Senior Front-End Engineer

Full-Time
SDE III - Principal Engg
Bangalore

About jhana

jhana is an early-stage, seed-funded startup that builds intelligent practice tools for the law across research, drafting, and document management. At jhana, we are transforming the legal industry with India’s first AI-driven Paralegal. Our product delivers critical legal insights through advanced AI, producing outputs like redlines, memos, and risk assessments to streamline workflows for legal teams. Recognized as the Best Legal Tech Startup in Asia and Oceania by ALITA, we are on a mission to empower professionals with technology that drives efficiency and excellence.


About the Role

This role will be part of an agile full-stack engineering team, responsible for the maintenance, stability, and improvement of the entire jhana.ai service. This team’s primary tasks will include: integrating new product offerings; rehauling UI to optimize user experience; expanding the offered databases; closing all bug reports in a timely manner; maintaining the server and the microservices that support it; and more. All members of this team will work across diverse repositories and technologies in multiple languages as necessary.

The day-to-day
  • Implement responsive and interactive front-end interfaces in React, following best practices for modern web development.

  • Build and maintain consistent, user-friendly, and visually appealing design systems.

  • Integrate front-end code with backend APIs to retrieve and display dynamic content.

  • Understand low-level Node and React principles to optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability.

  • Understand HTTP and WS protocols at the low levels, build strongly typed systems with well documented schematics, and reproducible or reusable components.

  • Ensure that designs are translated accurately from source to functional, high-performance front-end code.

  • Collaborate with backend developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to ensure that features are delivered according to project requirements and timelines.

  • Manage an agile, small, and actively growing team of junior frontend engineers.

  • Interface with users to understand their needs, making continuous improvements based on feedback and design iterations.

  • Stay up to date with the latest design trends, UI patterns, and technologies to continuously improve the user experience.


Skills & Qualifications

Required Skills
  • Proficiency in React and JavaScript for building dynamic and interactive user interfaces.

  • Strong experience with MaterialUI or similar packages and a keen eye for implementing modern, consistent, and accessible design systems.

  • Solid understanding of HTML5 and CSS3, including responsive web design and cross-browser compatibility.

  • Experience in integrating front-end applications with backend APIs and handling data efficiently on the client side.

  • Strong understanding of UI/UX principles and design best practices to create visually appealing and user-friendly applications.

  • Attention to detail and an ability to translate complex design ideas into intuitive and functional interfaces.

  • Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently as well as part of a team.

Added Bonuses
  • Expertise in creating detailed designs and wireframes using Figma and understanding design principles.

  • Familiarity with TypeScript and modern JavaScript frameworks.

  • Understanding of SEO and how it impacts front-end development.

  • Knowledge of testing libraries such as Jest or React Testing Library.

  • Experience working with cloud platforms (AWS, Google Cloud, etc.) and deploying front-end applications.

  • Familiarity with version control tools like Git and GitHub.


About the Team

We are a public benefit corporation headquartered in Bangalore. We operate in rapidly changing legal systems with awareness of the stakes at hand. Our intention is to influence beneficence and alignment into the technological systems that are augmenting and replacing human institutions. Our team spans diverse identity and training, from physics and mathematics to law and public policy. We are small, fast-moving, horizontally flat, and built on collaboration between lawyers, academics, and engineers. We ship fast, and every line of code our team writes has a >0.9 expectation of making it to production.


What we offer

  • Competitive salary and benefits package.

  • Flexible work hours and remote work options.

  • Opportunities for growth and professional development.

  • Collaborative and creative work environment.

  • The chance to work on exciting projects with a focus on design and innovation.


Miscellany

The expected compensation range is INR 35-50 lakhs per annum and may include equity. Compensation is negotiable based on levels and mutual excitement.

This role will start ASAP and requires in-person presence for at least 4 days of the week at our Bangalore HQ.

Come as you are: we are a diverse team constituted by members of different backgrounds in nationality, religion, caste, gender, and sexual orientation. We sincerely and wholeheartedly welcome diverse individuals.


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