java developer

Required Skills and Experience:

• 8-12 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, WebSockets
• Hand’s on experience with web components, microfrontends
• Deep understanding of browser apis like history, intersectionobserver, 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.

• 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 content modules, and maintainability of the code.
• Implement UI development principles to ensure that the product client-side serves at scale.
• Review and optimize usage by monitoring key metrics and rectifying the issues proactively.
• An ability to perform well in a fast-paced environment and bring in optimal flow for rapidly changing design/ technology.

• 3 to 6 years of relevant work experience as a web developer, UI developer, JavaScript expert, or frontend engineer
• Sound knowledge in JavaScript, ReactJS, HTML, CSS
• Familiar with UI layouts, SASS, bootstrap, and Material UI
• Experience debugging using popular JavaScript-based tools like Chrome Developer Console

• Knowledge of TDD frameworks mocha, chai, jest etc.
• Understanding of Typescript
• Understanding of ReactJS based frameworks like NextJS, Gatsby, etc.
• Understanding of REST API
• Passionate to create good design and usability

Who are we?  

Whatfix is the #1 Digital Adoption Platform (DAP) for Enterprises. We are disrupting the way Learning, Training and Application Support content is consumed. We provide large enterprises with a SaaS platform that helps accelerate product adoption and reduce support & training efforts by providing contextual and step by step guidance inside any web application at the exact time a task is being performed. The product has redefined the way companies onboard, train, and provide support to users. 

What sets us apart from the rest?

With over 100 of the Fortune 500 companies already onboard as customers, Whatfix has been named among the top 20 B2B tech companies alongside the likes of Adobe, PayPal, and Cisco.

With a YoY growth of 300%, we have also been recognized among the top 50 fastest growing SaaS companies worldwide in the SaaS 1000 list and as a Market Leader by Gartner in the Digital Adoption space. 

We are pleased to have an Employee rating of 4.6 on https://www.glassdoor.co.in/Reviews/Whatfix-Reviews-E1016569.htm" target="_blank">Glassdoor and our Customer obsession can be seen in our reviews on platforms like https://www.g2.com/products/whatfix/reviews" target="_blank">G2 Crowd & https://www.gartner.com/reviews/market/customer-communications-management-software/vendor/whatfix/product/whatfix" target="_blank">Gartner Peer Insights.

The employees are happy, the customers are happy, but what about the investors? Take a look for yourself - http://www.sequoiacap.com/" target="_blank">Sequoia Capital || http://www.stellarisvp.com/whatfix-what-we-learnt-from-series-a-to-series-b-in-a-saas-business/" target="_blank">Stellaris || https://blogs.cisco.com/innovation/tomorrows-customer-experience-why-cisco-invested-in-whatfix" target="_blank">Cisco || https://eightroads.com/en/news/our-investment-in-whatfix" target="_blank">Eight Roads || http://www.helionvc.com/blog/we-are-pleased-collaborate-whatfix.html" target="_blank">Helion Ventures

“Hustle Mode ON” is something we live by.

Our Team:

The Engineering team at Whatfix provides end-to-end engineering throughput that forms part of core platforms and services that drive Whatfix's business.

Our team is responsible for creating the Customer Platform and everything around it - be it Analytics, Infrastructure, or Core Algorithms. The team owns and is responsible for all pieces that we design, build and support end to end for Whatfix product/ business.

Our product is built around a core of JAVA with enterprise businesses using the Whatfix system. On a monthly basis, millions of interactive guides are processed. Building, testing, and deploying to any of our environments are as simple as pushing a commit to a git branch. We like to keep our technology up-to-date. All of the technology is built and maintained by this small development team, so from day 1, the software you write will be used by people from all over the world.  

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design and develop highly scalable, reliable, and fault-tolerant systems for one of the world’s fastest-growing startups
• Work with business to define requirements
• Perform technical design and hands-on coding for development and enhancement efforts
• Develop new user-facing features
• Building reusable code and libraries for future use
• Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs
• Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability
• Assure that all user input is validated before submitting to back-end services
• Promote best practices in design and coding
• Conduct design and code reviews
• Understand the customer needs & implement
• Articulate complex problems communicating viable architecture and design approaches in a clear and concise manner
• Enhance the agile SDLC within the Development Team through new learning, continued growth, and applying industry best practices and processes
• Occasionally participate in customer demos & provide inputs wherever required
• Keep optimizing & automating mundane tasks

You'll be a core member of the team.

Individual growth is important to us. We schedule time every week to explore an interest or learn something new. Team members have also used it to do everything from learning new algorithms to playing with the new framework, to exploring what the new analytics layer could be used for. We also take some time each day to discuss what we're working on, and even pair programs to teach each other about parts of the codebase. There's no risk of stagnation in this job, you would still be hands-on after a few years.

REQUIREMENTS:

We are looking for a Front-End Engineer to help us scale and go deep on our technical capabilities.

• 4 -12 years of professional front-end development experience
• Hands-on experience with Front end technologies - JavaScript, Typescript, HTML, CSS
• Experience with React Ecosystem (React Router, Styled-components, Server-side rendering, Context API, React Hooks) is strongly preferred
• Experience with state management libraries such as Redux is a huge plus.
• Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around such issues
• Experience in backend programming languages such as Java is strongly preferred 
• Experience in building Web applications using frameworks like Spring, Microservice architecture
• Work experience, preferably from internet companies, products, or startups
• Expertise in design principles and their application
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Fast Learner & a Team Player

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

• Developing new user-facing features using React.js.
• Build reusable components and front-end libraries for future use.
• Translate designs and wireframes into high-quality code.
• Optimize components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers.
• Design a modern highly responsive web-based user interface.

Skills and Competencies;

• Bachelor's degree in computer science preferred.
• 3-5 years of demonstrated experience.
• Good knowledge of HTML5, CSS3.
• Strong proficiency in Javascript.
• Strong working knowledge of React JS and web apps.
• Good working experience using API in UI development.
• Should be able to do responsive design and cross-browser compatibility.
• Willingness to experiment and take complete responsibility for projects.
• Work independently and remote, with excellent follow-up, time management, and organization skills.
• Any additional knowledge of/familiarity with programming, in general, would be a great added bonus.
• Knowledge of Jira/confluence.
• Familiarity with code versioning tools such as Git.
• A team player with a problem-solving aptitude.
• Fluent in a second language preferred, good level of verbal English required.

We are looking for individuals with a love for frontend, and building products with a great user experience. The ideal candidate is someone who has a collaborative process and is comfortable with ambiguity. You will be the earliest members of the product engineering team, and will have an opportunity to define the culture. If you enjoy the zero-to-one process, this is for you.

What you’ll do

• Be part of a team building a web and mobile web app from grounds up
• Drive frontend development for our product.
• Work fast, carefully evaluate the technical tradeoffs of every decision
• Collaborate with design and product on user experience and interface
• Build responsive & re-usable UI components using ReactJS
• Maintain code and write unit tests to ensure the product is of the highest quality

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Strong proficiency in developing with Javascript/ReactJS/AngualrJS
• Strong command of HTML5 and CSS
• Comfortable collaborating with designers and translating designs into high-quality code
• Familiarity with REST APIs
• Familiarity with Git for version control
• Strong communication skills - verbal and written

Minimum Qualifications

A degree in computer science, software engineering, information technology or related fields or relevant experience to demonstrate your abilities and aptitude

2+ years of experience in developing consumer or SaaS web apps or websites

Good to Have

Experience in building real-time frontend and backend data sync applications

Demonstrated an interest for UX and UI

Experience with: AWS, Shopify