Lead Software Engineer - Frontend
Freshworks
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Job Description Overview of the role : Front-end engineers at Freshworks are responsible for implementing many of the client-side systems/code that generate the UIs our end-users will interact with. They work closely with the backend and platform engineers, architects, designers, and product managers to develop scalable and maintainable UI systems/features/components. Responsibilities - A minimum of 7 years of relevant professional experience - Planning, estimation, requirement analysis, the layout design of the assigned project and other ongoing projects in a team with Project Manager / Developer / Designer. - Lead a team of developers (Front-End / UI) as well as contributing to a hands-on front-end developer - Work closely with design, product management, and development teams to create elegant, usable, responsive and interactive interfaces. - Maintaining and auditing code quality as per set guidelines and standards in assigned projects. - Testing of completed tasks in ongoing projects in a team before delivering it to QA. - Focusing on the team to ensure on-time delivery. - Training and mentoring of team members. - People management & Technical management - Implement and support compliance of self and team to Freshworks compliance and information security processes. Requirements - Solid knowledge of HTML, CSS, SASS. - Excellent knowledge of Javascript, Jquery - Excellent Knowledge of Javascript - MVC architecture and OOP programming style. - Ability to pick and use Javascript Frameworks - Backbone / Angular / EmberJs / NodeJs knowledge of version control systems like GIT. - Excellent communication skills - Problem-solving and decision-making skills - Teamwork and Leadership skills Qualifications HTML, CSS, OO JavaScript, Ember, React, expsure to one or more JS Framework, Data Structures and Algorithms, Team mentoring/ Handling