Frontend (UI/UX) Web Developer

Job description

Why Lendela?

We're growing our team to support our market leading fintech product.

Join a fast growing startup with presence in 4 countries to help us build new features, enhance our interface & design new solutions.

We are seeking a talented and motivated developer to join our team as a Frontend Web Developer.

• Join a growing tech team and play an important role
• Accelerate your growth by working with an experienced product and tech team
• Be part of an international company

This person is someone we can count on to...

Be detail-oriented and care not only how something is built, but how it feels to use.

You have an eye for design and care when something looks a little off.

Expertise in CSS & JS is essential.

Our web frontend stack is Tailwind & VueJS, and NodeJS power all our APIs. As a Frontend Web Developer, you should be passionate about building scalable, user-centric web applications.

There is scope to become full-stack if you desire, as there will be opportunity to work on across the whole suite of services.

Within 1 month, you'll be expected to...

• Directly contribute to our whole Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) from design to deployment
  • Assist in developing and testing new features for our web platform, writing unit tests and documentation.
    
    
  • Collaborate with senior developers to understand the existing codebase and contribute to bug fixes
  • Participate in sprint planning, code reviews and learning best practices

Within 3 months, you'll be expected to...

• Take ownership of smaller features, from front-end implementation to UX, taking into account performance and security
• Learn and apply new technologies and frameworks as required by projects
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Designers and Senior Engineering Leads to translate requirements into technical solutions

Within 6 months, you'll be expected to...

• Champion best practices across the team
• Proactively identify areas for improvement in our existing applications and suggesting solutions
• Own solution design and implementation of major new features

Requirements for this role

• Min 2 year work experience in a software development role, preferably in a startup.
  
  (Formal education is not required, but a relevant degree or bootcamp completion is a plus)
• Familiarity with at least one modern front-end framework (e.g., React, Angular, Vue.js) and CSS.
  
  
• Strong fundamentals in web best practices including frontend performance, accessibility and security.
  
  
• Understanding user focused features like browser quirks, IA & SEO is a plus.
  
  
• Proven ability to deliver results, with a bias for action.
  
  
• An eye for design and passion for good UX, with excellent attention to detail
• Excellent English written and verbal communication is a must

About Lendela

Founded in 2018, Lendela is a fast-growing fintech on a mission to simplify financing and enable greater financial access.

Our platform matches borrowers with personalised loan options through a simple application, empowering borrowers with choice and transparency while offering an alternative to the cumbersome and opaque traditional lending landscape.

Since our inception, we have facilitated over 400,000 loan applications alongside more than 100 lending partners.

In 2023, we successfully raised US$5 million in an oversubscribed Series A to scale our unique model across Asia Pacific.

Our backers include Singlife co-founder Walter de Oude’s Chocolate Ventures as well as prominent Singapore-based VC firm Cocoon Capital.

Lendela currently serves customers in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Australia.

Why join us?

Your growth is our success: We believe that when you get to achieve your potential, consumers, investors, and the team all win.

This is why we’re as invested in the company’s success as we are in yours, and joining us means that you’ll be working alongside people who genuinely want you to be the best you can be.

We’re in an industry with massive growth potential and huge challenges to solve: The global lending industry is vibrant, varied, and ripe for exponential growth — and we’re riding it hard.

We have a significant advantage in APAC and are well-placed to solve the problems in the industry today.

Joining us means that you’ll be at the forefront of this transformation.

We’re global and diverse: We operate across four exciting markets and are home to dozens of subject matter experts who honed their expertise in some of the world’s most recognisable companies.

This means that you’ll get to work with diverse teams, expose yourself to game-changing ideas, and grapple with challenging problems every day.

We’re driven by what works: We’re guided by data in whatever we do, and we measure the results of every decision we make to ensure we’re constantly optimising for our business objectives.

Joining us means you’ll get to embrace this data-driven way of working alongside true champions of it, aligning your growth with the outcomes you achieve.

Required Skill Profession

It & Technology