Engineer

We are seeking a talented Frontend Engineer to join our dynamic team at PayPal in Chennai, India. In this role, you will collaborate closely with product managers, data scientists, and software engineers to define platform requirements and priorities. You will ensure the delivery of high-quality, performant, and reliable code through rigorous testing, comprehensive code reviews, and adherence to software development best practices.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define platform requirements and priorities.
• Ensure high code quality, performance, and reliability through testing and code reviews.
• Adhere to software development best practices.
• Mentor team members and stay updated with the latest technologies.
• Design and engineer rich user interfaces.
• Write unit/functional tests using Jest, Mocha, Cypress, Selenium, etc.
• Adopt a disciplined approach to testing and quality assurance.
• Think logically, diagnose issues, and make informed decisions.
• Communicate effectively through written and verbal channels.
• Utilize GitHub, Jira, and embrace Agile and Scrum methodologies.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of strong applied experience in frontend technologies.
• Hands-on knowledge of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), Object-Oriented Design (OOD), and Functional programming languages.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science.
• Strong understanding of concurrency, parallelism, and networking.
• Deep knowledge of data structures and algorithms.
• Proficient in Functional and Object-Oriented JavaScript/TypeScript/ES6+ coding.
• Proficient in web frontend technologies including Node JS, React JS, HTML, CSS, Webpack, etc.
• Experience with remote data integration via RESTful APIs and JSON.
• Passion for designing and engineering rich user interfaces.
• Experience writing unit/functional tests using Jest, Mocha, Cypress, Selenium, etc.
• Disciplined approach to testing and quality assurance.
• Ability to think logically, diagnose/triage issues, and make informed decisions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with GitHub, Jira.
• Comfortable with Agile and Scrum.