Department: Product Research & Development
Location: India, Bangalore
Description
Senior, Software Engineering (Frontend)
You will design, build, maintain, and test commercial frontend software that meets customer and business needs. You will work independently on complex UI features and ongoing maintenance, including bug fixing of existing applications, while contributing to overall team delivery.
In this role, you will apply broad engineering knowledge across the frontend development lifecycle and integrate effectively with backend services. You will continuously improve code quality, accessibility, performance, and reliability to deliver high-quality user experiences.
You will also be responsible for clearly explaining technical solutions to stakeholders and influencing decisions at the operational level. Additionally, you will support and coach less experienced engineers as needed.
Experience with
Vue.js and
Polymer.js is an added advantage. Experience working with
CI/CD pipelines is also preferred.
Experience Required:
Minimum
5+ years of relevant experience in frontend development.
Work Model:
This role follows Forterro's hybrid working model. Employees are expected to work from the office during the onboarding phase and subsequently adhere to the local hybrid work policy thereafter.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain responsive, accessible, and high-performance user interfaces using modern JavaScript.
- Implement component-based architecture and reusable frontend patterns.
- Integrate frontend applications with backend APIs and authentication mechanisms.
- Write clean, maintainable, and secure code with strong test coverage.
- Deliver end-to-end frontend features, from requirements analysis and design to implementation, testing, and release.
- Diagnose and resolve UI, browser compatibility, and performance issues using data and analysis.
- Participate in code reviews and raise the quality bar for frontend engineering.
- Collaborate with Product, UX, QA, and backend engineers to ensure customer value and product quality.
- Improve engineering processes, frontend tooling, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Produce clear technical documentation for internal and external audiences.
- Coach, review, and delegate work to less experienced engineers when required.
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
- Strong experience building frontend software products with modern JavaScript frameworks.
- Proven delivery of complex frontend features and maintenance tasks across the full software development lifecycle.
- Solid knowledge of frontend architecture, state management, API integration, and web security.
- Experience with automated frontend testing, code review, and continuous integration.
- Practical understanding of performance optimization, accessibility, and responsive design.
- Ability to analyze issues, propose options, and make sound trade-offs with limited guidance.
- Clear communication skills with the ability to explain technical topics to non-engineering stakeholders.
- Hands-on experience with Vue.js and/or Polymer.js is a plus.
- DevOps experience (CI/CD, deployment automation, observability, containerization) is a significant plus.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
