Senior Frontend Engineer (Fintech)

TL;DR

Senior Frontend Engineer (Fintech): Owning React architecture and delivery for data-heavy fintech platforms, shaping how users interact with complex financial systems. Focus on architecting, building, deploying, and evolving React applications from the ground up, and building interfaces that handle complex data with clarity.

Location: Based in Bahrain. This position is open to Bahraini nationals only.

Company

A fast-growing fintech start-up building sophisticated web platforms across the Middle East and beyond.

What you will do

• Architecting and building modern React applications used for financial and operational workflows
• Designing and implementing complex, data-heavy dashboards and visualisations
• Owning frontend deployment pipelines using Vercel and modern tooling
• Defining and implementing API contracts in collaboration with backend teams, including contract testing with Pact
• Contributing to and evolving a shared design system and component architecture
• Making technical decisions that directly influence UX, performance, and product quality

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience building and shipping production React applications
• Strong React and TypeScript skills with clear examples of end-to-end ownership
• Hands-on experience with contract testing using Pact
• Solid understanding of API versioning and frontend-backend integration strategies
• Experience deploying frontend applications using Vercel or similar platforms
• Proven ability to build dashboards and data visualisations

Nice to have

• Experience in fintech, financial platforms, or trading products
• Analytics tooling such as Mixpanel or Amplitude
• Internationalisation and RTL support
• Advanced data visualisation libraries

Culture & Benefits

• Senior-level ownership over frontend architecture and delivery
• The chance to build complex, high-visibility fintech products from scratch
• A product-led engineering culture with real autonomy
• Competitive salary and benefits
• Direct access to decision-makers and meaningful influence on product direction