Front-End Architect/Staff Engineer

Say hello to possibilities.

It’s not everyday that you consider starting a new career challenge.

We’re RingCentral, a global leader in cloud-based communications and collaboration software. We are fundamentally changing the nature of human interaction—giving people the freedom to connect powerfully and personally from anywhere, at any time, on any device.

We’re a $2 billion company that’s growing at 30+% annually and we’re expanding our  Solutions Engineering Team to make sure we stay ahead of the competition.

We’re currently looking for: Staff Engineer, Bengaluru

The stack used is: React, TypeScript, Redux, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Testing-Library.

To succeed in this role you must have experience in the following:

• Minimum 13+ years of experience as UI Engineer or UI Architect

• Should still be coding hands-on, i..e lead by example

• Successful track record of leading architectural design and implementation of at least one flagship app with significant user-base, that involved multiple platforms and teams.

• Proven record of building high performance and high-reliability client-side (rather than backend) applications and driving architecture evolution

• Experience in collaborating with backend teams on technical solutions and API design

• Demonstrated ability to analyze and solve the complex problems with global view in mind, and make balanced decisions

• Demonstrated ability to successfully present the architectural decisions to executives and stakeholders

• Advanced understanding of current design patterns and paradigm.

• Strong business sense and insights of product features

• 5+ years of working experience in React.js ecosystem libraries like redux or MobX or material-ui.

• Know-how with regard to front-end tooling such as Webpack, Babel, ESlint, etc.

• Familiarity with the bundling process and how to configure webpack/rollup from scratch

• Understanding how to use browser development tools and how to use them in JavaScript code

• Willingness to take ownership of the tasks and to achieve targets with minimum supervision

• Experience with SaaS, distributed, highly available, event-driven systems

• Ability to analyze, troubleshoot, and solve a wide range of technical problems. Strong problem-solving skills, a can-do attitude

• Have a good knowledge of UX designing

• Nice to have experience working with WebRTC

Responsibilities:

• Provide application client-side architectural vision and drive evolution and roadmap

• Create architectural solutions that maximize the sharable components and enables independent development, test, release and deployment of multiple front-end sub-apps residing in the shell application.

• Build the scalable and open application platform to enable 3rd-party integrations and plug-ins

• Make app architectural decisions and communicate to executives and stakeholders

• Define architecture policies and establish governance mechanism, and supervise architectural implementation 

• Work with backend and other functional teams on E2E architectural solution

• Review the key architecture designs proposed by application teams 

• Support the product management team on technical evaluation and input

• Locate and direct solutions for technical challenges or customer issues

• Drive the application technology evolution by introducing the new technology to the team and product implementation.

What we offer:

RingCentral’s Engineering team works on high-complexity projects that set the standard for performance and reliability at massive scale. What kind of scale? Millions of users today and hundreds of millions tomorrow. This is  your chance to help imagine, develop and deliver products that raise the technological bar, and power human connections. If you’re a talented, ambitious, creative thinker, RingCentral is the perfect environment to join a world class team and bring your ideas to life.

RingCentral’s work culture is the backbone of our success. And don’t just take our word for it: we are recognized as a Best Place to Work by Glassdoor, the Top Work Culture by Comparably and hold local BPTW awards in every major location. Bottom line: We are committed to hiring and retaining great people because we know you power our success. RingCentral offers on-site, remote and hybrid work options optimized for the ways we work and live now.

About RingCentral

RingCentral, Inc. (NYSE: RNG) is a leading provider of business cloud communications and contact center solutions based on its powerful Message Video Phone™  (MVP™) global platform. More flexible and cost effective than legacy on-premises PBX and video conferencing systems that it replaces, RingCentral® empowers modern mobile and distributed workforces to communicate, collaborate, and connect via any mode, any device, and any location. RingCentral is headquartered in Belmont, California, and has offices around the world.

RingCentral is an equal opportunity employer that truly values diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.