Senior Frontend Engineer (React Native)

About Meraki Labs

Meraki Labs is at the forefront of Indias deep-tech innovation landscape operating as a dynamic venture studio founded by visionary entrepreneur Mukesh Bansal (Founder - Myntra Cure Fit) and Peeyush Ranjan (Former Google VP and Flipkart CTO). Our mission is to build and rapidly scale AI-first moonshot startupstransforming groundbreaking ideas into next-generation industry leaders. Through a hands-on intensive partnership model we work closely with exceptional founders driving these ventures from concept to impact.

The Role

We are looking for a seasoned Senior Frontend Engineer (57 years) to own the user experience of our platform. You will be a high-impact IC but youll also serve as a technical north star for a small team of engineers helping them level up their craft.

This is a full-time position on-site 5 days from office in HSR Layout Bengaluru (Bangalore)

What Youll Do

Architect & Build: Lead the development of high-performance mobile and web applications using React Native or Flutter.

Optimize Everything: Obsess over experience metrics. Youll be responsible for minimizing load times optimizing bundle sizes and implementing sophisticated caching strategies to ensure a zero-latency feel.

Mentor: Guide a small agile team through code reviews architectural discussions and technical career growth.

Innovate with AI: Integrate AI-forward workflows and features into our frontend ecosystem moving beyond standard CRUD operations to create intelligent user interfaces.

Product Collaboration: Work closely with design and product teams to translate complex fintech workflows into simple elegant user journeys.

What Were Looking For

The Experience: 5 to 7 years of professional experience building and scaling fintech consumer-grade applications.

The Stack: Deep expertise in cross-platform mobile frameworks (React Native and Flutter) and modern web technologies.

Performance First: A proven track record of moving the needle on metrics like LCP TTI and First Contentful Paint. You know exactly when to use a local DB versus an aggressive cache policy.

FinTech DNA: You understand the nuances of trust security and precision in financial interfaces.

AI Enthusiast: You dont just use Copilot; you have personal projects or a deep interest in how LLMs and Generative AI can transform the frontend experience.

Leadership: You enjoy being an Individual Contributor but have the emotional intelligence and technical depth to collaborate with the team.

Bonus Points If...

You have contributed to open-source libraries.

You have a Product Engineer mindsetyou care as much about why we are building a feature as how we build it.

Youve navigated the complexities of financial regulations and data visualization in past roles.

Why Join Us

An opportunity to directly work with founders.

High autonomy and ownership of the frontend roadmap.

Meaningful ESOP.

The chance to build in an AI-native environment.

Competitive compensation and the opportunity to shape the engineering culture of a growing team.

Interview Process

1. Technical Round 1 - 60 minutes

2. Take Home Assignment Panel Presentation

3. Culture Fitment

The Recruiter for this role is Ritesh Kalvellu - You can connect with him for queries about the role.

Required Experience:

Senior IC