React.js Developer

About Us:

We are a fast-growing startup building AI-powered solutions centered around intelligent agents. Our mission is to deliver seamless, intuitive interfaces that make advanced AI accessible to real users through modern, responsive web applications.

Role: Full Stack Developer Developer

We’re looking for a Full Stack Developer who can design and develop production-ready web applications with excellent frontend user experiences and robust backend systems. You’ll work closely with our AI, product, and design teams to build interactive platforms connecting users with intelligent AI agents.

Responsibilities:

• Develop, test, and maintain end-to-end web applications with modern frontend frameworks and scalable backends.
• Collaborate with AI engineers to integrate agent-driven APIs and real-time data into the UI.
• Design and implement RESTful/GraphQL APIs and efficient database structures.
• Optimize application performance, load times, and user responsiveness.
• Write clean, modular, and reusable code following software design principles.

Requirements:

• THE CANDIDATE MUST BE COMFORTABLE WITH FRONTEND DEVELOPMENT AND HAVE A STRONG UNDERSTANDING OF UI/UX DESIGN PRINCIPLES.
• Strong expertise in Frontend Technologies:React.js,HTML, CSS
• JavaScript,TypeScript, and DOM manipulation.
• State management (Redux, Zustand, Context API,Rest API).
• UI libraries like Material UI, Tailwind CSS, or Bootstrap.
• Proficiency in Node.js and Express.js for backend development.
• Strong understanding of database design (MongoDB, PostgreSQL, or MySQL).
• Knowledge of API design patterns, MVC architecture, and low-level OOP design.
• Hands-on experience with Git/GitHub, version control, and collaborative workflows.
• Awareness of real-time data handling (WebSockets), security, and performance optimization.
• Prior experience building or deploying production-grade web applications through past experience and internships.
• Exposure to AI-powered or multi-agent systems.
• Familiarity with Figma or other design collaboration tools.

What You’ll Gain:

• Hands-on experience building real-world AI-integrated full-stack applications.
• Opportunity to work on frontend architecture, design systems, and API integrations.
• Mentorship from experienced full-stack and AI engineers.
• Pathway for conversion to a full-time position based on performance.

Company Overview

VC-backed Fintech startup with an innovative online trading application seeking an experienced Frontend Engineer to join our growing team.

We're based out of UK and have our engineering team in India.

Job Description

We are looking for a great JavaScript developer who is proficient with React.js. Your primary focus will be on developing user interface components and implementing them following well-known React.js workflows (such as Flux or Redux). You will ensure that these components and the overall application are robust and easy to maintain. You will coordinate with the rest of the team working on different layers of the infrastructure. Therefore, a commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and quality product is important.

Responsibilities

1. Developing new user-facing features using React.js
2. Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use
3. Translating designs and wireframes into high quality code
4. Optimizing components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers
5. Maintain existing React systems, including fixing bugs
6. Handling backend infra written in Next/Node/Express

Skills

1. Strong proficiency in debugging, JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model
2. Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles
3. Experience with popular React.js workflows (such as Flux or Redux)
4. Familiarity with newer specifications of EcmaScript
5. Experience with data structure libraries (e.g., Immutable.js)
6. Knowledge of isomorphic React is a plus
7. Knowledge of isomorphic Next js and Node js is a plus
8. Familiarity with RESTful APIs
9. Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token
10. Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools
11. Experience with common front-end development tools such as Babel, Webpack, NPM, etc.
12. Familiarity with basic authentication mechanism and security
13. Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
14. A knack for benchmarking and optimization
15. Familiarity with code versioning tools such as Git

[Please note: Our HQ is in Wales and we're in the process of creating an Indian Entity. This means that the candidate will be responsible for all Tax related compliances until the entity is setup.]

What you’ll be doing

• Lead the development of our platform’s front end.
• Work with the product and design teams along with the founders to build new product features from start to finish: through conception, research, implementation, and maintenance.
• Work closely with founders and internal/external stakeholders to build products, tools, and services from scratch and deliver high-quality software solutions.
• You'll leverage your frontend knowledge to help improve performance and reliability, and polish existing features.
• Share your technical expertise to help the team make thoughtful and scalable design decisions and identify performance bottlenecks to troubleshoot quickly.
• Manage product development priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
• Ensure high-performant and responsive web applications and websites.

Skills & Qualities we’re looking for

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science (or equivalent experience).
• 2-4 years of experience as a frontend developer (rare exceptions for highly skilled developers) at a fast-paced, preferably early / growth stage start-up.
• You're familiar with HTML, CSS, Javascript, and a React-like UI framework.
• Knowledge of codebases and version control systems (Git).
• You have experience debugging performance issues with UI in modern browsers across multiple platforms.
• Well-versed with SQL database design & RDBMS concepts.
• Strong arithmetic reasoning, logical and analytical thinking skills.
• Strong knowledge of code quality maintenance and performance analysis.

• Coding and debugging pure JavaScript, polyglot and multi-lingual applications.
• Working closely with Technical Lead/Project Manager to ensure development timelines are met.
• Contribute with ideas to improve system design or streamline product delivery.
• Working with challenging applications involving Real Time Data.
• Working on different platforms including the usage of the Native SDKs provided on JavaScript.

• Strong experience in developing applications using Javascript and Jquery.
• Minimum 6 months of experience in React.JS is a must.
• Experience in any other Javascript libraries is an added advantage.
• Create different types of Charts and Graphics with the help of HTML5 Canvas, SVG etc.
• Should possess understanding of UI design and its behavior across devices (desktops to smart phones).
• Good to have worked with APIs exposed by social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc.
• Experience in working with data structures such as XML and JSON.
• Added knowledge of mobile development frameworks like jQuery Mobile is an added advantage.
• Good communication and problem-solving skills.
• Should be a self-starter and should have the ability to work under pressure.
• Should be passionate about sports.

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.