Frontend Software Engineer, HackerRank

• Strong, self-motivated individuals looking to learn and contribute to key product and tech initiatives
• Overall 2+ years of expertise in JavaScript-based UI Frameworks, with a strong preference for ReactJS
• We also expect you to be good with fundamental Javascript, someone who is willing to admit I don’t know Javascript - https://github.com/getify/You-Dont-Know-JS
• Good hands-on practical knowledge of HTML and CSS
• Experience with frontend toolings like Webpack, babel, etc
• Hands-on experience in frontend debugging and testing
• Keen attention to quality, someone who has set or used good coding standards for front-end development
• Good knowledge of various browser environments, compatibility, and any experience in building a multiscreen app is a bonus
• Eye for detail and metrics-driven, especially around Web Performance and Optimization

Desirable

• As a Frontend Engineer, you will be pivotal in HackerRank’s mission to “Accelerate the World’s Innovation”
• You are excited to impact the lives of millions of developers as you build the platform for them to showcase their skills and get hired
• We’re responsible for creating the world’s leading technical interview platform. We believe in “Extreme ownership,” and you’ll have immense ownership of products and engineering
• Your work will directly impact the lives of millions of developers as you build the platform for them to showcase their skills and get hired
• You will be responsible for building systems that back the screen, interviews, and other product lines and building the best developer experience for each of our products
• You’d be working on helping us scale our products to handle over 100K concurrent users to support significant country-wide remote hiring events
• As part of this, you must also build a platform to provide world-class developer experience (Coding editor, Autocomplete, Linting, Ability to run code quickly, etc.) on the cloud at scale
• Along with all of this, you will also be responsible for mentoring interns and delivering essential product and tech initiatives
• Partnering with product designers and product managers to build and improve workflows and user experience for various personas like Interviewer, Candidate, Recruiter, and Hiring Manager
• Building uniform software front-end components that are pluggable and can be used across the organizations for various offerings
• Understanding key web performance metrics for the product and striving to improve it on a regular basis
• Actively participate in setting up good standards and conventions for front-end engineering and also review code for quality. We believe a good code is like good karma; it goes a long way
• Collaborating with the engineers across the team for organization-wide initiatives, with the mission to improve software quality and user experience on a regular basis
• Mentoring budding Engineers and Interns