Senior Frontend Engineer

The Role:

A Senior Frontend Engineer at Razorpay strives to build solid frontend foundations, infrastructure, and top-notch experiences. You are required to work in teams alongside back end developers, graphic designers, and user experience designers to ensure all elements of web creation are consistent. This requires excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Develop high-quality and responsive user interfaces using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
• Implement and maintain frontend frameworks and libraries, such as React, Angular, or Vue.js
• Collaborate with designers to translate wireframes and mockups into functional UI components
• Ensure cross-browser compatibility and optimize web applications for maximum speed and scalability
• Write clean, modular, and maintainable code following coding standards and best practices
• Conduct thorough testing and debugging to ensure the functionality and performance of UI components
• Participate in code reviews, providing constructive feedback to improve code quality and maintainability
• Work closely with backend engineers to integrate frontend interfaces with server-side logic and APIs
• Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders to understand project requirements and provide technical insights
• Stay up-to-date with the latest front-end technologies, trends, and best practices, and proactively suggest improvements to the development process
• Champion usability and accessibility, adhering to web accessibility guidelines (e.g., WCAG) and implementing UX principles
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers, fostering their growth and development

Mandatory Qualifications:

• A minimum of 3+ years of relevant experience
• Proficient knowledge of any popular JS framework like React, Ember, Angular, or Backbone
• Experience with common front-end tools like SASS/Stylus, Jade, Grunt/Gulp, etc
• Good understanding of REST API
• Ability to build a feature from scratch & drive it to completion
• A willingness to learn new technology, whatever lets you deliver the best product

Good to have:

We also expect the following, but we accept that you can be an absolutely great developer without fulfilling the below. So go ahead and apply even if the following isn't applicable:

• Have a few weekend side-projects up on GitHub
• Have contributed to an open-source project
• Have worked at a product company
• Have a working knowledge of a backend programming language