UI Developer

About Us

We are a fast-growing tech company building scalable and modern web applications. Our team works on cutting-edge technologies in AI, automation, and digital solutions. We are looking for a Frontend Intern (Next.js) to join our engineering team and contribute to building interactive and user-friendly web applications.

Role & Responsibilities

• Build, test, and deploy responsive user interfaces using Next.js and React.
• Collaborate with designers and backend developers to implement seamless user experiences.
• Optimize components for maximum performance across web-capable devices and browsers.
• Work on real-world projects involving dashboards, AI products, and customer-facing platforms.
• Assist in debugging, code reviews, and documentation.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest frontend trends and best practices.

Requirements

• Basic understanding of JavaScript/TypeScript, React.js, and Next.js.
• Familiarity with HTML5, CSS3, and modern styling frameworks (TailwindCSS, Material UI, etc.).
• Knowledge of REST APIs or GraphQL integration.
• Good problem-solving skills and willingness to learn quickly.
• Ability to work in a collaborative team environment.
• Prior experience with Git/GitHub is a plus.

Nice-to-Have (Optional but a Plus)

• Experience with server-side rendering (SSR) and static site generation (SSG) in Next.js.
• Exposure to UI/UX design tools (Figma, Adobe XD, etc.).

What You’ll Gain

• Hands-on experience working on live projects with production-scale applications.
• Mentorship from experienced developers.
• Exposure to the complete product development lifecycle.

Our client is the fastest growing company in the space of student mobility in Asia Pacific as per Financial times.

Job Location : Pune

More about them

- Long-term accommodation booking platform for students (think booking.com for student housing).

- Helps 80M students worldwide, find and book full-time accommodations near their universities, without the hassle of negotiation, nonstandardized and cumbersome paperwork, and broken payment process.

- Leading student housing platform globally, with 1M+ student housing units listed in 6 countries and across 80 cities.

- Growing rapidly and targeting $400M in annual gross bookings value by 2022.

Key responsibilities

Design and Build
Designing and developing user interface components and implementing
them following well-known Javascript (React.js) concepts and workflows.

You will ensure that these components and the overall application are
robust, easy to maintain and scalable.SDE 3 - Frontend Developer 2

Maintain a very high standard of UI Structuring, layout and ensuring a
delightful visual experience for users.

You will coordinate with the rest of the team working on different layers of the infrastructure. Therefore, a commitment to collaborative problem solving,sophisticated design, and quality products are important.

Collaborate and Lead Collaborating within your product streams and team to bring best practices and leverage world class tech stack.

Measurable outcome You will need to set quantifiable objectives that encapsulate quality attributes of a system. The fitness of the application is measured against set marks.

Technical Skills
4+ years of experience, working with frontend technologies.
Experience working with modern Javascript libraries and tools like ReactJS
(mandatory), ES6/ES7, Webpack, Gulp.
Strong knowledge of HTML+HTML5, JS, CSS+CSS3
Experience leading multi-engineer projects and mentoring junior engineers.
UI Performance - should have hands-on experience in optimizing page load,
rendering, caching
Experience with unit testing in any modern javascript libraries
(Jest/Mocha/Jasmine)
Proficient with creating UI components, interaction patterns, task flows,
converting a design to web pages
Keeps an eye on new front-end ecosystem changes

Regards
Team Merito

Required Candidate profile

What you need to have:

• Experience in developing large scale, highly available, complex front-end development using JavaScript, React.js and ReactNative.
• Strong knowledge in both web and mobile application development.
• Knowledge, skills, and experience to write detailed design documentation, and functional specifications for application development.
• Write well designed, efficient, reusable, and reliable code.
• Experience with popular React.js workflows (such as Flux or Redux).
• Work with other senior Developers to resolve/debug program errors.
• Knowledge and ability to apply OOD (Java, HTML, XML, Java Script, and Patterns) and impact to the application development process.
• Knowledge of Agile development methodologies (preferably Scrum).
• Knowledge of database design and data structure libraries,(e.g., Immutable.js).
• Developing new user-facing features using React.js.
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model.
• Actively aid the consulting team in different phases of the project including problem definition, effort estimation, diagnosis, solution generation, design development and deployment.
• Experience with data structure libraries,(e.g, Immutable.js).
• Contributing to team meetings, troubleshooting development.
• Good understanding of HTML CSS and front-end design technologies.

• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships, supporting company leadership and other team members.
• Ability to manage multiple and changing priorities/tasks.
• Must like to continuously improve code, product and process.
• Must work with a strong professional and ownership mindset.
• Strong working experience in JavaScript, ReactNative and ReactJs is required.
• In-depth understanding of Javascript, the DOM, and relevant concepts.
• Proficiency in Typescript.
• Should have hands-on experience with testing libraries like jest & enzyme.
• Must be strong in logic and coding abilities.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Must be passionate and self-motivated.
• Excellent team player and good communication skills.

Mentor To Go is an android and web based platform to help students improve their work readiness through self-learning sessions, personalised mentorship provided by mentor professionals from a range of careers, and work experience opportunities.

The technology platform implements  functionalities such as: screening surveys of mentors and mentees, training content for mentors, matching through an algorithm, and mentorship through the delivery of structured activities. 

The application technology architecture comprises of the following:

o   a Python Django web application with NGinx and Gunicorn

o   PostgreSQL database

o   A React Android and Web app

o   Rest APIs which interact between the Android app and the Django webserver

Our vision at Mentor To Go is to provide career mentorship to young people anywhere, anytime across the length and breadth of India.

We are looking for a frontend software developer who is passionate about using web technologies to solve social problems and creating experiences that are elegant and effective.    You will own the front end development of features  of the Mentor To Go web and mobile platforms, from conceptualisation through design and testing. You will work closely with other developers,the technical project manager, and the program operations team. You are user-centric, continuously demonstrate strategic & analytical abilities, and are laser focused on executing at speed. You must have the ability to succeed in a fast paced environment, where success is dependent on your ability to collaborate with cross-functional team members  in a positive, productive, and transparent way.

Minimum requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering preferably  CS  or related discipline
• 3+ years experience with the development of applications for Android, iOS and  web preferably using React Native/ReactJS

• Experience working in Unix/Linux environments
• Experience with a complete mobile software development life cycle
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Familiarity with version control software such as Git

Desired  requirements

• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Ability to participate in technical discussions and help make technical trade-offs

About Mentor Together

https://mentortogether.org/">Mentor Together is India’s first and largest youth mentoring  non-profit organization with a mission to facilitate empowering mentoring relationships and networks that help young people break the inequalities of opportunity and actualise their potential.

http://bit.ly/mentortogo">Mentor To Go is the world’s first mobile mentoring platform created by Mentor Together with the support of Cisco India, LinkedIn Social Impact, British Telecom and Sterlite Technologies.