UI Developer

Experience: 3-4 years of experience in ReactJS, JS, TypeScript, NextJS frontend technologies.

About: Fletch is a U.S. based technology firm building an open insurance ecosystem

connecting consumer apps to insurance providers. The team has previously built global

payment infrastructure at scale (processing $billions in transactions) and founded enterprise

technology companies with solutions in commercial use by over 100 corporates. 

Fletch has seen rapid traction (existing partnerships with leading U.S. insurance providers)

and is backed by top global fintech VCs and angels. The team is now looking to scale

further hiring & expansion.

Location:  Remote 

Responsibilities:

-Developing new user-facing features using ReactJS, JS, TypeScript, NextJS, HTML5, CSS.

-Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use

-Translating designs and wireframes into high quality code

-Product enhancements in existing Insurance and Financial Services products

-Optimising components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers.

Skills:

-Strong expertise in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model

-Strong experience of ReactJS and its core principles like states, hooks, HoC etc

-Experience with popular ReactJS workflows (such as Redux or Flux)

-Strong expertise in NextJS and performance tuning

-Good with RESTful APIs

-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 Webpack, NPM, etc.

-Familiarity with code versioning tools such as Git

• Your Role and Responsibilities

1. Your main job involves creating new features on the visible parts of a website using React.js.
2. You'll be building reusable components that can be used again in the future, saving time and effort.
3. Designs for the website will be given to you, and you'll convert them into actual working and visually appealing website elements.
4. You'll ensure that the website works smoothly on various devices like phones, tablets, and computers.

• Skills and Traits We're Seeking

1. You have a strong understanding of React.js and its workings.
2. You're skilled in a JavaScript
3. Experience with common React.js workflows like Flux or Redux is important.
4. You're familiar with RESTful APIs.
5. Knowledge of modern security measures like JSON Web Token is important.
6. You're comfortable using tools that streamline the process of building website elements, such as Babel, Webpack, and NPM.
7. Translating business requirements into technical plans for the website comes naturally to you.
8. You've used version control tools like Git or SVN to manage and track changes in code.

• Expected Experience

1. You should have accumulated 2 to 4 years of relevant experience in this field.

As a UI Developer with 2+ years of experience

Strong with Javascript/ Typescript with good understanding of DOM

Experience with UI frameworks such as React/ Angular/ VueJS 

Good with CSS/ SCSS/ SASS and handling responsive UI development

Experience using standard UI frameworks such as bootstrap, bulma, material ui etc

Ability to split code into logical components with impetus towards writing reusable components/ styles

Experience with handling state management, separation of layers with the right kind of abstraction 

Requirements and Qualification

• 4-7 years of experience.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering

• Assess the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs

• Develop new user-facing features

• Build reusable code and libraries for future use

• Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability

• Assure that all edge cases are handled

• Collaborate with other team members and stakeholder

• Good understanding of responsive web development

• Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them

• Basic understanding of SEO