Principal Software Engineer - React (Contractual)

Creative Chaos; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Work From Home

Health Insurance

OPD

Training and Development

Life Insurance

Exchange Program

Job summary

Creative Chaos is seeking a Principal Software Engineer for ReactJS to lead server-side applications, develop REST APIs, and ensure robust security and performance aligned with design specifications.

You will mentor engineers, shape technical strategy, review code, and collaborate with clients and cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• 8+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong communication skills.
• Proficient in JavaScript technologies.
• Experience with ReactJS, Redux and Context.
• Experience with design systems such as Material-UI or Atomize.
• Understanding of accessibility and security standards.
• Experience with unit tests and achieving high test coverage.
• Familiar with GitHub, JIRA and collaboration tools.
• Backend fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of software engineers.
• Mentor team members through training and guidance.
• Analyze business requirements.
• Estimate assigned tasks.
• Write code and unit tests.
• Collaborate with other team members.
• Tune code for enhanced security and performance.
• Maintain systems by fixing existing issues.
• Update issue tracking software.
• Provide status updates.
• Communicate with client.
• Control versions of your code.
• Research new technologies.
• Upgrade skills and knowledge.
• Evaluate candidates for open positions.

Skills

ReactJS

Redux

JavaScript

HTML/CSS

Unit testing

Security

Accessibility

GitHub/JIRA

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

GitHub

JIRA

Job description

Job Summary

A Principal Software Engineer for ReactJS is an associate at Creative Chaos who is mainly responsible for developing server applications of various software platforms including but not limited to writing Restful APIs to be consumed by client applications. A principal software engineer makes sure that the functionality, security and performance of the server application is as per the design and is completely bug free. Principal engineers have a responsibility to lead a team of engineers, mentor team members through continuous training and guidance.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead a team of software engineers
• Mentor team members through training and guidance
• Analyze business requirements
• Estimate assigned tasks
• Write code and unit tests
• Collaborate with other team members
• Tune your code for enhanced security and performance
• Maintain systems by fixing any existing issues
• Update issue tracking software
• Provide status updates
• Communicate with client
• Control versions of your code
• Research new technologies
• Upgrade skills and knowledge
• Evaluate candidates for open positions

Requirements

• Minimum Bachelors in Computer Science/Software Engineering or equivalent.
• Minimum eight (8) years of related experience in professional industry
• Strong communication skills
• Strong proficiency in Javascript technologies
• Knowledge and experience of developing user interfaces with HTML and CSS
• Knowledge and experience of developing applications with ReactJS, Redux and Context
• Knowledge and experience of design systems such as Material-UI or Atomize etc.
• Understanding of accessibility standards and security compliances
• Experience with writing unit tests and ensuring the minimum 90% test coverage
• Knowledge of and experience with Github, JIRA and other collaboration tools
• Basic understanding of back-end technologies
• Flexible attitude and versatile personality
• Strong presentation skills
• Strong influence among team members

Benefits

• Paid Time Off
• Work From Home
• Health Insurance
• OPD
• Training and Development
• Life Insurance
• Exchange Program