Software Engineer - Frontend (Contract)

🏢 About FinBox

FinBox is a Series B funded fintech company building infrastructure for digital credit products. Since 2017, FinBox has powered lending operations for banks, NBFCs, and enterprise platforms across India, Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Philippines, disbursing billions of dollars in credit to over 5 million customers monthly.

🎯 The Role

FinBox is hiring a Software Engineer - Frontend on a contract basis to join its engineering team in Bengaluru, India. In this hands-on execution role, you will take well-defined features from ticket to production, building core builder workflows and user-facing dashboards. You will work with an AI-first mindset using coding agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex), grounded in deep React and TypeScript craftsmanship.

🛠️ Tech Stack

• Frontend: React, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3
• State & Architecture: Local state, Context API, store architectures, server state
• Performance & Standards: Core Web Vitals, browser rendering optimization, web accessibility (a11y)
• AI Development: Coding agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex), AI verification practices
• Security & Protocols: HTTP, caching, CORS, XSS/CSRF prevention

💼 What You'll Do

• Build and ship features for FinBox's core lending builder and analytics dashboards.
• Solution features prior to coding: write concise design briefs covering component boundaries, state flow, and error states.
• Adopt an everyday AI-first workflow with coding agents while rigorously validating all code before deployment.
• Profile and optimize client-side performance, network latency, and Core Web Vitals.
• Keep frontend documentation updated as dashboard journeys and builder workflows evolve.
• Proactively communicate delays, technical blockers, and requirement risks in writing.

✅ What You'll Need

• 4 to 6 years of experience building and shipping production web applications with React.
• Strong TypeScript mastery in production codebases.
• In-depth understanding of React internals (reconciliation, hooks lifecycle, state management).
• Strong web fundamentals: browser rendering pipelines, HTTP caching, and frontend security best practices.
• Demonstrated ability to work AI-first with coding agents and verify generated code.
• At least one live, deployed web application with inspectable source code to showcase.
• Availability to take on a contractual engineering role based in Bengaluru.

🌟 Nice to Have

• Experience in fintech, lending platforms, or data-intensive B2B dashboards.
• Familiarity with design systems and reusable UI component architectures.
• Experience with complex data visualization and financial workflow journeys.