UI Lead - React.js

Required Skills and Experience:

• 5 - 11 years of experience in front-end development, with a strong focus on React.js.
• Proven experience with React.js and related technologies (e.g., Redux, React Router, Hooks, Context API).
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, and modern front-end build tools (e.g., Webpack, Babel, etc.).
• Hands-on experience with RESTful APIs, Server Sent Events, WebSocket's
• Hand’s on experience with web components, micro frontends
• Deep understanding of browser apis like history, intersection observer, event handling, virtual panes, drag and drop etc
• Ability to work on a complex and fast moving code base.
• Familiarity with TypeScript and its integration with React applications.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

• 1 - 5 years of experience as React JS developer
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, Typescript React, Redux, HTML5 and CSS.
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs and WebSocket communication
• Experience with responsive design and development.
• Strong hold of front-end functionalities including browser testing and debugging.
• Experience working in Agile development methodology is a plus
• Excellent communication skills and an ability to work effectively in cross-functional and collaborative teams

Work Location : Bangalore

Work mode : Work from office

💥 What will you do?

As a Lead Frontend Engineer, you will

• Own our frontend engineering applications for two products each of which run as independent applications which query our backend systems via REST APIs

• Act as a leader and coach within the front-end engineering team, collaborating with and mentoring senior engineers.

• Collaborate on a daily basis with a small, nimble team of product managers, engineers, and UX designers to understand business requirements and user experience goals and pain points.
• Write and review modular, reusable components and features (React.js / Vue.js) and integrate backend APIs to create a seamless front-end user experience
• Integrate third-party plugins to enhance customer experience. These include 3rd party plugins which provide customer support and analytics plugins that help improve the user experience we provide to customers.
• Actively participate in code reviews
• Work with our quality assurance team to improve coverage on our automated testing suites

🙋 What are we looking for? 

While we do not have a strict list of requirements for candidates interested in this role, some indicators that you would fit this role and our engineering culture are 

• Prior experience of a few years (3+ years) with frontend frameworks as React.js or Vue.js would be essential to work on our application stack.

• You actively promote a culture of engineering excellence some of which could be writing efficient code, use of elegant design patterns, and styling your code through code-linting policies.

• You enjoy designing software architecture by collaborating with leads to explore existing systems, determining areas of complexity, potential risks to successful implementation.

• You have an eye for pixel-perfect UI and micro-interactions.
• You enjoy coaching folks to achieve outcomes through nudges.

📢 Other information you may want to consider 

• We will be flexible for the rest of the pandemic and work remotely; however, we are not a remote-first company, and the work location would be Bangalore when things settle.
• Our frontend tech stack includes React.js, Vue.js, Netlify for CI / CD, TestCafe for UX testing, d3.js, and Regraph for visualizations.

• Designing and developing interactively Adapting / Responsive web applications using best practices on ReactJs and the latest front-end technologies.

• Writing tested, idiomatic, and documented JavaScript, HTML and CSS, LESS / SASS.

• Cooperating with the back-end developer in the process of building the RESTful APIs.

• Participate in complex technical and design decisions for ReactJs projects.

• Ensuring high performance of applications (on mobile and desktop) and providing support.

• Work closely with design teams, development teams and testing teams.

• Coordinate team deliverables assuring Quality and Completeness.

• Unit Testing.

Technical Skills:

• Highly Skilled with proven experience in React 16+ and its State Management tools like Redux, styling framework like Material UI.

• Proficient in CSS, LESS / SASS, Semantic HTML, and writing cross-browser compatible code.

• Extensive experience using JavaScript/ Typescript, HTML5, CSS/CSS3, LESS/SASS, Bootstrap, AJAX, JSON, Gulp, Grunt etc.

• Good Knowledge in Rest APIs/ GraphQL.

• Experience in tools such as GIT / SourceTree / Bit Bucket, JIRA, Confluence, etc.

• Should have understanding of the agile methodology

• User should have basic knowledge on tools like Figma / Adobe XD and photoshop etc.

Nice to have:

• Nice to have knowledge in Angular, NextJs.

• Nice to have knowledge in Progressive Web Application (PWA), Service Worker and Web Worker, etc.

• Best practices for Website Accessibility (WCAG)

Personal Traits:

• Strong Verbal and Written communication skills, such as meeting facilitation, presentation and documentation

• Work day-to-day with development team, QA testing team, providing expert support to each as needed and appropriate.

• Lead and Coordination experience with critical thinker and good problem-solver.

Education Qualification

• UG: B. Tech / B.E. – Computers OR PG: MCA / M. Tech

Work Timings: 1:30 PM to 10:30 PM IST

Location: Noida/Delhi NCR/Mumbai

Qualifications: B Tech / MCA or Higher

Experience: 2-7 Years

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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

You'll be expected to own projects from start-to-finish. We are looking for passionate Web Engineers who appreciates good engineering and user experience. The person should be enthusiastic about maintaining a clean codebase and possess a passion for pushing web technologies to the limits to design and build exceptional products.

§ Work closely with design, product management, and development teams to create elegant, usable, responsive, and interactive interfaces across multiple devices.

§ Turning UI/UX designs into prototypes, creating awesome interactions from designs, writing reusable components and maintainability of the code.

§ Demonstrates excellent problem solving & debugging skills.

§ An ability to perform well in a fast-paced environment and bring in optimal flow for rapidly changing design/ technology.

§ Write unit and integration tests to improve and maintain high code coverage.

Skills, Knowledge, Experience:

• Excellent programming skills in JavaScript

• Experience with expertise in designing and implementing high-performance web applications

• Expert in SPA Frameworks React JS

• Solid understanding and demonstrated ability of creating self-contained, reusable, and testable modules and components.

• Solid understanding of HTML5, CSS3 and cross-browser compatibility issues.

• Solid understanding of CSS box model and flex layouts.

• Proficient in SASS.

• Experience with REST APIs, Node JS/.Net Web API/Golang is a plus.

• Experience with the entire Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

• Experience with unit testing & Test-Driven Development (TDD) with various test frameworks (like Jasmine, Karma, Protractor).

• Experience in optimizing the application for performance and scalability.

• Experience in state management using Akita and cross-browser support.

• Experience with Git.

• Experience with DevOps tools for CI/CD

• Working with USA or European clients is a plus.

• Experience working with multi-vendor, multi-culture, distributed offshore and onshore development teams in dynamic and complex environment.

• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills.

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