UI Developer - HTML5/CSS3/Javascript

About Upswing

Open banking is a reality of this decade and it needs robust, customizable and secure rails to run on. Our mission is to enable consumer companies to offer differentiated financial products and empower financial institutions with greater reach through our Secure, Scalable, and easy-to-integrate API platform.

Every company today has an opportunity to extend financial services to make banking experiences lively and delightful. Our open finance-as-a-service platform is highly customizable, simple, and modular which significantly reduces the integration effort for our partners to launch financial products in weeks, not years.

At Upswing, we are a passionate and self-driven team of thinkers who aspire to build the rails to connect the legacy financial sector with financial innovators through a simple and powerful banking-as-a-service (BaaS) platform.

What will you do if you join us?

• Implement responsive web design principles to ensure that our company website renders well across multiple devices
• Design a framework for creating user apps that grow with the needs of the company
• Monitor website performance, watch for traffic drops related to site usability problems, and rectify the issues
• Review app and feature coding and plan future website upgrades with the development team
• Assist in the development of applications and features that will be put on the website and in internal functions as well

You should have

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field, with 3+ years of web development experience. Development experience for Mobile screens would be a plus
• Strong knowledge of Javascript. Proficiency in Typescript & React Js would be a plus
• Strong knowledge of web development tools and programming languages

We, Itu Chaudhuri Design Pvt Ltd, are one of India's leading graphic design studio. Our work covers branding, communication, packaging and digital, for editorial, social, consumer and product businesses. We also design and develop award-winning websites, which include news websites (The Hindu), e-commerce websites (Sleepwell), interactive and experimental applications (Re:Reader), ERP software, and more (https://icdindia.com/projects/category/digital)

We are hiring talented Web Developers to join our team. The CTC will depend on how the candidate performs in the interview process.

Responsibilities for Front End Developer

• translate UI/UX design wireframes to actual pixel-perfect code
• develop a responsive website using HTML and CSS
• develop complex animations using CSS and javascript that is responsive, fast, bug-free, and cross-browser/device compatible 
• write reusable code and libraries, enhance applications for maximum speed and scalability, validate input before submitting to the back end and follow other industrywide best practices to maintain the best quality of the code and websites
• the developed code should be secure, scalable, responsive, and fast and should incorporate all the latest features
• experiment with the latest technologies and create new work processes in the organization

Qualifications for Front-End Developer

• good communication skills and proficiency in English is a must
• 3 - 6 years of full-time work experience in a similar role
• expert knowledge of HTML/CSS, React.JS, and Javascript is a required
• working knowledge of WordPress, Shopify, Liquid.JS, Next.JS, GraphQL and other libraries is a plus
• good understanding of SEO
• proficient in code visioning tools like GitHub
• ability to work independently with minimal supervision while achieving benchmarks
• advanced problem-solving skills and the ability to optimize code for the best possible outcome
• understanding of web security issues and best practices
• familiarity with network diagnostics tools
• team management skills

Experience: 4-7 years

Location: Mumbai or Bangalore

Job Responsibilities:

• Developing new user-facing features using React.js
• Building reusable components for future use
• Translating designs and wireframes into high quality code

Required Skills:

• Knowledge and experience in Java Script, ReactJS, Redux, HTML5, CSS3.
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model
• Good experience in UI design and development
• Good experience and thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles
• Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools
• Familiarity with code versioning (version control) tools, such as Git, SVN, and Mercurial
• Preference will be given to those who have worked on libraries such as Bootstrap, Material js.
• Knowledge ofGraphQL and CSS preprocessor like SASS

About the company:

The E Commerce vertical has developed online consumer platforms for Future Group’s portfolio of retail brands -Easy day, Big Bazaar, Central, Brand factory, aLL, Clarks, Coverstory. Backed by our network of offline stores we have built a new retail platform that merges our Online & Offline retail streams. We use data to power all our decisions across our products and build internal tools to help us scale our impact with a small closely knit team.

Our wide spread store network, robust logistics and technology capabilities have made it possible to launch a ‘2-Hour Delivery Promise’ on every product across fashion, food, FMCG and home products for orders placed online through Big Bazaar mobile app and portal. This makes Big Bazaar the first retailer in the country to offer instant home delivery on almost every consumer product ordered online.

As an Architect within a web development team, you’ll be responsible for the architecture, design, and implementation of modern JavaScript-based in-browser.

On the daily basis, you’ll actively collaborate with geographically dispersed, cross-functional teams to deliver high performant complex end-to-end software solutions that support a high-traffic web application. 

More precisely you will:

• Communicate with UI/UX, business, analyze and suggest efficient solutions based on their requirements
• Define and maintain architecture roadmap, technical solutions for new and existing functionality for each part of the projects
• Take ownership over architecture qualities of front-end applications (e.g.: usability, accessibility, performance, etc.)
• Good active listener, being able to hear and include propositions from engineers in the final solution
• Deliver architectural services, including guidance and conceptual design as well as technical and process innovations
• Bring a passion to remain up to date with the latest trend of ever-changing web front-end development.
• Investigate the latest technology and build quick Proof of Concept functionalities to address future business needs
• Preparing, improving, and introducing new approaches/methodologies/tools and techniques within the department
• Work to meet delivery commitments of feature content throughout the whole Software Delivery Lifecycle (SDLC).
• Preparing of technical documentation

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.