Responsibilities

UI Development and Performance Optimization

• As a Senior/Lead Software Engineer, you’ll be responsible for creating seamless and high-performance user interfaces using React, Typescript, HTML5, SCSS, and JavaScript(ES6+). Your tasks include:
• Pixel-Perfect UIs: Craft visually appealing, responsive UI components that adhere to design specifications.
• Performance Tuning: Optimize performance by identifying bottlenecks, reducing rendering times, and minimizing memory usage.
• Integration: Integrate with our Ruby on Rails backend to ensure that data is managed efficiently and effectively
• Bug Diagnosis: Investigate and resolve complex issues related to UI glitches, data issues, and third-party library conflicts.
• Code Review: Review other developers’ code for functionality, concision, and maintainability.

Code Quality and Testing

• Clean Code Practices: Write well-structured, maintainable JavaScript code that passes linters and testing.
• Handling Tech Debt: Assist in refactoring legacy code with an eye toward simplicity, maintainability, and creating reusable components.

Software Development Practices

• Design, develop, and maintain high-quality, production-ready code and markup.
• Write clean, well-documented, and testable code adhering to best practices
• Collaborate with product managers and designers to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions
• Participate in code reviews and knowledge sharing within the engineering team
• Stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in React and related technologies
• Proactively identify and address potential technical issues and bottlenecks
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of our development processes and infrastructure

 

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a React developer
• 5+ years of experience with HTML5, SCSS, and JavaScript(ES6+)
• Strong communication skills and a proactive approach to anticipating edge cases & clarifying requirements
• Strong debugging skills with the ability to find and solve problems with minimal documentation or outside help.
• Proven ability to write clean, efficient, and maintainable code
• Experience with testing frameworks
• Experience with deployment and infrastructure tools like AWS, Kubernetes, or similar
• Experience with version control systems like GitHub
• Firm grasp of RESTful APIs,  and asynchronous programming and testing using Postman.