serve a company fuelled by data.

Your Team Mates

The Data Science team is central in developing the technology behind the growth and monetisation of our games. We are a cross functional team that consists of analysts, engineers and data scientists, and work closely with the larger engineering team to deliver products spanning our modern, cloud first, tech stack.

What Does The Job Actually Involve?

• Develop and maintain user-friendly and visually appealing web applications using Vue.js
• Create interactive and informative data visualisations for general audiences as well as highly specialised teams
• Integrate with large, complex data sources and machine learning models via APIs
• Work within a data focused team to increase access to and the understanding of test and analysis results within game development, marketing and other aspects of the company

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 VueJS but could also be others e.g. ReactJS, AngularJS, Svelte)
• Knowledge of data visualisation libraries and techniques
• Understanding of REST APIs, asynchronous programming, and data handling
• An excellent working knowledge of various database, scripting, and development tools, for example bash, Python, Postgres, MySQL, CouchBase, git, JIRA
• A creative mindset motivated by challenges and constantly striving for the best

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!

1) Understand client requirements and functionalities. 

2) Write well-designed, testable, efficient code. 

3) Responsible for solving complex technical issues. 

4) Ensure quality projects are delivered within defined timelines. 

5) Active involvement in client communication to understand functional requirements. 

6) Maintain high standards of quality for code, documentation and other deliverables. 

Required Skills 

1) Good experience in Angular Latest Versions 

2) Hand on Node.JS./Express JS 

3) Database : MYSQL/MongoDB 

4) Experience in Java Script, Typescript. 

5)Good experience in HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Jquery 

6) Experience working in an Agile environment. 

7) Good communication skills.

• Looking for 0-30 Days and Immediate joiners
• Minimum total experience should be 7 Years
• Overall with 4+ years experience in HTML, CSS and JavaScript and OOJS
• 2+ years' experience working with any JavaScript framework/library, preferably ReactJS or VueJS
• In-depth understanding of JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3 (pre-processors LESS/SASS) and relevant concepts.
• Proficiency with browser based debugging.
• Understanding of progressive web apps.
• Experience with a testing framework (Jest/Mocha).
• Experience using Git

• This job is on Contrecting role Max $70/hr 
   Java or Scala web developer with 8 to 12 years of experience and strong fundamentals/proficiency in core technologies used for web development - HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Spring and Hibernate (to include relational database experience). 

• Object oriented analysis and design patterns using Java/J2EE technologies, 

• Knowledge on Spring Framework, MVC architectures, ORM frameworks like Hibernate  

• Experience with Restful Web Services, data modeling  

• Strong experience in relational database design and development (preferably with Oracle) and understanding of NoSQL databases like HBase, Druid, Solr 

• Experience working with event/message-based communication platforms such as Kafka, ActiveMQ etc., 

• Experience working with Hadoop technologies and Spark framework  

• Working proficiency in build and development tools (Maven, Gradle, Jenkins) 

• Experience with test frameworks like JUnit, Mockito  

• Experience in front end development using modern JavaScript frameworks and charting frameworks

Job Description:

The UI Engineer(4-7)  will design; develop front-end for AgroStar product solutions.

 Key areas of responsibility:

1. Responsible for core UI framework, implements and maintains it.
2. Operates effectively as an individual for quick turnaround of enhancements and fixes.
3. Responsible for the development of the front-end applications and components.
4. Responsible for architecture & design of the product.
5. Co-ordinate with the backend engineers & designers for requirement gathering of the product.
6. Responsible for creating POCs to design a scalable system.
7. Build reusable code and libraries for future use.
8. Responsible for quality assurance including web usability, accessibility, testing and debugging.

 As an ideal ‘Agstar UI Engineer’, you will need:

 3-7 years of prior hands-on experience in building responsive web interfaces for consumers

Significant experience with Git and GitHub including managing branches, merges, and administration

Ability to translate product requirements into functional code.

Ability to estimate the scope of work for sprint planning.

Top-notch programming skills.

Self-motivated and able to work in a small team with minimal supervision

Strong development experience on the following technologies -

HTML, CSS, Javascript, AJAX,  working with REST APIs.

Must be fluent in writing code in  ES6+ along with linters.

CSS preprocessor - SCSS/ LESS.

Front end frameworks/library such as ReactJS, Redux.

Web standards, Responsive design, and cross-browser compatibility, SEO, Accessibility.

We are looking for enthusiastic intrapreneurs who want to work at the ‘grass root’ level and want to make a difference to India’s biggest sector. We hope this excites you as much as us and looking forward to the next few conversations.