Software Engr I

Software Engineer I – UI Developer

Role Overview
We are looking for a Software Engineer 1 with a strong interest in building modern, responsive, and user-friendly web applications. The primary focus of this role is front-end/UI development, with opportunities to contribute to backend services and APIs.

The ideal candidate has solid programming fundamentals, understands modern web development practices, and is eager to learn, collaborate, and build high-quality software.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain responsive web user interfaces.
• Build reusable UI components using modern JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks.
• Translate product requirements and UX designs into functional, intuitive user experiences.
• Integrate UI components with REST APIs and backend services.
• Write clean, maintainable, testable, and well-structured code.
• Troubleshoot UI, browser, performance, and integration issues.
• Participate in code reviews, debugging, testing, and engineering discussions.
• Collaborate with UX designers, backend engineers, QA, and product stakeholders.
• Contribute to unit and integration test automation.
• Learn and apply established engineering, security, accessibility, and coding practices.
• Contribute to backend development when required.

Required Skills

• Good knowledge of HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and/or TypeScript.
• Hands-on experience with a modern UI framework, preferably React, Angular, or similar.
• Understanding of responsive web design and component-based UI development.
• Familiarity with consuming REST APIs and handling JSON data.
• Good understanding of programming fundamentals, data structures, debugging, and problem solving.
• Familiarity with Git and source-control workflows.
• Understanding of software development and testing fundamentals.
• Good communication skills and ability to work effectively in a collaborative engineering environment.

Good to Have

• Backend development exposure using Node.js, Java, C#, Python, or similar technologies.
• Understanding of REST API design and development.
• Exposure to relational or NoSQL databases.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and DevOps practices.
• Understanding of web accessibility and basic application security concepts.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum development environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• 0–2 years of relevant software development experience, including internships or substantial project experience.
• Demonstrated experience building web applications through academic, personal, internship, or professional projects.

What We Look For

• Strong learning mindset and curiosity.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Attention to code quality and user experience.
• Ability to take ownership of well-defined development tasks.
• Willingness to learn across the stack while developing deeper expertise in UI engineering.