UI/UX cum Product Designer

Role Overview:

We’re hiring a WebGL/Three.js Engineer who is passionate about 3D rendering and browser-based visual experiences. This is a hands-on WebGL/Three.js role where you’ll own the rendering pipeline - from 3D asset ingestion to advanced shaders and real-time lighting.

You will build high-performance, photorealistic, and smooth 60fps experiences across devices, crafting custom rendering solutions that push the limits of WebGL.

What You’ll Build:

1. 3D Rendering & Visualization:

• Develop and optimize real-time 3D viewers running at 60fps across all devices
• Implement advanced rendering: PBR, IBL, shadows, reflections
• Create custom shaders for metals, glass, fabrics, transparency, and complex materials
• Build dynamic lighting systems for photorealism
• Implement AR placement and real-world environmental rendering
• Add post-processing effects: bloom, AO, depth of field, color grading
• Build interactive 3D configurators with real-time customization

2. Performance Optimization:

• Optimize 3D asset loading for near-instant initial render
• Implement LOD systems, shader optimization, and efficient resource usage
• Use compression pipelines: geometry, textures, KTX2/Basis
• Implement frustum & occlusion culling, instancing, and batching
• Profile GPU memory, draw calls, and shader performance
• Build adaptive quality settings based on device capabilities

3. 3D Asset Pipeline & Tools:

• Build loaders/parsers for glTF, USDZ, OBJ, FBX
• Implement asset optimization: UV mapping, normal maps, texture atlasing
• Create mesh-processing tools: decimation, smoothing, tangents
• Build progressive loading, caching, and streaming systems
• Develop debugging and visualization tools for asset inspection

4. Interactive Controls & UI Features:

• Implement camera systems: orbit, pan, zoom, animated transitions
• Build gestures for mobile: pinch, rotate, drag
• Create 360° product viewers with fluid interactions
• Add hotspots, annotations, measurement tools, and view presets
• Enable screenshot and recording functionalities

5. WebXR & AR Experiences:

• Implement WebXR VR/AR experiences directly inside browsers
• Build AR Quick Look integration for iOS
• Integrate AR.js / 8th Wall for seamless web AR
• Implement environment lighting estimation and hit testing
• Build cross-platform AR for iOS + Android

6. Graphics Systems Architecture:

• Architect custom WebGL rendering solutions from scratch
• Build material/shader libraries and rendering modules
• Create scene graph management systems
• Build modular systems with reusable rendering utilities
• Design APIs for frontend integration and customization

Technical Stack:

1. Graphics & Rendering:

• WebGL 1.0/2.0, OpenGL ES, GLSL
• 3D formats: glTF 2.0, USDZ, OBJ, FBX, Collada
• Tools: Blender, RenderDoc, Spector.js
• Texture tools: Sharp, ImageMagick, compression utilities

2. Frontend & Web:

• JavaScript / TypeScript
• React, Next.js, familiarity with Vue
• Webpack, Vite, Rollup
• Jest, Cypress

3. Performance:

• Chrome DevTools, WebGL Inspector, GPU profilers
• Draco, meshoptimizer, KTX2/Basis
• Cloudflare, AWS CloudFront

4. Collaboration:

• Git/GitHub
• Technical documentation: shaders, specs, APIs

What We’re Looking For:

1. Must-Haves:

• 5-8+ years in graphics programming with deep WebGL/Three.js knowledge
• Strong understanding of the full rendering pipeline
• Expert in GLSL: vertex, fragment, compute shaders
• Mastery of PBR, material systems, and physically accurate lighting
• Proven experience building high-performance 3D web apps
• Strong JavaScript/TypeScript skills
• Solid understanding of 3D math: matrices, vectors, quaternions
• Experience with 3D formats, UV mapping, texture workflows
• Ability to debug GPU issues and optimize across browsers/devices
• Ability to build custom WebGL engines from scratch

2. Highly Desirable:

• Experience with Three.js/Babylon.js (plus, not required)
• E-commerce and 3D configurator experience
• WebXR development experience
• Strong mobile optimization knowledge
• Experience with GPU compute, GPGPU
• Familiarity with Unity/Unreal internals
• Background in advanced rendering research
• Knowledge of ray tracing, path tracing
• Experience with photogrammetry or 3D scanning
• Open-source graphics contributions

Technical Challenges You’ll Tackle:

• Achieving photorealistic 60fps rendering on mobile browsers
• Sub-second loading for complex 3D models
• Realistic shaders for different materials (jewelry, fabric, metal, glass)
• Adaptive rendering across low-end to high-end devices
• Seamless AR blending of virtual + real environments
• Managing thousands of product SKUs with diverse materials
• Debugging GPU issues across browsers, devices, and GPU vendors

Why Join the Company:

• Pure graphics engineering — not generic frontend work
• Solve deep rendering challenges that push WebGL limits
• Create visually stunning work seen by millions
• Work with modern WebGL 2.0 capabilities
• Freedom to experiment with advanced graphic techniques
• High-performance engineering culture
• Your rendering work directly influences customer engagement
• Access to high-end GPUs, devices, and graphics tools
• Backed by NVIDIA, Microsoft, Google

Location & Work Culture:

• Bengaluru (HSR Layout)
• 6 days a week, (5 days-in-office, Saturdays WFH)
• Culture: performance-focused, graphics craftsmanship, high attention to detail
• Small, senior engineering team with deep expertise
• Access to GPUs, testing devices, and 3D tools

Function: Product

Reports to: Founders

Location: Bangalore

Job type: 6 days WFO

Your Role at Pathfinder

As a Full Stack Developer, you'll be primarily responsible for architecting and developing the platform that will be our interface with the outside world. You'll develop the platform end-to-end such that it is a reflection of who we are, our core capabilities and what we have to offer to the early stage startups. 

What You’ll do

• Own the entire platform end-to-end. Develop and enhance our website and client dashboards.
• Convert UX/UI designs into modular, reusable and scalable components using Next.js and React.js 
• Ensure applications are fully responsive and the visuals adapt to all resolutions, cross-browser and cross-device compatible. 
• Optimize performance (lazy-loading, code-splitting) to reduce load times. 
• Build backend systems, database that support CRUD operations. 
• Develop database schemas, stored procedures, and queries using Notion or any other database systems. 
• Maintain version-control workflows using Git, branch strategies and pull requests.
• Stay abreast of emerging trends and propose improvements to our stack.
• Collaborate with UI/UX designers to translate design mockups and wireframes into responsive, pixel-perfect web applications.

You’ll thrive here if you

• 2-5 years’ hands-on experience in full stack development. 
• Strong proficiency in React.js and Next.js frameworks. 
• Solid understanding of JavaScript (ES6+), TypeScript, HTML5 and CSS3.
• Ability to design the UI from scratch without using pre-existing CSS libraries.
• Proven ability to debug complex issues and optimize performance.
• Excellent communication skills in English, both verbal and written.
• Strong problem-solving aptitude and attention to detail.

Good to Have

• Experience with server-side rendering and static/dynamic site generation.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (e.g. GitHub Actions, Jenkins) 
• Basic understanding of backend technologies (Node.js, Express) 
• Experience in performance prowling (Lighthouse, Chrome DevTools) 

Working Style

We value speed, precision, and reliability in execution. To thrive here, you’ll bring:

• Operator Mindset – Ability to think from multiple perspectives and execute diligently. 
• Detail Discipline – Exhibit attention to detail, coherence and rigour in work.
• Adaptive Creativity – Look beyond the obvious and bring your individual flavour in your work.
• Builder's Accountability - When something breaks in production, you own it through resolution. You don't pass the bug.
• Documentation Habit – You write code others can read, and you leave context behind you (Example - comments).

About TIFIN

TIFIN is a fintech platform backed by industry leaders including JP Morgan, Morningstar, Broadridge, Hamilton Lane, Franklin Templeton, Motive Partners, and many others. We are creating engaging wealth experiences to improve financial lives through AI and investment intelligence–powered personalization.

Our mission is to transform wealth management the way personalization has transformed movies and music—while holding the added responsibility of delivering better financial outcomes.

We leverage design and behavioral science to create engaging experiences through software and APIs. By applying investment science and intelligence, we build algorithmic engines that enable better investor outcomes—matching individuals to financial advice and investments based on their unique goals.

Our Values: Go with your GUT

• Grow at the Edge – We embrace personal growth, step outside comfort zones, and work with self-awareness and integrity. No excuses.
• Understanding through Listening and Speaking the Truth – We value transparency, radical candor, authenticity, and precision. We challenge, but once decisions are made, we commit fully.
• I Win for Teamwin – We stay within our genius zones, take ownership, and move together in formation to succeed as a team.

Key Responsibilities

Translation Evaluation & Linguistics (70%)

• Evaluate and annotate LLM-generated translations for Japanese, covering nuanced, real-world usage across finance, communication, and culture.
• Compare AI outputs with high-quality human translations, identifying errors in phrasing, idioms, tone, and contextual accuracy.
• Apply annotation and scoring frameworks (e.g., BLEU, ROUGE, COMET) to ensure quality benchmarks.
• Provide detailed linguistic feedback to improve AI model training.

AI/LLM Collaboration (30%)

• Work with engineers, data scientists, and project managers to share reports and linguistic insights.
• Contribute to building datasets and test cases through language corpora and research work.
• Maintain structured evaluations, documentation, and logs to support ongoing improvements.

Required Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s in Linguistics, Translation, Language Technology, Communication, or related fields.
• Language Proficiency: Native or near-native fluency in (3+ Years)Japanese and strong command of English.
• Experience: Proven track record in translation, localization, or linguistic evaluation.
• Analytical Rigor: Hands-on experience in language quality evaluation, annotation, or error analysis.
• Technical Curiosity: Familiarity with LLMs, AI tools, or prompt engineering is an advantage.
• Soft Skills: Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to communicate effectively across technical and non-technical teams.

Desired Skills

• Experience with annotation platforms or evaluation technology.
• Background in corpus development, curriculum design, or language research projects.
• Experience in process optimization, reporting, or content operations.

•    A minimum of 4-5 years of work experience in software development/engineering projects
• High proficiency in Python language programming (Basic & Advanced)
•    Proficiency in web-based development (HTML, Javascript, Flask Python Microframework)
•  Proficiency in Linux bash scripting; Windows batch scripting
• Experience in interfacing python tools with relational databases – At least 2 of these (MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, Postgress)
• Experience with software configuration management tools: git (preferred); Rational Clear Case or SVN-Subversion
• Project experience in Microsoft Office tools automation (Excel/VBA, Outlook, ODBC)
• Result oriented with a focus on product quality and customer satisfaction 
• Team player, open communication, and ability to work with the international team 
• Excellent Communication skills
• Good knowledge of 5G & LTE network architecture and network optimization - Optional

• Study design briefs and determine requirements
• Conceptualize visuals based on requirements

• Prepare rough drafts and present ideas
• Develop illustrations, logos and other designs using software or by hand
• Use the appropriate colors and layouts for each graphic
• Work with copywriters and creative director to produce final design
• Test graphics across various media
• Amend designs after feedback
• Ensure final graphics and layouts are visually appealing and on-brand

• Proven graphic designing experience
• A strong portfolio of illustrations or other graphics
• Familiarity with design software and technologies (such as InDesign, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Photoshop)
• A keen eye for aesthetics and details
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work methodically and meet deadlines

• Managing the solving of problems concerning the test automation infrastructure
• Understand and maintain Test Automation Frameworks.
• Follow the coding standards and code walk through.
• Maintain Automation Standards and Processes documentation.
• Write automated test scripts under the direction of the Test Automation Lead.
• Ability to work independently on tasks / modules assigned related to automation
• Monitoring of and reporting on the progress of the test automation process
• Reporting on the quality of the test object
• Raise risks on time and provide alternate solutions to mitigate the risk
• Advice and support for the implementation of all types of tools

• Experience building user interfaces for websites and/or web applications
• Extremely fluent with HTML5/XHTML and CSS
• Experience working with PHP, JavaScript, and jQuery
• Ability to write JavaScript with and without the use of frameworks such as jQuery
• Experience designing and developing responsive design websites
• Comfortable working with debugging tools like Firebug, Chrome inspector, etc.
• Ability to understand CSS changes to have consistent style across platforms and browsers
• Ability to convert comprehensive layout and wireframes into working HTML pages
• Experience developing web solutions in Drupal and PHP implementations in a LAMP environment
• Ability to architect enterprise Drupal solutions including data, display, and information architecture
• Advanced site-building experience including deep familiarity with Drupal modules such as CTools, Views, and Panels
• Experience creating custom Drupal modules, SMS integration
• Experience building responsive websites using Drupal CMS, HTML/HTML5, CSS/CSS3, and JavaScript/jQuery
• Knowledge of PHP, PHP files and theme functions, and knowledge of the Drupal theme layer