Web Developer

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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position Summary

§  Title: UI Developer

§  Location: Bangalore

§  Type: Full Time

§  Qualifications: Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in computer science/Information Science

§  Experience: 4to 7 years

Development skills

§  Top-notch programming skills and in-depth knowledge of modern HTML/CSS, JavaScript

§  Hands-on experience in React JS, ECMAScript (ES5,ES6/above)

§  Experience in Unit and E2E test automation (preferably Jest &Cypress)

§  Knowledge of web components and different component patterns

§  Experience using a state management library (Redux, Context API)

§  A solid understanding of how web applications work including security, session management, performance, and best development practices

§  Adequate knowledge of Object-Oriented Programming and web application development

Methodologies

§  Git, Jenkins

§  Test driven development

Good to have

§  Very good at programming and debugging for cross- browser compatibility and accessibility code

§  Unit testing experience on tools such as chai, mocha, jasmine

§  Reusable components development that can be used across web/ mobile applications.

§  Build tools such as webpack, grunt, gulp, babel

Other skills

§  Collaborate with business partners to gather requirements, implement new functionality, and drive continuous improvements

§  Excellent written, communication & presentation skills

§  Strong analytical skills and enjoys solving complex technical problems.

§  Participate in all phases of software life cycle including architecture, technical design, implement, test, and launch

§  You enjoy wearing multiple hats and roles, and titles are not important to you.

§  You enjoy doing it right first time and utilize tools & techniques to constantly excel in what you work to deliver it on time.

§  You are comfortable working under strict confidentiality agreements and often behind the-scenes.

§  You are self-organized and manage time and resources well.

§  Work independently and as part of a team

§  You are constantly growing your own knowledge, and helping to grow the knowledge of others

Job description

We are seeking 3-5 (or more) skilled and reliable WordPress Developers with a strong grasp of WordPress architecture and custom theme development. Candidates should have a minimum of 3-5 years of hands-on experience and be proficient in converting designs from PSD, Figma, Adobe XD, or Canva into fully responsive and functional WordPress themes using clean, scalable code.The ideal candidates will have experience working with premium themes such as Astra, Divi, Elementor, WPBakery, Genesis , and those from Envato Market , along with strong plugin implementation and customization skills. Familiarity with page builders, performance optimization, and WordPress best practices is essential.

• Key Requirements:In-depth knowledge of WordPress core, theme hierarchy, and plugin ecosystem
• Experience developing custom WordPress themes from scratch
• Proficient in converting PSD to responsive WordPress themes
• Hands-on experience with Elementor, WPBakery , Divi, Genesis, Envato , and other premium themes
• Comfortable working with page builders and advanced theme customization
• Skilled in implementing features using plugins, with the ability to customize or extend plugins when needed
• Strong understanding of HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript/jQuery, and PHP
• Familiarity with ACF (Advanced Custom Fields), custom post types, and WordPress best practices
• Knowledge of SEO, site performance optimization, and WordPress security standards

Bonus Skills (Preferred):

• Experience with Pluging development and customization
• Experience with Javascript development and customization
• Familiarity with Git and version control workflows
• Basic understanding of UI/UX design principles

Role: WordPress Developer

Industry Type: Web Development & Digital Marketing

Department: Website Development

Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent

Education

UG: Any Graduate

PG: Any Postgraduate

·      7+ years of professional experience in front-end development.

·      7+ years of hands-on experience with React.js and its ecosystem (Redux, Context API, Hooks, etc.).

·      Strong understanding of JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, and CSS3.

·      Experience with RESTful APIs, GraphQL, and WebSocket integration.

·      Proficiency in modern build tools (Webpack, Vite, Babel, etc.).

·      Expertise in state management libraries (Redux, MobX) and React Query.

·      Solid understanding of UI/UX principles and responsive design.

·      Experience with testing frameworks (Jest, React Testing Library, Cypress, etc.).

·      Familiarity with modern CI/CD pipelines and version control tools (Git).

Skills:

• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model
• 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)

• Engineering experience with a proven track record of building high performance consumer web applications or services
  
• Good exposure in front end ui frameworks like reactjs and angularJS
  
• Very good analytical and problem solving skills
  
• Building desktop and mobile web applications

Job Requirements/Responsibilities :

- Participate as a team member in all phases of software development lifecycle.

- Coordinating with the team on individual responsibilities and roadblocks.

- Perform design, development and testing on individual tasks

- Managing initiatives on UI/UX work

- Transparently share the challenges & feedback.

- Participate in integrated testing of product/ package.

- Designing a modern highly responsive web-based enterprise application component user interface.

- Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use.

- Translating designs and wireframes into high-quality code.

- Learn and understand user interactions.

- Optimizing components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers

- Coordinating with various teams working on distinct layers.

- Providing technical assistance to the other teammates.

- Keep compliance with Quality Systems and Procedure