Senior React Engineer

A fast-growing technology company offering a low code gamified engagement platform for businesses is looking for a Senior React Engineer. As an engineer, you will contribute to building and scaling the product while developing reusable, responsive components. The U.S.-based company is helping brands create rich in-app experiences without incurring the services of a developer. It has raised close to $350K in funding so far. Candidates capable of effectively balancing speed/quality/tech debt to make engineering decisions that yield quality results are well-suited for this role. 

Job Responsibilities:

• Work on building and scaling the company’s product, which caters to consumers who are app-based businesses 
• Develop responsible, reusable components with the help of React.js 
• Identify and resolve customer issues/bugs
• Work on iterating existing features and creating new ones
• Assist the team in estimating, scoping, and planning projects

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science (or equivalent experience)
• At least 6+ years of relevant experience as a software developer
• Extensive experience working with React and TypeScript
• Prolific experience with HTML5
• Proven ability to use CSS flexbox and grid to develop different layouts
• Must be comfortable using only HTML5 and CSS (without any frameworks or libraries) to create dynamic and responsive UI
• Demonstrated experience in using transition, keyframes, and transform for various animations in the UI
• Must be comfortable with building unique experiences using the HTML5 canvas 
• Must be skilled in React.js and understand the complete React component lifecycle
• Proven ability to develop large-scale React applications
• Skilled in using React Hooks: useEffect, useState, useRef, and useContext
• Experience with Redux pattern
• Must know how to manage the complex state in React applications
• Proficiency in developing 2d web games using JS game engines like Phaser.js or Pixi.js would be nice to have
• Must know about web vitals and be able to perform static site generation (SSG) and code splitting wherever required 
• Vast experience working with REST, SQL, and APIs is a plus
• Must be biased towards action and possess a burning desire to move fast, be self-motivated, and be a life-long learner
• Must be willing to do whatever it takes, even if it requires performing tasks outside of the given role (front-end/back-end help, handling customer support, etc.) 
• Must be a product thinker who values the customer 
• Spoken and written English skills are necessary