Software Engineer II - Frontend Development Jobs in Delhi - Chegg Inc.

Front-End Developer
Engineering Team | New Delhi, India

About The Engineering Team

Chegg's engineering team is a group of passionate engineers who, in close collaboration with data scientists, product managers, designers, and UX researchers, build the future of the online education industry. We build our products to scale and to last, we don’t take shortcuts (hello unit-tests and documentation), and we take pride in delivering high quality solutions on time.

The Role

We are looking for a Web Developer responsible for managing the interchange of data between the server and the users, as well as translating the UI/UX design wireframes to actual code that will produce the visual elements of the application. You will also design the overall architecture of the web application and evolve it to ensure maximum performance and stability.

Responsibilities

• Implementation of a robust set of services and APIs to power the web application
• Building reusable code and libraries for future use
• Optimization of the application for maximum speed and scalability
• Implementation of security and data protection
• Translation of UI/UX wireframes to visual elements
• Integration of the front-end and back-end aspects of the web application
• Understand business requirements and convert them into visual elements that can be represented in UI
• Develop new user-facing features
• Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs
• Assure that all user input is validated before submitting to back-end
• Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders
  
  

Skills And Qualifications

• Good understanding of Object Oriented JavaScript.
• The overall experience of 3+ years with UI technologies (preferably in a E-commerce/Edutech Product company)
• Strong hands-on experience in any of these advanced JavaScript libraries and frameworks such as AngularJS, KnockoutJS, BackboneJS, ReactJS, DurandalJS etc.
• Proficient understanding of client-side scripting and JavaScript frameworks, includingjQuery, Zepto, MooTools, etc.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools Git, Bitbucket etc.
• Familiarity with development aiding tools like Bower, Bundler, Rake, Gulp, etc.
• Proficient knowledge of a back-end programming language PHP
• Understanding differences between multiple delivery platforms (such as mobile vs, desktop),and optimizing output to match the specific platform
• Good understanding of server-side CSS preprocessors such as Stylus, Less, Sass etc.
• Management of hosting UI environments like dev and testing
• administration and scaling an application to support load changes
• Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
• Ability to implement automated testing platforms and unit tests
• Nice to have knowledge on server-side templating languages such as Jade, EJS, Jinja, etc.
  
  

What is Chegg?

An ‘always on’ digital learning platform.

Chegg puts students first…Everything we build in this company is student-focused, making us the leading student-first connected learning platform. Chegg strives to improve the overall return on investment in education by helping students learn more in less time and at a lower cost. This is achieved by providing students a multitude of educational tools from affordable textbook rentals to Chegg Study which supplements their learning through 24/7 tutor access, step-by-step help with questions, and more. Chegg is a publicly-held company based in Santa Clara, California and trades on the NYSE under the symbol CHGG.

Why do we exist?

Students are working harder than ever before to stabilize their future. Our recent research study called State of the Studentshows that nearly 3 out of 4 students are working to support themselves through college and 1 in 3 students feel pressure to spend more than they can afford. We founded our business on provided affordable textbook rental options to address these issues. Since then, we’ve expanded our offerings to supplement many facets of higher educational learning through Chegg Study, Chegg Math, and Chegg Internships and more to support students beyond their college experience. These offerings lower financial concerns for students by modernizing their learning experience. We exist so students everywhere have a smarter, faster, more affordable way to student.