UI Developer

We are seeking a highly skilled Frontend Tech Lead with extensive experience in React.js developmentand team leadership. As a Tech Lead, you will be responsible for leading a team of developers while alsocontributing to the development of high-quality software solutions using React.js and related technologies.

Responsibilities :

● Lead a team of software developers in the design, development, and implementation of React.js-based software solutions.

● Provide technical guidance and mentorship to team members, ensuring best practices are followed and code quality is maintained.

● Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions.

● Architect and design scalable, maintainable, and high-performance software systems using React.js and related technologies.

● Implement and maintain coding standards, code reviews, and other processes to ensure high-quality deliverables.

● Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and best practices in React.js development and incorporate them into the development process.

● Troubleshoot and debug complex technical issues, providing timely resolutions to ensure project deadlines are met.

● Work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment on project goals, timelines, and deliverables.

● Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies such as sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.

Requirements :

● Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

● Minimum of 8 years of professional experience in software development.

● Extensive hands-on experience with React.js and related libraries/frameworks.

● Minimum 2-3 years of experience in leading and managing software development teams, with a proven track record of overseeing teams of at least 5-6 members.

● Strong understanding of software engineering principles, design patterns, and best practices.

● Experience with implementing or contributing to design systems, which helps maintain consistency across large applications.

● Experience with modern front-end development tools and workflows.

● Proficiency in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

● Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.

● Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams.

● Understanding and application of security best practices in React applications, such as preventing XSS attacks, managing authentication/authorization securely, and understanding common vulnerabilities.

● Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies is a plus.

• Job Title - Software Engineer - Frontend

• Reports Into - Lead Frontend Web Developer

• 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 https://www.kwalee.com/blog/inside-kwalee/what-are-creative-wednesdays/">Creative Wednesdays! 

Are You Up To The Challenge?

As a Software Engineer - Frontend you’ll be part of the Frontend team, implementing beautiful web designs made by our designers to keep both our site and the internal web-based tools we use fresh and up to date on top of working on new projects alongside this, there is always something new and interesting to work on. 

Your Team Mates

The frontend team consists of both our frontend developers and designers, we work closely with all parts of the business to create tools that vary across the whole company, from the publishing team to create a portal for people to submit games, the marketing team on things like our website, all the way to our internal teams for things like administration and analytics.

What Does The Job Actually Involve?

• Implementing designs for our website/web tools created by our design team

• Create and update interactive interfaces used throughout 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 ReactJS but could also be others e.g. AngularJS, NodeJS, Handlebars, jquery, gulp)

• An excellent working knowledge of various programming languages, databases and scripting tools including at least one of bash, MySQL, CouchBase, Python, Java, C#, JSP, PHP

• A creative mindset motivated by challenges and constantly striving for the best

• Interest in mobile games

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!

About us:

HappyFox is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) support platform. We offer an enterprise-grade help desk ticketing system and intuitively designed live chat software.

We serve over 12,000 companies in 70+ countries. HappyFox is used by companies that span across education, media, e-commerce, retail, information technology, manufacturing, non-profit, government and many other verticals that have an internal or external support function.

To know more, Visit! - https://www.happyfox.com/

What you can expect as a Senior Frontend Engineer at HappyFox:

• You will consistently ship features and improvements with minimal guidance and support from other team members. 
• You’ll work alongside the Product, Design, and, Backend Engineering teams to iterate on new features within HappyFox products.
• You will advocate for improvements to product quality, security, and performance.
• You will solve technical problems of high scope and complexity.
• You will craft code that meets our internal standards for style, maintainability, and best practices for a high-scale web environment. 
• You will maintain and advocate for these standards through code review.
• You will recognize inefficiencies in our team, and propose solutions.

You should apply if:

• You have 5+ years of relevant professional experience in building web applications with javascript frameworks like Ember.js or React.js.
• You have a sound knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• You can clearly and concisely communicate complex technical, architectural, and/or organizational problems and propose thorough, iterative solutions.
• You are comfortable working in a highly agile, intensely iterative software development process.
• You have demonstrated the ability to onboard and integrate with an organization long-term.
• You have a positive and solution-oriented mindset.
• You have experience owning a project from concept to production, including proposal, discussion, and execution.
• You are self-motivated and self-managing, with strong organizational skills.

• Convert design to Angular 5 components.
• Must have good experience in UI Developer + Angular.
• In-hand experience on UI Developer, Discovery, Angular, Brand and platform exploration, Styleguide, Proof of concept, Design production, Usability testing.
• Use SCSS as the CSS macroprocessor.
• Integrate the Angular services with APIs from the backend team.
• Test your screens using a tool for all browsers and resolution compatibility.
• Handle and track tasks assigned using Agile methodology.
• Strong commitment towards quality and schedule.
• Cross team coordination.
• Implement UI development best practices to write optimized and non-buggy code.
• Work in Agile environment with sprint releases ranging from 2 to 4 weeks.
• Feasibility study of requirement and suggest multiple approaches for a problem after sufficient RnD.
• Keep abreast with trending recent UI tools, technologies, plugins and software in the industry.
• Roll-up your sleeves attitude to get things done.