Software Engineer II (Frontend)

ABOUT US

Founded in 2014, Circles is a global technology company reimagining the telco industry with its SaaS platform - Circles X, helping telco operators launch and operate successful digital brands through its offerings.

Having pioneered a successful blueprint for disrupting the telco space in Singapore, Circles has since launched its own digital telco, Circles.Life, in Singapore, Taiwan and Australia. Circles has also partnered with other telco operators to launch digital services, enabling our partners to accelerate growth and capture market share within a short period of time.

Today, Circles is partnering with operators in 14 countries to deliver delightful digital experiences to millions of people through our businesses.

We are backed by global investors such as Sequoia, Warburg Pincus, EDBI Singapore and Founders Fund – renowned backers of industry-shaking innovators.

Job Responsibilities

As a Software Engineer II, you'll be responsible for designing & building new features, enhancing the existing features as well as supporting them in production. You will also be responsible for building reusable libraries or technology platforms/products that address multiple use cases. You will work towards delivering specific milestones and objectives in a very dynamic environment 

You will be in charge of the following:

• Functional availability of the software developed, enhancing the product based on functional requirements.
• Managing web applications and frontend applications for their functional correctness, availability and security.
• Own and provide detailed solutioning for given requirements/enhancements working closely with the Solution Architecture team.
• Own the engineering excellence and operational readiness of the services driving engineering SLI, SLO and SLA.
• Take full ownership of developed applications for the quality, security, availability, scalability etc.
• Produce architectural documentations for the assigned applications.
• Assist other Support Engineers on complex RCA issues. 
• Acting as a change agent within the engineering organization to drive delivery & quality excellence in an agile manner.
• Provide L3 engineering support to field teams to keep the SLAs in-tact.
• Working in a collaborative, agile environment with multiple cross functional teams distributed across different geographical locations. 

What’s on offer

We provide a great environment and platform for employees to build their career. In this role, you can expect:

• Unique opportunity to be a part of innovating the telecommunications industry.
• Once in a lifetime chance to help shape a brand from the ground up.
• Autonomy in the role and in managing your own portfolio.
• Exposure to the fast-paced world of high-tech start-ups.
• Attractive experience and compensation.
• Working with passionate, smart and driven colleagues in a vibrant environment.
• Get continuous mentoring to fast-track your career.

Requirements

• 2 to 4 years industrial experience with a focus on front end engineering.
• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent. MSc in Computer Science / Software Engineering will be beneficial.
• Excellent communication skills.
  In depth understanding in at least one modern frontend development framework with a focus on ReactJS, NextJS. Experience in Vanilla JS, CSS and JQuery.
• In depth understanding in creating and maintaining highly responsive and performant user interfaces for web applications.
• Work closely with product managers, UX/UI designers, and backend engineers to deliver cohesive and engaging user experiences.
• Write clean, maintainable, and scalable code while following best practices and coding standards.
• Hands on experience in maintaining scalable, extensible and testable code.
• Deep dive, problem-solving, RCA and systematic thinking to reach to the cause of issues.
• Stay up to date with modern frameworks & practices.
• Able to work independently and multi-task effectively