Software Engineer - React Frontend (m/f/d)

Halian; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 240,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Halian seeks an experienced Front-end Engineer to design, develop, and maintain secure mobile banking apps using React Native and web interfaces with React.js for customer journeys.

You will collaborate with Product Owners, UX/UI designers, and backend teams to deliver scalable digital banking experiences, integrate APIs, ensure security, and participate in Agile ceremonies and DevSecOps practices.

Qualifications

• Front-end engineer with 5+ years in web/mobile apps for banking/digital channels.
• Expertise in React Native and React.js with JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Experience with API-driven architectures, secure authentication, and DevSecOps.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain secure, scalable mobile banking apps using React Native.
• Build responsive web apps and customer journeys with React.js and modern front-end frameworks.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, UX/UI designers, architects, and backend teams.
• Integrate front-end apps with APIs, microservices, OAuth/OIDC, and middleware platforms.
• Ensure compliance with banking security standards and accessibility requirements.
• Optimize performance, scalability, and UX across mobile and web channels.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, code reviews, testing, and production support.
• Support CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps for automated build/test/deploy.

Skills

React Native

React.js

JavaScript

TypeScript

HTML5

CSS3

OAuth 2.0

OpenID Connect

JWT authentication

Agile

Git

CI/CD

DevSecOps

Tools

Git

CI/CD

React tooling

Job description

Key Responsibilities

Main duties and day-to-day tasks expected from the resource

• Design, develop, and maintain secure, scalable, and high-performance mobile banking applications using React Native.
• Develop responsive web applications and customer-facing digital journeys using React.js and modern front-end frameworks.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, UX/UI designers, architects, and backend teams to deliver seamless digital banking experiences.
• Integrate front-end applications with APIs, microservices, OAuth/OIDC authentication, and enterprise middleware platforms.
• Ensure compliance with banking security standards, secure coding practices, and accessibility requirements.
• Optimize application performance, scalability, responsiveness, and user experience across mobile and web channels.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, code reviews, testing, troubleshooting, and production support activities.
• Support CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps practices for automated build, test, and deployment processes.

Required Skills *

Primary technical and functional skills

• Strong experience in React Native, React.js, JavaScript (ES6+), and TypeScript.
• Proficiency in HTML5, CSS3, Redux, Context API, React Hooks, and responsive web design.
• Experience integrating REST APIs, GraphQL APIs, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, and JWT authentication.
• Knowledge of mobile application lifecycle management for iOS and Android platforms.
• Experience with state management, component libraries, performance tuning, and mobile optimization.
• Familiarity with Agile delivery methodologies, Git, CI/CD, and DevSecOps practices.

Required Experience / Knowledge Areas *

Specific domain or industry knowledge required

• 5+ years of experience in front-end engineering with at least 3 years in React Native development.
• Banking, financial services, digital channels, internet banking, mobile banking, or fintech experience is required.
• Experience delivering customer-facing applications with high availability, security, and regulatory compliance requirements.
• Knowledge of API-driven architecture, microservices, secure authentication, and enterprise-grade integration patterns.
• Experience working in large-scale Agile and DevOps environments.
• Knowledge of mobile security, certificate pinning, OWASP Mobile Top 10, and secure SDLC practices.

Good-to-Have Skills

Additional skills that are an advantage but not mandatory

• Experience with Flutter, Kotlin, Swift, or native mobile development.
• Experience with Azure, AWS, OpenShift, Kubernetes, or containerized deployments.
• Experience with banking onboarding, payments, lending, trade finance, corporate banking, or treasury solutions.
• Understanding of performance testing, observability, monitoring, and analytics tools.

Key Deliverables *

Expected outputs and outcomes from the resource

• Delivery of secure, scalable, and high-performing mobile and web banking applications.
• Development of reusable front-end components and design system implementation.
• Successful integration with enterprise APIs, micro-services, and authentication platforms.
• Compliance with quality, security, performance, and accessibility standards.
• Production-ready releases with complete documentation, test coverage, and operational support readiness.