UI Developer

UI Developer Contractor Job Description

Title: UI Developer

Department: Product Development

Type: Contractor (Full time)

Duration: 2 months

11th July - 11th Sept

Overall Purpose of the Position:

As a UI Developer specialized in Front End Development, your primary objective is to design, develop, and maintain user-friendly web interfaces. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure the delivery of high-quality, responsive, and visually appealing applications that meet user needs and business goals.

Key Responsibilities and Duties:

- Front End Development: Develop and maintain web applications using modern front-end technologies. Ensure applications are responsive, performant, and accessible across various devices and browsers.

- UI/UX Implementation: Collaborate with UX/UI designers to translate design concepts into functional, interactive experiences. Ensure alignment with design standards and best practices.

- Code Quality: Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code. Adhere to coding standards and best practices, including version control and code reviews.

- Performance Optimization: Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability. Implement best practices for front-end performance, including efficient use of assets and resources.

- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with back-end developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to ensure seamless integration of front-end components with server-side logic. Participate in planning and design discussions.

- Testing and Debugging: Write and execute unit tests and participate in system-level testing to ensure robust, error-free applications. Debug and resolve issues as they arise.

- Continuous Improvement: Stay updated on industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in front-end development. Identify opportunities for process improvement and innovation.

- Documentation: Create and maintain documentation for front-end code, including code comments, technical guides, and user manuals.

Skills and Qualifications:

- High proficiency in front-end technologies such as 

- Experience with front-end frameworks and libraries like React.js.

- Familiarity with CSS animations, libraries like GSAP, anime.js, Lottie, etc and interactive micro-interactions using JavaScript or Framer Motion

- Strong understanding of responsive design principles and mobile-first development.

- Experience with version control systems, particularly Git.

- Knowledge of front-end build tools and workflows (e.g., Webpack, Babel, npm).

- Familiarity with GraphQL and RESTful APIs and asynchronous request handling.

-Experience with testing frameworks and tools such as Jest, Mocha, or Cypress.

-Experience with Continuous Integration and Deployment

- Solid understanding of web performance optimization techniques.

- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

-  Collaboration Platforms: Proficiency in tools such as Slack, Microsoft Teams, or Zoom for communication and coordination.

- Understanding of tools for performance testing and optimization, like Lighthouse and   WebPageTest.

- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

- Experience working in an agile development environment.

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field. A Master's degree is preferred.

Reporting Structure:

Reports directly to the Product Development Manager.

Collaboration and Interaction:

Engage with cross-functional teams, clients, and stakeholders, contributing ideas to enhance project outcomes and grow the function. Foster a teamwork-oriented mindset and provide regular updates to leadership.

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Requirements:

>5+ years of IT experience in the development of scalable consumer-facing digital solutions (consumer websites, web applications, mobile sites etc) in HTML, CSS3 and JavaScript framework is required

>Strong understanding of semantic HTML/HTML5, CSS/CSS3.
>Experience in frameworks like Bootstrap, Foundation and CSS preprocessors like SASS and LESS.
>Strong knowledge of JS-based build tools like Grunt, Gulp, and Webpack
>Experience in javaScript with a good grasp of advanced JavaScript-based Vue JS, React JS and Angular JS
>Experience with implementing SVG animations and expertise in GreenSock(GSAP) will be an add on qualification.
>Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
>Knowledge of HTML5 responsive email development is desirable.

>A Bachelors of Computer Science or a related field is required

 Soft Skills:

> Quality driven and extremely detail-oriented
> Strong work ethic
> Communicates clearly, effectively, and quickly - both verbally and written
>Ability and willingness to continuously learn, explore and master emerging technologies.

● Design and develop responsive and visually appealing web applications and user interfaces using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, React frameworks.

● Collaborate with UX designers, product managers, and software engineers to understand project requirements and translate them into interactive, user-friendly interfaces.

● Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs and optimise applications for maximum speed and scalability.

● Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

● Stay updated with the latest industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies in UI development, and recommend their integration to enhance our products.

● Identify and address performance and compatibility issues across different browsers and platforms.

● Champion UI development best practices, standards, and guidelines within the development team.

● Collaborate with backend developers to integrate front-end interfaces with server-side logic and APIs.

● Troubleshoot and debug UI-related issues and provide timely resolutions.

● Mentor junior developers, assisting them in enhancing their skills and knowledge in UI development.

● Write and encourage other engineers to write automated tests.

Skills/ Experience

● Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience).

● Proven experience as a UI Developer or Front-End Developer, with at least 3+ years of hands-on experience in building user interfaces for web applications.

● Proficiency in front-end technologies such as TypeScript, Tailwind, React, Redux.

● Strong understanding of responsive design principles.

● Solid knowledge of web performance optimization techniques and best practices.

● Familiarity with Figma and other UI/UX design tools, to collaborate effectively with designers.

● Demonstrated experience in writing UI components to corresponding backend APIs and Databases.

● Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot complex UI-related issues.

● Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment.

In 2020, We have started as India’s first influencer marketing advert built for marketers and advertisers to scale on user acquisition, branding, and lead generation. UPCRED offers an integrated platform for all things in influencer marketing from sourcing to managing to payout and all in one influencer marketing reporting through UPCRED Pixel Management, empowering millions of nano, micro, macro, mega influencers/creators and accelerating every aspect of the influencer marketing journey for brands and influencer.

Senior React Native Developer - iOS/Android Platform

Core Responsibilities:

• Develop cross-platform mobile applications in React Native which customers love using
• Work with product, design, backend teams to develop features
• Work on bindings and integrations required with native iOS and Android libraries
• Plan, estimate, and delivery your project with minimal supervision

Skills:

1 - 5 years of React Native experience with some hands-on experience with app development and launches especially deployment with the App Store and Play Store [Android + iOS].

Understanding of REST APIs, the document request model, offline storage, state management.

Experience in Firebase and App Analytics tools

Experience with Content/Video-based app.

Experience with native Android or iOS development.

Understanding of Social Video-based app Architecture

If you have a passion for building and scaling marketplaces that stand out for great customer experience, this is a game-changing role in our crazy pursuit to become India’s most-loved social brand.

We at UPCRED

Life so good, you’d think we’re kidding:

• Competitive salaries.
• An extensive medical insurance that looks out for our employees & their dependants. We’ll love you and take care of you, promise.
• Flexible working hours.
• Tailored vacation & leave policies so that you can enjoy every important moment in your life.
• Learning and upskilling opportunities.
• Good food, games, and a cool office to make you feel at home.

HOW?

Apply, and let us know your interest?

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• Use markup languages like HTML to create user-friendly web pages
• Maintain and improve website
• Optimize applications for maximum speed
• Design mobile-based features
• Collaborate with back-end developers and web designers to improve usability
• Get feedback from, and build solutions for, users and customers
• Write functional requirement documents and guides
• Help back-end developers with coding and troubleshooting
• Ensure high quality graphic standards and brand consistency
• Stay up-to-date on emerging technologies

• Proven work experience as a Frontend developer
• Hands on experience with markup languages
• Experience with JavaScript, CSS and jQuery and Bootstrap framework
• Familiarity with browser testing and debugging
• In-depth understanding of the entire web development process (design, development and deployment)
• Understanding of layout aesthetics
• Knowledge of SEO principles and AMP is a plus
• An ability to perform well in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent analytical and multitasking skills
• BSc degree in Computer Science or relevant field

Responsibilities

• Work on a full product development lifecycle from requirement gathering, product design, development, to roll out and maintenance
• Effectively collaborate with multiple teams and stakeholders including product and design
• Own the delivery of multiple features of the product end to end 
• Advocate best development practices such as continuous integration/continuous delivery, automation (testing and infrastructure) and code modularity, extensibility, quality
• Experience in building Websites from Scratch is a big plus

Primary Skills:

• Min 6+ Years in Web Application Development
• Write clean, solid and testable code while keeping the user experience fast and reliable
• Strong understanding of HTML, CSS, JS, JQuery, React, Redux 
• Proficient in Web Interface designing
• Experience in developing reusable UI components
• Deep functional knowledge or hands on design experience with Web Services 

Strong grasp of security principles and how they apply to E-Commerce websites

LOOKING FOR IMMEDIATE JOINERS OR 30DAYS FROM PRODUCT/ECOMM COMPANIES

The  will be responsible for :

• Designing and development of Responsive Web Application
• Strong Knowledge of HTML5, CSS & Java Script
• Strong Understanding of concept of DOM (Document Object Model)
• Understanding of how browsers (Chrome, Mozilla) work behind the scene
•  Knowledge of React JS, CSS Flexbox (Preferred or Optional )