[Hiring] Senior Frontend ReactJS Developer @CacheFly

Role Description

We are looking for an exceptional ReactJS front end developer who also has a good working knowledge of the complete web infrastructure stack. Your primary focus will be on adding new functionality to an existing modern web application. You will be expected to:

• Recommend best practices during design discussions.
• Improve the overall quality of both the code and the application on an ongoing basis.
• Work closely with our UI/UX designer to define how the application works.
• Coordinate with the rest of the team working on different layers of the infrastructure.
• Assist with quality assurance and keeping the production platform as issue-free as possible.

Development team work hours are flexible, with meetings and conversations often starting around 10:00 AM UTC (6 AM US Eastern Time). Weekly video conferences usually occur on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Scheduled production deployments usually occur on a Monday.

Responsibilities

• Developing new user-facing features using React.
• Writing, maintaining, and testing code in JavaScript and TypeScript.
• Converting issues into automated test cases.
• Fixing issues and performing code maintenance.
• Building reusable libraries and components.
• Proactively identifying issues through active testing and real user monitoring.
• Working as part of a team to deliver features which align with business objectives.
• Collaborate closely with other team members.
• Communicating progress and issues in a timely manner.
• Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs.
• Ensure cross-browser compatibility for both desktop and mobile.
• Translating designs, concepts, and HTML5 wireframes into modern high-quality code.
• Optimizing the application for maximum speed and scalability.
• Advocating for best user experience and modern development practices.

Qualifications

• Ability to understand requirements and translate them into technical requirements.
• Ability to design and implement data structures for large scale applications.
• Ability to analyze complex technical documentation.
• Proficiency with JavaScript and web markup including HTML5 & CSS3.
• Proficiency with React, React Redux and its core principles.
• Knowledge of TypeScript and newer specifications of EcmaScript is a plus.
• Knowledge of alternative JS frameworks such as Vue, Angular, JQuery is a plus.
• Thorough understanding of web hosting infrastructures, including traditional and serverless models.
• Thorough understanding of Progressive Web Applications, Manifests and Service Workers.
• Thorough understanding of RESTful API principles and asynchronous request handling.
• Good understanding of unit testing, integration testing, and automated testing strategies.
• Good understanding of HTTP and web content caching.
• Experience with cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them.
• Experience with common front-end development tools such as NPM, Webpack, ESLint, Lighthouse, etc.
• Experience working with Linux and shell scripts.
• Experience building, running and maintaining Docker images.
• Familiarity with git code versioning and GitHub issue management.
• Excellent time keeping and communication skills.
• Keen interest in understanding and implementing modern web application best practices.
• Meticulous and organized approach to work.
• Logical, analytical, and creative approach to problem-solving.
• Thorough, detail-oriented work style.