Sr. Software Engineer ( Frontend )

About Velocity
Velocity is building the future of financial services for new-age businesses in India. Our vision is to build products that empower new age businesses by solving multiple growth problems for them.
Through revenue based financing, we provide the easiest and fastest way out there to raise growth capital to fulfill marketing and inventory spends of online businesses
Through Velocity Pay, we aim to simplify your business payments with our all-in-one solution. Easily manage invoices, make payments through multiple methods, and seamlessly reconcile transactions.

Through Velocity Insights, we unleash the power of your data to drive better business decisions
We are a series-A funded start-up, building new fintech products for small businesses. Founders are IIT-IIM alumni, with prior experience across management consulting, venture capital and fintech startups. We are driven by the mission to empower small business owners with technology and dramatically improve their access to financial services. We have raised a total of $30M across 2 rounds of funding and are backed by some of the most marquee global investors including Peter Thiel's Valar Ventures.

Job Description
We are looking for superlative hustlers, stellar problem solvers and remarkable team players. Everything else is a plus plus. We are looking for folks who take the craft of Software Engineering very seriously, and push themselves and those around them to solve problems in the best manner possible.

Responsibilities:

• Build robust and scalable web-based applications, through well-designed and well-factored code
• Build abstractions and contracts with separation of concerns for a larger scope
• Apply problem-solving skills to tackle high-level business and technical goals
• Create high-level technical designs and functional models with guidance
• Collaborative team player, adept at working within a group of 5-6 members.
• Provide mentorship to junior team members, fostering their growth and development.
• Conduct thorough code reviews, ensuring code quality and sharing best practices within the team.
• Work closely with Designers and other team members to build aesthetic and performant User Interfaces for target functionality
• Work with broader stakeholders to track the impact of projects/features and proactively iterate to improve them

Qualifications

• 4+ years of software development experience in frontend development in React or Angular
• B.Tech, M.Tech or PhD (or equivalent) in Computer Science or related technical disciplines
• Experience in writing fluent javascript, semantic html and modular css, and in implementing frontend design patterns
• Working knowledge of backend architectures and APIs
• Working proficiency and communication skills in verbal and written English
• Strong work ethic and ownership of deadlines

Experience in the following is a plus:

• Fintech domain
• Fast-paced startup environment
• Familiarity with React and Micro Frontends
• Knowledge of SDK’s and plugins
• Mobile development with React Native or similar technologies
• Knowledge of AWS or Google cloud.

Other details

• Location: Our HQ in HSR Layout, Bengaluru