Lead Front-end Engineer

Director - Frontend | Snapmint

Location: Gurgaon (Unitech Cyber Park, Sector 39)

Work Days: Monday – Friday

Experience: 12-16 years

About Snapmint: Founded by serial entrepreneurs from IIT Bombay, Snapmint is redefining how banking works by building the experience from the ground up. Our flagship offering provides 0% interest purchase financing to over 300 million banked Indian consumers even those without credit cards — through instant credit scoring and advanced underwriting systems.

By evaluating hundreds of data points beyond traditional credit models, we deliver real-time credit approvals, seamless digital loan servicing, and repayments — revolutionizing financial access for the modern, smartphone-first Indian consumer.

https://snapmint.com/

Job Overview:

We’re looking for a Director of Frontend Engineering with a strong focus on Web (React/Next.js) to lead the design, architecture, and execution of Snapmint’s consumer-facing platforms. This role will own web engineering at scale, while also overseeing Android frontend teams to ensure consistency, performance, and a unified user experience across platforms.

You will be responsible for building and scaling high-performance, modular frontend systems that serve millions of users, with a strong emphasis on design thinking, component reusability, and engineering excellence. This is a strategic leadership role that demands a deep understanding of web technologies, system architecture, and modern frontend design patterns, coupled with the ability to mentor teams and drive execution at speed.

🔧 Key Responsibilities:

• Own the frontend web strategy, architecture, and roadmap, focusing on React.js, Next.js, and scalable design systems.
• Lead and mentor web engineers to build modular, maintainable, and high-performing web applications.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, and Backend teams to deliver intuitive and performant cross-platform experiences.
• Oversee the Android frontend team (Kotlin, Jetpack Compose), ensuring consistency in UX, shared design principles, and code quality across platforms.
• Drive the development of design systems and component libraries that scale across web and mobile.
• Champion frontend modularization and micro-frontend architecture to support faster development and easier codebase management.
• Ensure adherence to code quality, performance, security, and accessibility standards.
• Implement best-in-class observability, error tracking, and performance monitoring tools (e.g., Sentry, Firebase, Lighthouse).
• Lead UI experimentation efforts (e.g., A/B testing, feature flags), continuously improving UX based on data.
• Foster a culture of continuous learning, technical excellence, and collaborative innovation within the frontend engineering teams.
• Keep the engineering org updated with the latest in frontend tech, frameworks, and tooling.

✅ Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 12+ years of software engineering experience, with 8+ years in frontend development and 5+ years in technical leadership roles.
• Deep hands-on expertise in:

○ React.js, Next.js, JavaScript/TypeScript

○ Component-driven architecture, server-side rendering (SSR), static site generation (SSG)

○ Building and scaling design systems and modular UIs

• Strong understanding of web performance optimization, SEO, cross-browser compatibility, and accessibility standards (WCAG).
• Experience building scalable consumer-facing applications with millions of users.
• Exposure to Android frontend development (Kotlin/Jetpack Compose) with ability to guide and align mobile teams on UI/UX consistency.
• Familiarity with DevOps for frontend: CI/CD pipelines, feature flagging, analytics, and deployment strategies.
• Passion for design thinking, user-centric product development, and pixel-perfect implementation.
• Strong problem-solving, project management, and communication skills.
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🔍 Your Experience at a Glance

We are hiring a Staff Frontend Engineer – Marketplace (React) for our client (Code Name: SORIN), a global leader in enterprise-grade observability and AIOps software.

This is a high-impact role focused on designing and building the frontend architecture of a new, cutting-edge marketplace platform within a cloud-native observability ecosystem. You’ll lead UI strategy and execution for an e-commerce-style user experience used by developers and platform operators worldwide.

You will work closely with a tight-knit team of 4–5 engineers, backend

developers, and product stakeholders to deliver a fast, intuitive, and scalable marketplace—integrating payment flows, secure access, and seamless navigation across internal and external services.

💻 Key Responsibilities

🔧 UI Architecture & Development

● Define and implement a scalable frontend architecture using React and modern state management (Redux, Context API, etc.)

● Build reusable, component-driven UIs with React (and TypeScript preferred) that are performant and accessible

● Integrate seamlessly with RESTful or GraphQL APIs for robust data handling and error management

🚀 Performance & Reliability

● Implement best practices for performance optimization: code splitting, caching, lazy loading, etc.

● Monitor and enhance production frontend performance using tools like Lighthouse, Chrome DevTools, and analytics platforms

● Champion frontend observability and real-user monitoring (RUM), ensuring reliability at scale

🛒 Marketplace Experience

● Design and implement workflows for product discovery, purchase, and

SKU management

● Incorporate secure payment integrations (Stripe, PayPal, etc.) and

compliant checkout experiences

● Continuously improve the user journey based on metrics, user feedback, and product roadmap

🎯 Technical Leadership & Mentorship

● Provide architectural guidance and best practices to other frontend developers

● Conduct code reviews, lead UI quality initiatives, and support accessibility efforts (WCAG compliance)

● Collaborate with backend, DevOps, Product, and UX teams for end-to-end feature delivery

✅ Must-Have Skills & Experience

● 5+ years of experience in frontend or full-stack development with a focus on React

● Deep understanding of JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, CSS3, and modern frontend tooling (Webpack, Babel, etc.)

● Strong grasp of state management libraries (Redux, MobX, Context)

● Proven ability to build and scale React apps with performance in mind

● Experience in building checkout flows or subscription-based interfaces

● Comfortable integrating secure payment gateways and ensuring

frontend security

● Excellent collaboration skills in cross-functional and Agile teams

● Experience mentoring junior engineers and driving frontend architectural decisions

⭐ Bonus Skills & Good-to-Have

● Working knowledge of TypeScript or other typed languages

● Familiarity with cloud-native observability principles (e.g., tracing, logs, AIOps)

● Experience with design systems, component libraries, and accessible UI practices

● Exposure to CI/CD pipelines, frontend environment setup, and deployment strategies

● Experience working with e-commerce or SaaS marketplaces

🧠 Why This Role Matters

This role gives you the opportunity to define and lead the UI direction of a next-generation platform that combines observability and e-commerce. You’ll shape how thousands of developers and customers interact with one of the most important pieces of our client’s evolving ecosystem. If you're passionate about frontend excellence, user-centric product development, and working at the intersection of technology and design, this is your chance to make a global impact.

📘 About the Employment Model – Direct Employment

You will be hired directly by the client (Code Name: SORIN) and be part of their core product team in India. All aspects of your employment — including title, responsibilities, compensation, and performance review — will be directly managed by the client. Straatix is supporting the client in identifying and onboarding top-tier talent for this role.

Apply here: https://airtable.com/app0U8lKNDT4KiEnD/pagKI67YRVCs8Yrrn/form?prefill_Applied+Position=rec7tCBoD5m3mnPL3

• Experience: 5+ years of professional experience in front-end development with a strong focus on React.js.
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, CSS3, and modern JavaScript frameworks/libraries.
• React Expertise: Deep understanding of React.js and its core principles, including hooks, context API, and state management.
• Tools: Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git), build tools (e.g., Webpack), and testing frameworks (e.g., Jest, React Testing Library).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with: Knowledge of TypeScript, Redux, and modern front-end build pipelines and tools.
• Design: Familiarity with UI/UX design principles and responsive design.
• Blockchain: Understanding of blockchain technologies and cryptocurrency concepts is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Developing new user-facing features using React.js
• Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use
• Translating designs and wireframes into high-quality code
• Optimizing components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers

Skills:

• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model
• Experience in GraphQL
• Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles
• Experience with popular React.js workflows (Redux)
• Familiarity with newer specifications of ECMAScript
• Experience with data structure libraries (e.g., Immutable.js)
• Knowledge of isomorphic React is a plus
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs
• Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token
• Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
• A knack for benchmarking and optimization
• Familiarity with code versioning tools (such as Git, SVN, and Mercurial)

We are looking for a UI Developer to join our team! Headquartered in New York, LodgIQ delivers a revolutionary SaaS platform for Algorithmic Pricing and Revenue Management for the hospitality industry by incorporating machine learning and artificial intelligence. For more information, visit http://www.lodgiq.com">http://www.lodgiq.com 

Backed by Highgate Ventures and Trilantic Capital Partners, LodgIQ is a well-funded company, seeking for a motivated and entrepreneurial UI Developer to join its Product/ Engineering team in India. Qualified A+ candidates will be offered an excellent compensation and benefit package.

Requirements:

• In-depth knowledge of HTML/Javascript/React.JS
• Strong flair for UI and UX
• Understanding of Web Application architectures e.g. Django/Flask 
• Familiarity with Cloud Environments  (AWS, EC2, S3, IAM) 
• Working knowledge of NoSQL databases such as MongoDB 
• Proficiency in consuming and developing REST APIs with JSON data 

Specific Job Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Real world experience with large-scale data on AWS or similar platform
• Must be a self-starter and an effective data wrangler
• Intellectual curiosity and strong desire to learn new Big Data and Machine Learning technologies 
• Deadline driven, and capable of delivering projects on time under a fast paced, high growth environment 
• Willingness to work with unstructured and messy data
• Bachelor’s degree or Masters degree in relevant quantitative fields.

• 3 to 5 years of experience in UI Development and hands on experience on Angular2 or Angular 2+, Node etc.
• Exposure to cross browser compatibility issues, SCSS as the CSS macro-processor, sprites etc.
• Experience with Jira, SVN, Git will be added advantage
• Passionate and eager to learn new technologies
• Intimately knowledgeable about all things web and mobile
• Demo able portfolio on website or GitHub will be given preference
• Must have knowledge on Java script, jQuery, ECMAScript
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript (ES6) or TypeScript
• Familiarities with modern JavaScript tools, like npm and webpack
• Excellent technical design, problem solving and debugging skills.
• Experience building JavaScript/CSS Frameworks or shared component libraries used in large scale production websites.
• Understands frontend software design patterns (e.g. asynchronicity, data binding, modules, objects, promises).
• Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
• Working with MVVM, MVP, MVC patterns

Requirements

• Convert design to Angular 5 components
• Use SCSS as the CSS macroprocessor
• Integrate the Angular services with APIs from the backend team
• Implement UI development best practices to write optimized and non-buggy code
• Work in Agile environment with sprint releases ranging from 2 to 4 weeks
• Feasibility study of requirement and suggest multiple approaches for a problem after sufficient RnD
• Keep abreast with trending recent UI tools, technologies, plugins and software in the industry
• “Roll-up your sleeves” attitude to get things done
• Test your screens using a tool for all browsers and resolution compatibility
• Handle and track tasks assigned using Agile methodology
• Strong commitment towards quality and schedule.
• Cross team coordination

• Substantial experience in building large complex and performant web applications using HTML5, CSS3, Typescript and Javascript across multiple browsers (Especially IE11).
• Experience in frameworks such as React (Redux, Redux Thunk or Saga, React Router, React Hooks) , Node JS and good understanding of the basics of these frameworks and their life cycles.(MUST HAVE)
• Experience in frameworks like Bootstrap and CSS pre-processors like SASS and LESS is desirable.
• Deeper understanding of network layer, HTTP, HTTPS, cookies, local storage.
• Knowledge to handle real-time async data would be a plus.
• Good knowledge on build tools like Webpack and Gulp
• Good knowledge on testing tools like Jest, Cypress, Jasmine, Karma, etc
• Experience in Git source control 
• Deeper understanding of Chrome Dev Tools.
• Deeper knowledge of UI optimizations and performance.
• Excellent communication skills, good visual design sense, in-depth experience in developing web-based applications.
• Experience leading multi engineer projects and mentoring junior engineers.
• Command an impressive portfolio of the latest UI technologies is a plus