Frontend Engineer

📍 Position : Lead Angular Developer

📅 Experience : 7 to 12 years

🧑‍💼 Open Positions : 2

📍 Work Location : Bangalore, Pune, Chennai

🏢 Work Mode : Hybrid – 3 days/week in-office

📅 Notice Period : Immediate to 15 days preferred

🔧 Key Responsibilities :

• Lead the design, development, and optimization of responsive and scalable web applications.
• Collaborate closely with UI/UX designers to translate wireframes into high-quality code.
• Drive component-based architecture using modern Angular frameworks.
• Develop reusable, testable, and efficient frontend components using Angular (v2+), JavaScript/ES6, and HTML5/CSS3.
• Ensure seamless integration with APIs, services, and backend systems.
• Conduct thorough unit testing and support integration testing using tools like Jasmine, Karma, Cypress, or similar.
• Promote coding best practices, maintain code quality, and align with SOLID principles and modern design patterns.
• Participate in pair programming, Agile, and Extreme Programming (XP) practices.

🛠️ Must-Have Technical Skills :

• Expertise in Angular (latest versions) and core JavaScript/ES6
• Working knowledge of ReactJS (preferred)
• Strong understanding of HTML5, CSS3, and responsive design techniques
• Familiarity with design tools : Figma, Adobe XD, InVision, Sketch
• Performance optimization for web apps and knowledge of deployment to various web servers
• Testing frameworks : Jasmine, Karma, Cypress, or similar

🎯 Ideal Candidate Profile :

• Currently working as an Individual Contributor in a product-based company
• Proven expertise in leading frontend modules or small teams
• Ability to build user interfaces that are beautiful, functional, and intuitive
• Passionate about clean code and frontend craftsmanship
• Strong communicator and a natural collaborator

🧪 Interview Process :

1. Round 1 : Technical pairing assessment
2. Round 2 : Technical round with panel
3. Round 3 : HR discussion

Job Title: Senior Software Engineer – Frontend

About the Role

We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Frontend Engineer to join our fast-growing product engineering team. As a senior contributor, you will play a key role in designing, building, and scaling modern, intuitive, and performant web applications that delight our users. You will collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and backend engineers to bring ideas to life—while mentoring junior engineers and driving best practices across the frontend discipline.

Key Responsibilities

• Build & Deliver: Design, develop, and maintain high-quality, scalable, and responsive web applications using React.js and modern JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Own the Frontend: Drive architecture decisions, contribute to reusable component libraries, and ensure the frontend stack remains cutting-edge.
• Collaborate: Work with cross-functional teams (Product, Design, Backend) to translate business needs into elegant technical solutions.
• Performance & UX: Optimize applications for maximum speed, responsiveness, accessibility, and seamless user experience.
• Best Practices: Champion code quality through code reviews, automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and documentation.
• Mentorship: Provide technical guidance, support, and mentorship to junior and mid-level engineers.
• Innovation: Stay current with frontend technologies, tools, and frameworks, continuously improving how we build software.

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 5–8 years of professional experience in frontend or full-stack software development.
• Deep expertise in React.js, JavaScript (ES6+), and modern frontend ecosystems (Webpack, Babel, NPM/Yarn, etc.).
• Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and software design patterns.
• Strong experience with unit testing, debugging, and performance profiling.
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs, and micro-frontend architectures is a plus.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with strong attention to detail and a focus on delivering value.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with a passion for teamwork.

Why Join Us

• Opportunity to own impactful projects end-to-end, from ideation to deployment.
• A culture that values technical excellence, continuous learning, and innovation.
• Work alongside talented engineers and thought leaders in a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment.
• Competitive compensation, flexible work options, and comprehensive benefits.

• Experience with Web Components and Custom Elements
• Understanding of data visualization concepts and technologies (SVG, D3.js)
• Familiarity with JavaScript build tools such as Webpack.
• Git Source Control
• Unit and E2E Testing - Cypress.io / Chai / Karma / Jasmine / etc.
• Experience building responsive interfaces.
• Good sense for building visually appealing products.
• Some Node experience
• Experience using RESTful Web Service Architecture
• Experience working in Agile Environments
• To be considered for this role, you must have:
• A deep understanding of building complex, single-page JavaScript apps using frameworks such as Angular, React, or Vue
• Fluency with JavaScript, TypeScript, CSS and SASS

• In this Senior Front End Engineer position, you will:
• Inherit a well-architected, clean and robust codebase built with TypeScript, Angular, and SCSS/SASS with a modern interface
• Work with our design team and other engineers to make sure our application is performant and intuitive to use
• Evaluate and implement new libraries and components
• Ensure best practices are followed in the design and development of the application
• Contribute to and help manage our open source libraries

About Hop:

We are a London, UK based FinTech startup with a subsidiary in India. Hop is working towards building the next generation digital banking platform for seamless and economical currency exchange, with technology at the crux of it. In a technology driven era, many financial services platforms still lack the customer experience and are cumbersome to use. Hop aims at building a ‘state of the art’ tech-centric, customer focused solution.

moneyHOP is India’s first cross-border neo-bank providing millennials the ability to ‘Send’ & ‘Spend’ conveniently and economically across the globe using HOPRemit (An online remittance portal) and HOP app + Card (A multi-currency bank account).

This position is a crucially important position in the firm and the person hired will have the liberty to drive the product and provide direction in line with business needs.

About Individual

Looking for an enthusiastic individual who is passionate about technology and has worked with either a start-up or a blue-chip firm in the past.

The candidate needs to be a multi-tasker, highly self-motivated, self-starter and have the ability to work in a high stress environment. He/she should be tech savvy and willing to embrace new technology comfortably.

Ideally, the candidate should have experience working with the technology stack in the scalable and high growth mobile application software.

General Skills

• 3-4 years of experience in Frontend development.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Science, or equivalent practical experience.
• Exposure to Behaviour Driven Development and experience in programming and testing.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Good time management and organizational skills.
• Dependability
• Accountability and Ownership
• Right attitude and growth mindset
• Trust-worthiness
• Ability to embrace new technologies
• Ability to get work done
• Has good code reviewing skills for conformance.
• Has good software testing skills and good code writing skills.

Technical Skills

• Relevant work experience as a UI Developer. Proficient in JavaScript , ReactJS and/or React Native, Angular , JQuery Experience with HTML, CSS, Knowledge of web services and related technologies (REST) Experience with Web Services and API integration
• Candidate should have a stronghold on HTML & CSS
• Can understand and troubleshoot REST APIs calls
• Database administration and management of a hosting environment such as AWS.
• Knowledge of SASS & LESS will be a plus as well
• Sound understanding of relational and non-relational DB systems such as MySQL, Postgres, MongoDB etc.
• Has experience dealing with JIRA (issue tracking tools), Confluence (knowledge management) tools.
• Experience with building and maintaining microservices.
• Experience with building and integrating the core system with external APIS.
• Good to have: Domain knowledge in the BFSI tech stack.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities 

1. Use JavaScript and cutting-edge JS frameworks to develop front end applications that follow industry-standard design patterns, development methodologies, and deployment models
2. Solve and articulate complex problems through application design, product development, and user experiences. 
3. Develop software used by people who are not software developers--ensure the exceptional software you create influences them to be exceptional professionals in their respective fields
4. Collaborate with other programmers and mentor junior engineers through the development process
5. Leverage the knowledge of your peers to better understand business trends, customer communities, and technology adoption patterns
6. Evolve your language skills in JavaScript by staying current with complementary programming languages, development methodologies, user interface design techniques, and database tools.