About Rupeek:
Rupeek, established in 2015 and headquartered in Bangalore, stands as India's leading asset-backed digital lending fintech platform. Committed to making credit accessible to Indians in a fair and convenient manner, Rupeek pioneers innovative financial products focused on monetizing India's $2 trillion gold market. Leveraging state-of-the-art technology and an automated asset-light supply chain, Rupeek is transforming the gold loan disbursal landscape across 40+ cities in India. With a customer base exceeding 5,00,000+, the company's strategic partnerships with top banks and financial institutions underscore its commitment to building gold-backed assets through low-risk, low-touch, and friction-free processes. Rupeek's impressive journey is supported by key investors such as Sequoia Capital, Accel Partners, Bertelsmann, and GGV Capital. Join us in redefining the future of finance through innovation, technology, and a commitment to financial inclusivity.
Job Title: Software Development Engineer II UI / Frontend
Education: B.Tech / Dual Degree with Computer Science as a major discipline, MCA
Experience: 2-5 yrs
Location: Bangalore
Role
A typical UI SDE2 is expected to take up the following responsibilities:
- Work closely with Product Managers, Designers, and Backend Engineers to translate product requirements and UX designs into high-quality, scalable frontend solutions.
- Build responsive, high-performance, and reusable UI components while ensuring cross-browser and cross-device compatibility.
- Understand product specifications and architect optimal UI solutions focusing on performance, scalability, and maintainability.
- Follow Agile development processes and maintain proper JIRA hygiene while participating in sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives.
- Take complete ownership of frontend features and modules including design, development, testing, deployment, and monitoring.
- Perform root cause analysis (RCA) for UI bugs and production issues and provide quick resolution.
- Mentor SDE1 UI engineers, review code, and promote frontend best practices across teams.
- Collaborate closely with backend teams to define API contracts and optimize frontend-backend interactions.
- Participate in the lateral hiring process and contribute to interview loops.
- Ensure adherence to best practices in UI architecture, accessibility, performance optimization, and testing.
- Communicate effectively across teams through documentation, design discussions, and email or in-person meetings.
Skillset
- Strong understanding of JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3 fundamentals
- Experience working with modern frontend frameworks such as React, Angular, or Vue.js
- Strong understanding of component-based architecture and state management
- Knowledge of responsive design, accessibility (a11y), and cross-browser compatibility
- Experience working with REST APIs and integrating frontend applications with backend services
- Familiarity with UI performance optimization, lazy loading, code splitting, and caching techniques
- Understanding of version control systems (Git) and CI/CD workflows
- Experience working with design systems, UI libraries, and component reuse strategies
- Basic knowledge of web security best practices
- Exposure to testing frameworks (Jest, Cypress, Selenium, etc.) is a plus
- Understanding of deployment pipelines, hosting, and frontend build tools such as Webpack, Vite, or similar
Persona:
Education Background
- B.Tech / Dual Degree with Computer Science as a major discipline, MCA
- Preferred to have graduated in CS or IT-related subjects
- Open to all colleges
Experience
- Worked as Frontend/UI Engineer for 24 years in startup or mid-tier product companies with small engineering teams
- Exposure to building customer-facing, scalable web applications
- Strong collaboration experience with product and design teams
Additional Indicators
- Excellent internship record
- Experience solving complex UI performance or scalability challenges
- Recognized by management for ownership and impact
- Working experience with Linux or developer tooling environments
- Open-source contributions or frontend pet projects
- Active presence on GitHub / StackOverflow
- Published research or technical blogs related to web technologies (optional)
