UI Developer

Job Title : Lead Web App Developer – Frontend

Experience : 10+ Years

Location : Bengaluru

Work Mode : Hybrid (3 days in office)

Role Overview :

We are seeking a Lead Frontend Engineer to build and maintain responsive, cloud-based web applications. This role involves developing efficient user interfaces using React.js, collaborating closely with UX and backend teams, and ensuring high-quality code.

Key Responsibilities:

• Frontend Development: Create and maintain web applications using React.js, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Collaboration: Work with UX designers to deliver excellent user experiences and ensure seamless backend integration.
• Code Quality: Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code while staying updated with modern practices.
• Build & Deployment: Manage build pipelines with Jenkins, deploy to CDNs, and leverage GCP for scalable solutions.
• Technical Expertise: Implement JavaScript frameworks and libraries for web analytics and use Git for version control.

Requirements:

Technical Skills:

• Proficiency in React.js, HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript, and Node.js frameworks.
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills.
• Exposure to RDBMS and SQL (preferred).

Soft Skills:

• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
• Leadership skills to guide and inspire a team of developers.
• Education: Bachelor's/Master’s in Computer Science or related fields.

Notice Period: 30 days preferred

Interview Process:

1. Technical Round: Online technical assessment (1 hour).
2. Face-to-Face Interview: In-person interview with the team at the Bengaluru office (3 hours).
3. Final Round: Online interview with the CEO (30 minutes).

Additional Information:

• Candidates from Bengaluru or willing to relocate are preferred.
• F2F interview attendance on a weekday is mandatory.

JOB PURPOSE

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• Develop application using Angular JS (worked on Express JS, JEST), Angular 6 
• This is a hands-on role which involves writing code, testing, and deploying finished web applications and libraries

MAJOR ACCOUNTABILITY

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• Design, rapid prototype, and implement a scalable, reliable and maintainable node based web application
• Enforce code quality through test driven development
• Enhance, refactor, and continuously improve the existing codebase
• Collaborate closely with team to define product requirements
• Aggressively collect, analyse, and act on data about product performance
• Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical people
• Proactive in keeping your skills updated

ESSENTIAL SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

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• Excellent working knowledge of core Java, Node JS, JavaScript, ES6, Micro services
• 4-6 year's overall development experience (At least 2 years of experience in Node JS and Angular JS)
• Good understanding of security in Micro service and Web Applications
• Good understanding of OOP, and design patterns
• Experience in working with databases - SQL and Non-SQL Databases

EDUCATION

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• Minimum education: Any Graduate BE/B.Tech would be desirable
• Languages: Excellent English written & spoken

About us:
Equal parts creative agency, engineering firm, and consultancy, Grappus has a reputation of doing things differently. We work with brands big and small, far and wide, helping them understand, prototype and deploy a broad range of custom tech. We value design and we cringe at bad UX. Each project is a clean slate, we don’t have frameworks, or any pre-made formulas. We’re not here to just grow big, make money and win awards. We’re here to crack the process of building truly innovative products from scratch. Products that make people say ‘damn’.

People at Grappus usually experience a highly accelerated career growth well beyond the narrow constraints of their ‘job description’. Here, the growth ladder is tailored to you. It operates exactly as fast as you can manage to grow. We think it's a waste when smart people are unable to make an impact. Our aim is to unleash your potential by giving you massive challenges and the freedom to solve them.

We’re in a fluid world, where we don’t know what technologies we’ll use next, or the projects we’ll work on. We’re actively searching for ways to shine a light on our blind spots, whether it is in the products we want to build, the problems we like to solve, or the company culture we try to create. That’s what makes life at Grappus so exciting. Grappus is an ongoing experiment and you are a part of it. We'll be a different company a few years from now because you are going to change it for the better. We can’t wait to see where you take us.

About the role:
We are seeking a Sr. Frontend Developer who has a knack for coming up with creative solutions to unique problems, planning development cycles and writing technical documentation while leading a team of developers. You can get in where needed to write clean, reusable, and performant code, with creative sensibilities to push projects towards perfection. You should have good time management skills and be able to work both autonomously and collaboratively with a cross-discipline team of product managers, strategists, UX designers, art directors, and developers. Most importantly, you have an eye for detail and the ability to make beautiful designs come to life through code.

What we’d like to see:
● Ability to write elegant and readable code
● Excellent problem solving skill and love technical challenges
● Lead a team of developers and showcase managerial skills
● Comfortable working in a team-oriented and collaborative environment
● Strong understanding of Agile and Lean software development processes and practices
● Stays plugged into emerging technologies/ industry trends and applies them proactively
● Knowledge of software best practices, like test driven development and continuous integration

Must have:
● BE/ B.Tech in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent practical experience
● Proven working experience in frontend programming for a minimum of 3 years
● Good understanding of frameworks like Bootstrap, Backbone, ReactJS, Redux and libraries like jQuery, LESS and Ajax
● Knowledge of performance testing frameworks including Mocha and Jest
● Experience with browser-based debugging and performance testing software
● Strong understanding of server-side scripting and Javascript frameworks, including jQuery
● Aggressive problem diagnosis and creative problem solving skills and client handling skills
● Ability to work and thrive in a fast-paced environment, learn rapidly and master diverse web technologies and techniques
● Experience with coaching and mentoring junior web developers
● Experience in working with a variety of external frameworks and libraries
● Proven experience integrating with, along with a deep understanding of, service-based Web APIs including REST and/or GraphQL
● Good knowledge of User Interface patterns and techniques to solve common UI problems

Nice to have:
● Familiarity and experience using a variety of architectural design patterns
● Personal projects or contributions to the open source community
● Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token
● Experience with common front-end development tools such as Babel, Webpack, NPM, etc.
● Strong organizational skills to juggle multiple tasks within the constraints of timelines
● Team player (those great personality types that people love to work with)
● Great communication skills

Why you’ll love it here:
(Besides working with our team with infinite charm)

● We have no fixed work timings or leave policy, you can take unlimited leaves and start your day whenever you want. (Just make sure others in your team don’t suffer)
● We don’t track these hours you put in or ask you to fill time sheets. We don’t believe in
micromanaging, if you’re struggling, ask for help. If someone else is, offer some support.
● We never mind if people make mistakes or screw up in any way, and offer full encouragement to help people learn fast by failing fast.
● We always encourage people to be completely candid, raise alarms, or log complaints
anonymously in our feedback tool, no matter how harsh.
● We are a ‘Work from Anywhere’ company, since passionate, driven people can work from
anywhere they want; their homes, or cafes, or mountains, or beaches, anywhere.
● We have a 15-day notice period. We want to build a place where people work willingly and passionately.

We are looking for a Product Engineer - Frontend Engineer to join our early stage startup with experience in building B2C products. 

If you have experience of working in product based companies (preferably startups), good to excellent coding skills in react js and typescript, have a keen eye for details in the UI, and are looking to build exciting things that children across the world will use - come talk to us!

What you get to do:

• Design and build advanced applications from scratch keeping scalability and performance in mind
• A good handle on both client and server architecture.
• Work on bug fixing and improving application performance.
• Comfortable in owning large scale products and continuously re-evaluating and innovating.

Who are we looking for:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science
• 1+ years' experience in frontend development
• Familiarity using Scrum/Agile development methodologies
• Experience building object oriented web applications in React JS, Typescript, HTML5, and CSS3
• Should be a quick learner and willing to go the extra mile in delivering the projects.
• Should be able to mentor junior folks whenever necessary.

As a Front-end developer, you will work with motivated individuals who are passionate-beyond-measure to offer the Ultimate Shopping experience to consumers. You will leverage the latest technologies (HTML5, Javascript, ajax) and application paradigms (web apps on the desktop) to create a beautiful client that runs seamlessly on windows, mac, chrome, firefox, IE, safari.

Responsibilities:

• Implement Visual Designs in standards compliant, clean markup (HTML5/CSS3/JS)
• Develop responsive designs and thoroughly test cross browser compatibility of all product interfaces
• Identify and research new UI technologies
• Suggest and implement improvements to existing product interfaces
• Assist in building wireframes/prototypes
• Make data driven decisions based on analytics to improve user engage
• Advise, collaborate with, and synthesize feedback from designers and the backend team.
• Ready to explore and perform tasks that are out of your own pool of expertise
• Fulfil several project requests simultaneously while meeting tight deadlines.
• Make pages optimized for both performance as well as SEO

Requirements:

• Expert in making scalable and modular Front End code
• In depth knowledge of HTML, CSS & JavaScript
• Good experience in making Progressive Web Apps
• Knowledge of cross browsers & devices development issues and inconsistencies
• Good knowledge and experience in ReactJS and Server Side Rendering
• Experience in setting up & running task runners like Gulp & Webpack
• Experience in CSS pre and post processors like SASS/Stylus & PostCSS (we use SASS combined with PostCSS) & BEM style coding
• Experience in creating transitions/animations at 60fps especially on mobiles

We are looking for a React Native developer interested in building performant mobile apps on both the iOS and Android platforms. You will be responsible for architecting and building the application Pathya.app, as well as coordinating with the teams responsible for other layers of the product infrastructure. Building a product is a highly collaborative effort, and as such, a strong team player with a commitment to perfection is required.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Build pixel-perfect, buttery smooth UIs across both mobile platforms.
• Leverage native APIs for deep integrations with both platforms.
• Diagnose and fix bugs and performance bottlenecks for performance that feels native.
• Reach out to the open-source community to encourage and help implement mission-critical software fixes React Native moves fast and often breaks things.
• Maintain code and write automated tests to ensure the product is of the highest quality.
• Use exciting app build in swift and Kotlin and convert it to react-native

Desired Candidate Profile

• Firm grasp of the JavaScript language and its nuances, including ES6+ syntax
• Knowledge of functional or object-oriented programming
• Ability to write well-documented, clean JavaScript code
• Rock-solid at working with third-party dependencies and debugging dependency conflicts
• Familiarity with native build tools & library like XCode, Gradle, saga, redux, re-animated, firebase
• Understanding of REST APIs, the document request model, and offline storage
• Experience with automated testing suites

Perks and Benefits

• We offer you work from home
• flexible with timing
• 5days working
• We trust our employee inspires them to do innovative things and explore and execute new techniques

• Excellent knowledge of multiple technologies like .NET 4.0-4.6, ASP.NET, MVC, CSS, C# .NET, VB.NET,  AJAX, JQuery, AngularJS, ADO .NET, Entity Framework.
• Working Knowledge in MVC Architecture will be preferable.
• Experience in Web Services, WCF, Web API.
• Experience in Windows Forms, WPF.
• Experience in JavaScript, Ajax, JQuery.
• Working knowledge in SQL queries Stored Procedures, with a strong background in SSRS/SSIS report writing.