Staff Software Engineer

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Job Title: Staff Software Engineer

Location: Bangalore

Business & Team: Corporate Technology

Impact & contribution:

We are seeking an experiencedSenior Software Engineer – Frontend to design, build, and deliver modern, scalable, secure, and accessible web applications usingNext.js, React, and TypeScript.

You will contribute to the development of high-quality digital experiences using modern server-first frontend architecture, reusable design systems, strong engineering practices, and automated testing. You will work within amonorepo environment, collaborate closely with engineers, designers, and product teams, and help drive engineering standards across performance, accessibility, security, observability, and maintainability.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable, production-grade web applications usingNext.js 16+, React 19+, and TypeScript 5.9+

• Implement modernNext.js App Router patterns including layouts, nested routing, loading and error states, Server Components, Client Components, and server-side data fetching

• Apply appropriateReact Server Component (RSC) and client-side rendering patterns to optimise application performance and user experience

• Develop reusable frontend components and shared libraries within aTurborepo and pnpm-based monorepo

• Build user interfaces usingCSS/SCSS Modules and enterprise design systems such asLumen (@lumen/react)

• Implement effective state-management strategies usingZustand, SWR, URL parameters, and server-first approaches

• Develop comprehensive automated tests usingVitest, React Testing Library, and Playwright

• Integrate frontend applications with APIs and gateway solutions, includingKong, JWT-based authentication, and declarative gateway configuration

• Implementfeature flag-driven development using LaunchDarkly across server-side and client-side application flows

• Build accessible digital experiences aligned withWCAG 2.1 AA standards

• Apply secure development practices aligned withOWASP Top 10 and enterprise security standards

• Implement application observability usingOpenTelemetry, OTLP, and structured logging

• Maintain high engineering quality through modern tooling includingOxlint, Oxfmt, and React Compiler

• Participate in code reviews, technical discussions, solution design, and PR-based engineering collaboration

• Follow disciplined Git practices includingconventional commits, rebasing, branching, and pull-request workflows

• Collaborate with UX, design, product, backend, platform, and engineering teams to deliver consistent and maintainable customer experiences

Required Skills:

• Strong hands-on experience inTypeScript and React, with a solid understanding of modern React architecture and development practices

• Strong experience withNext.js App Router, including layouts, loading states, routing, Server Components, Client Components, server actions and/or server-side data fetching

• Good understanding ofReact Server Components (RSC) and the ability to determine when server-side versus client-side components should be used

• Experience developing applications usingTypeScript in strict mode

• Experience working withinmonorepo architectures, preferably using Turborepo, pnpm workspaces, shared packages, and reusable libraries

• Strong automated testing experience using tools such asVitest, React Testing Library, and Playwright

• Experience with frontend state and data-management approaches such asZustand, SWR, URL-based state, and server-first patterns

• Experience building reusable UI components usingCSS/SCSS Modules and enterprise design systems

• Strong understanding ofweb accessibility and WCAG 2.1 AA standards

• Understanding of secure coding practices andOWASP Top 10

• Strong Git and collaborative development practices includingconventional commits, rebase workflows, code reviews, and PR-based development

• Experience with modern JavaScript/TypeScript engineering tooling, linting, formatting, and build optimisation

• Strong problem-solving skills with a focus on clean, maintainable, performant, and reusable code

Nice to Have:

• Experience withmicro-frontend architectures or API gateway patterns using technologies such asKong or NGINX

• Experience withLaunchDarkly or similar feature management and feature flag platforms

• Exposure toOpenTelemetry, OTLP, structured logging, tracing, and application observability

• Experience withStorybook or developing and maintaining enterprise design systems

• Knowledge of banking and regulatory domains includingKYC, AML/CTF, FATCA, and CRS

• Understanding of JWT-based authentication and secure API integration patterns

• Experience working with large-scale enterprise applications and distributed engineering teams

Education Qualifications

Bachelors of Engineering or BTech or equivalent graduation

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