Overview -
Shaadi.com is the World’s No. 1 Matchmaking service with over millions of success stories. We serve lakhs of mobile users daily and the team works on very high stake engineering projects.

At Shaadi, we always put our users first. We are looking for a Senior Software Developer who is continuously adapting to new technologies and excited to work on products that impact millions of people every day.
 

• Be the USER: Start by looking at things from the user’s perspective and don’t stop until you’ve evaluated how the solution has impacted the user.
• Deliver WOW: Never settle for mediocrity. Aspire for new user benchmarks and operational/technical excellence. Passionately seek unconventional solutions that have the potential of redefining customer expectations.
• Embrace & Drive CHANGE: Embrace curiosity. Accept and enthusiastically encourage change while questioning the status quo and showing initiative. Never let the fear of failing hold you back.

Role - We are looking for a Full-stack Software Engineer who is motivated to combine the art of design with the art of programming. As a software engineer, you will own and develop feature sets for shaadi.com’s website and mobile site that involve Responsive UIs and Restful Services and ensure a seamless online matchmaking experience. You will mostly work with the UI/UX designer and bridge the gap between graphical design and technical implementation, taking an active role on both sides and defining how the application looks as well as how it works.

What you will do in this role

• Translate requirements and mock-ups into fully functional features by working closely with business and product owners, creative designers and back-end developers
• Review requirements, design specifications and propose a solution and have a discussion before implementation
• Work with team leads on the requirements and create estimates against those requirements
• Deliver projects on time in an agile and continuous development environment
• Writing tests in a client-side test framework such as Jest, Jasmine, etc.
• Understanding digital/mobile UX and optimizing websites and mobile sites
• Work with QA team for resolving issues
• Report status with tools like JIRA to stakeholders

Job requirements

What you should have

• 2-5 years of work experience developing complex software
• Minimum 2-3 years sound experience with front-end web development in JavaScript frameworks like React and at least 1-2 years experience on node js.
• Experience with state management like Redux, Mobx, etc.
• A solid understanding of core JavaScript principles and fundamentals.
• Understand the intricacies of DOM and have good knowledge over the APIs and their performance implications
• In-depth knowledge about HTML5 and CSS and can take necessary decisions when building responsive UI
• Familiarity with popular JavaScript tools, frameworks, and design principles, and enjoy staying up to date with the changing JavaScript ecosystem.
• Strong understanding of UI performance metrics, as well as how to capture and interpret them.
• Strong communication skills across the board, with a passion for finding and sharing best practices and driving greater discipline.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and document browser/platform compatibility issues and standards.
• Experience using Version Control (GitHub/Gitlab).
• Passionate about code quality, extensibility, and simple architecture design
• Must be comfortable working in an open, highly collaborative team environment

What should you know well?

• HTML5
• CSS3
• Cross Browser and device compatibility
• Javascript
• React
• Webpack
• Node.js
• API Development
• REST
• Github / Gitlab

Brownie Points

• Test-Driven Development
• Familiarity in writing RESTful API / consuming RESTful API
• Front-end styling frameworks (Style-components, Material UI, etc.)
• Knowledge of PHP, Python, Ruby

Shaadi.com, the flagship brand of People interactive, is the world’s largest matrimonial service. It was founded with one simple objective – to provide a superior matchmaking experience to Indians worldwide. The company pioneered online matrimony in 1996 and has continued to lead the exciting matrimony category for 25 years. The service has touched the lives of 35 million people globally and helped over 6 million people find their matches. Among many other awards, Shaadi.com has been recognized as the Most Trusted Matrimonial site and is amongst the world’s 50 Most Innovative Companies, alongside Apple, Google, Facebook, and Amazon. Shaadi.com has also been recognized as the world’s most engaging brand on Facebook.