Wordpress Developer

Qapita is a SaaS-Net startup with offices in India & Singapore. Qapita’s vision is to transform how equity is managed and traded in the private capital markets in this region. Qapita’s software solution seeks to automate the equity management process for startups including workflows around CapTables, ESOPs, Due-diligence, and transactions. Qapita’s market place solution seeks to facilitate liquidity to ESOP holders and shareholders via structured liquidity programs and secondary transactions. Qapita seeks to automate all processes for equity matters in private markets via its digital platform.

We are looking for a Senior Frontend Developer who is curious, craves for new challenges and loves to solve problems using latest technology. In this role, you will be responsible for developing and implementing user interface components using React.js concepts and workflows such as Redux, Flux, and Webpack.

You will also be responsible for profiling and improving front-end performance and documenting our front-end codebase.

Our Tech stack:

Frontend: React, Typescript, Html, SCSS

Backend: Linux (Ubuntu), ASP.NET Core, C#, Nginx, MongoDB, EventStoreDB

Responsibilities: As a Senior Frontend Developer, you will be

• Meeting with the development team to discuss user interface ideas and applications.

• Reviewing application requirements and interface designs.

• Identifying web-based user interactions.

• Developing and implementing highly-responsive user interface components using React concepts.

• Writing application interface code using TypeScript following React.js workflows.

• Troubleshooting interface software and debugging application code.

• Developing and implementing front-end architecture to support user interface concepts.

• Monitoring and improving front-end performance.

• Documenting application changes and developing updates.

Desired Skills and Experience :

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a similar field.

• Previous experience working as a React.js Developer (4+ years).

• In-depth knowledge of JavaScript, CSS, HTML and front-end languages.

• Knowledge of TypeScript a plus.

• Knowledge of React tools including React.js, Webpack, Redux.

• Knowledge of performance testing frameworks including Mocha and Jest.

• Experience with browser-based debugging and performance testing software.

• Excellent troubleshooting skills.

• - Contribute to a full development life cycle, including: requirements analysis, functional design, technical design, programming, testing, documentation, implementation, and on-going technical support.
• - Work closely with the existing team to learn the current application architecture, design and understand its functionalities and complexities.
• - Bridge the gap between graphic design and backend technical implementation
• - Build modular, responsive templates using modern CSS techniques
• - Translate UI/UX design wireframes to actual code
• Testing cross-browser, cross-platform, and/or cross-device compatibility for inconsistencies.

• - 2+ years of industry experience as a Front End Developer Engineer
• - Degree in Computer Science or related field
• - Experience with developing web and mobile applications
• - Extensive knowledge HTML5 / CSS3 / JavaScript / jQuery / Bootstrap / ReactJS, AngularJS
• - Strong experience in JSON/XML and REST/SOAP based Web Service based integration.
• - Experience (mandatory) with working Web Framework versions with exposure to creating components and handling AJAX calls.
• - Good to have knowledge in JIRA, GIT.
• - Strong knowledge of Client-Server Architecture.
• - Basic Proficiency with Python or relevant back-end scripting language
• - Ability to think critically and creatively in a dynamic environment, while picking up new tools and domain knowledge along the way

• - A positive attitude, and a growth mindset
• - Great attention to details

• - Experience with API testing software (e.g. Postman)
• - Good Humor

• Collaborate with product, design, and other engineering teams to brainstorm and resolve complex problems.
• Ensure the quality of code is up to the highest standard of readability, conciseness, efficiency, modularity, and extensibility.
• Experience with the entire Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Solid communication skills: Demonstrated ability to explain complex technical issues to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Talking to customers and business teams to suggest improvement areas in product flows.
• Create peer learnings for team members and build context for new teammates
• Help with building the company's tech team and iterating on the hiring framework.
• Provide regular feedback to your team (peers and managers) to ensure continuous improvement.
• Keeping abreast with the latest technologies and working on your skills regularly.

Must-haves

• At least 3 years of experience working in frontend for desktop and mobile web.
• Familiar with design tools and convert them to actual code (HTML+CSS+JavaScript)
• Mastery in DOM Manipulation (including Jquery) and understand components, CTAs.
• Well-versed in other non-vanilla languages (ex. TypeScript)
• Well-versed in standard frontend framework (ex. ReactJS)
• Understanding of GraphQL APIs.
• Deep understanding of web technologies in various mobile systems
• Have empathy for the users you build for

Good to have

• Experience in the fintech industry
• Experience leading design and implementation of robust and secure web services.

Responsibilities:

- Creating the website architecture.

- Designing and building the website front-end.

- Managing website back-end including database and server integration.

- Managing WordPress themes and plugins.

- Conducting website performance tests.

- Troubleshooting content issues.

- Monitoring the performance of the live website.

Skill Requirements:

- Proven work experience as a WordPress developer.

- Knowledge of front-end technologies including CSS3, JavaScript, HTML5, and jQuery.

- Knowledge of code version tools including Git, Mercurial, and SVN.

- Experience working with debugging tools such as Chrome Inspector and Firebug.

- Good understanding of website architecture and aesthetics.

- Ability to manage projects.

- Good communication skills.

- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a similar field.

We are looking for a JavaScript Developer who is motivated to combine the art of design with the art of
programming. Responsibilities will include implementing visual elements and their behaviors with user
interactions. You will work with both front-end and back-end web developers to build all client-side logic. You will also be bridging the gap between the visual elements and the server-side infrastructure, taking an active role on both sides, and defining how the application looks and functions.

Responsibilities
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use
• Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs
• Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability
• Work with an international team. Remote work / telecommuting is possible

Desired Skills and Experience
• Strong understanding of JavaScript, its quirks, and workarounds (our platform is pure JS)
• Solid experience (2+ years) with related Web Technologies ( HTML5, CSS3, SVG )
• Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around such issues
• Proficient understanding of CORS issues and ways to work with such issues
• Proficient understanding of social network APIs
• Good understanding of browser rendering behavior and performance
• Experience in mobile web development ( iOS / Android / Windows Mobile )
• Fluent with Linux/Unix environments
• Knowledge of PHP optional but desirable
• Writing and maintaining batch jobs to streamline processes (Shell, Perl etc.)
• Ability to set priorities and meet deadlines in a dynamic, fast paced environment
• Inclined to take ownership of tasks and to ship highly polished products with excellent attention to detail
• Responsible, self-motivated worker and team-player; excited about new technologies
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English

Responsibilities

• Delivering a complete front end application
• Ensuring high performance on mobile and desktop
• Writing tested, idiomatic, and documented JavaScript, HTML and CSS
• Coordinating the workflow between the graphic designer, the HTML coder, and yourself
• Cooperating with the back-end developer in the process of building the RESTful API
• Communicating with external web services

Skills and Qualifications

• Proficiency with JavaScript and HTML5
• Professional, precise communication skills
• Deep knowledge of AngularJS practices and commonly used modules based on extensive work experience
• Creating self-contained, reusable, and testable modules and components
• Ensuring a clear dependency chain, in regard to the app logic as well as the file system
• Ability to provide SEO solutions for single page apps
• Extensive knowledge of CSS and JS methods for providing performant visual effects and keeping the framerate above 30fps at all times
• Thorough understanding of the responsibilities of the platform, database, API, caching layer, proxies, and other web services used in the system
• Validating user actions on the client side and providing responsive feedback
• Writing non-blocking code, and resorting to advanced techniques such as multi-threading, when needed
• Creating custom, general use modules and components which extend the elements and modules of core AngularJS
• Experience with all levels of operation available to the front-end, such as from creating XHRs in vanilla JS to using a custom wrapper around $resource
• Experience with building the infrastructure for serving the front-end app and assets
• Architecting and automating the build process for production, using task runners or scripts
• Documenting the code inline using JSDoc or other conventions
• Writing extensive unit tests using automated TDD tasks
• Creating e2e test suites for all components, and running them with Protractor (or a well reasoned alternative)
• Creating configuration, build, and test scripts for Continuous Integration environments