Front End Tech Lead

Job Title: Front end Tech Lead Developer

Location: Bangalore / Hyderabad / Chennai / Coimbatore

Position: Full-time

Work Type: Hybrid

Department: Annalect Engineering

Position Overview

Annalect is currently seeking a lead developer to join our technology team. In this role, you will contribute to the design and development of intuitive front-end applications and distributed backend microservices. We are passionate about modular reusable software architecture. We are looking for people who have a shared passion for developing and building cool reusable user interfaces and services. In this role you will contribute to the technical architecture of the product as well as research and evaluation of new technical solutions while coordinating between interdisciplinary teams to help shape the perfect solution for us and our agencies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Development and unit testing of web applications including front-end (SPA) and back-end (microservices), maintenance & support of the same.
• Aid Project Managers in the planning of projects (eg provision of estimates, risk analysis, requirements analysis, technical options)
• Involvement in full life cycle of projects (including requirement analysis and system design, development and support if required)
• Support and work collaboratively with teams across areas of design, development, quality assurance and operations
• Attend meetings as required to discuss and demonstrate solutions at both technical and business level
• To be a knowledge keeper for product, its architecture, design and implementation details
• Provide overall mentorship, coaching and on-demand training to improve and unify development style.

Required Skills

• 7+ years in front-end applications development
• 2+ at least as Technical Lead
• Hands on experience HTML5, CSS, React and JavaScript / Typescript
• Experience working on commercial web applications
• Experience deploying web applications on headless CMS
• Exposure to using PHP in CMS and for server side coding
• Strong knowledge of object -oriented concepts and design patterns
• Experience in performance optimization and implementing with security in mind
• Distributed message-based application design and implementation
• Experience in developing using test driven development and working with continuous integration and deployment

Additional Skills

• Experience developing and deploying to cloud environments / containerization
• Experience with Adobe Experience Manager / GraphQL
• Design and usability skills are a plus
• Multi-tenant application development experience is a huge plus

Personal Skills

• You are excited about working for a young, high-growth company where things are changing every day.
• In fact, you thrive in environments where there is ambiguity, no matter how chaotic the circumstances, you know how to handle a lot of moving parts without getting overwhelmed and you enjoy bringing a sense of order and process to that chaos.
• You are always curious and eager to better understand, expand your knowledge, and encourage that knowledge with others.
• You write and speak eloquently, no matter how tired or stressed you are, with a focus on efficiency and intention.
• You enjoy digging into the work, you follow through on every responsibility and are willing to seek out the unspoken expectations you understand that delegating does not mean shirking but supporting those you are relying and trusting on to help handle that work.
• You have a good sense of humor.
• You are passionate about delivering great software products that create value for the organization, our clients, and our users.

Perks of working at Annalect

• Culture. We have an incredibly fun, collaborative, and friendly environment, and often host social and learning activities such as game night, speaker series, and so much more! Halloween (or Hallow-ect as we know it) is a special day on our calendar since it is our Founding Day we go all out with decorations, costumes, and prizes!
• Generous vacation policy. Paid time off (PTO) includes vacation days, personal days, and a Summer Friday program.
• Extended time off around the holiday season. Our office is closed between Xmas and New Year to encourage our hardworking employees time to rest, recharge and celebrate the season with family and friends.
• As part of Omnicom, we have the backing and resources of a global billion-dollar company, but also have the flexibility and pace of a startup” - we move fast, break things, and innovate.
• Work with modern stack and environment to keep on learning and improving helping to experiment and shape new technologies.

We are an equal opportunity employer

Annalect, a division of Omnicom Media Group, reaffirms its commitment to the policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and to carrying out this policy at all of its offices. It shall be the policy of Omnicom Media Group to (1) recruit, select, hire, train, promote, pay, discipline and terminate employees in all job classifications without regard to age, race, color, creed, national origin, citizenship status, alienage, religion, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability or any other basis upon which discrimination against or harassment of employees or applicants for employment is prohibited under any applicable federal, state or local equal opportunity employment laws and (2) ensure that all personnel actions are administered without discrimination in violation of applicable law.