Lead Frontend Engineer (Software Engineer E5)

Whatfix

Gurugram District

On-site

INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Whatfix, a leading SaaS provider, seeks a Front-End Engineer with 7-10 years of experience to design scalable systems and enhance user features. The role involves working with cutting-edge technologies in a vibrant environment, collaborating closely with business requirements to deliver innovative solutions.

Qualifications

7 - 10 years of professional front-end development experience.
Expertise with React and its related technologies.
Experience in backend languages like Java/Python/Node is a plus.

Responsibilities

Design and develop highly scalable, reliable, and fault-tolerant systems.
Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability.
Conduct design and code reviews.

Skills

React Ecosystem

State management libraries

Design principles

Communication skills

Team Player

Job description

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Scaling Top-Tier Engineering Teams for High-Growth SaaS | Talent Strategist Driving Hypergrowth | Startup-Ready, Impact-Focused, People-First

Who are we?

Founded in 2014 by Khadim Batti and Vara Kumar, Whatfix is a leading global B2B SaaS provider and the largest pure-play enterprise digital adoption platform (DAP). Whatfix empowers companies to maximize the ROI of their digital investments across the application lifecycle, from ideation to training to the deployment of software. Driving user productivity, ensuring process compliance, and improving user experience of internal and customer-facing applications.

Spearheading the category with serial innovation and unmatched customer-centricity, Whatfix is the only DAP innovating beyond the category, positioning itself as a comprehensive suite for GenAI-powered digital adoption, analytics, and application simulation. Whatfix product suite consists of 3 products - DAP, Product Analytics, and Mirror. This product suite helps businesses accelerate ROI on digital investments by streamlining application deployment across its lifecycle.

Whatfix has seven offices across the US, India, UK, Germany, Singapore, and Australia and a presence across 40+ countries.

Customers: 700+ enterprise customers, including over 80 Fortune 500 companies such as Shell, Microsoft, Schneider Electric, and UPS Supply Chain Solutions.

Investors: Raised a total of ~$270 million. Most recently Series E round of $125 Million led by Warburg Pincus with participation from existing investor SoftBank Vision Fund 2. Other investors include Cisco Investments, Eight Roads Ventures (A division of Fidelity Investments), Dragoneer Investments, Peak XV Partners, and Stellaris Venture Partners.

With over 45% YoY sustainable annual recurring revenue (ARR) growth, Whatfix is among the “Top 50 Indian Software Companies” as per G2 Best Software Awards.
Recognized as a “Leader” in the digital adoption platforms (DAP) category for the past 4+ years by leading analyst firms like Gartner, Forrester, IDC, and Everest Group.
The only vendor recognized as a Customers’ Choice in the 2024 Gartner Voice of the Customer for Digital Adoption Platforms has once again earned the Customers’ Choice distinction in 2025. We also boast a star rating of 4.6 on G2 Crowd, 4.5 on Gartner Peer Insights, and a high CSAT of 99.8%
Highest-Ranking DAP on 2023 Deloitte Technology Fast 500 North America for Fourth Consecutive Year
Won the Silver for Stevie's Employer of the Year 2023 – Computer Software category and also recognized as Great Place to Work 2022-2023
Only DAP to be among the top 35% companies worldwide in sustainability excellence with EcoVadis Bronze Medal
On the G2 peer review platform, Whatfix has received 77 Leader badges across all market segments, including Small, Medium, and Enterprise, in 2024, among numerous other industry recognitions.

Our Team:

The Engineering team at Whatfix provides end-to-end engineering throughput that forms part of core platforms and services that drive Whatfix's business.

Our team is responsible for creating the Customer Platform and everything around it - be it Analytics, Infrastructure, or Core Algorithms. The team owns and is responsible for all pieces that we design, build and support end to end for Whatfix product/ business.

Our product is built around a core of JAVA with enterprise businesses using the Whatfix system. On a monthly basis, millions of interactive guides are processed. Building, testing, and deploying to any of our environments are as simple as pushing a commit to a git branch. We like to keep our technology up-to-date. All of the technology is built and maintained by this small development team, so from day 1, the software you write will be used by people from all over the world.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Design and develop highly scalable, reliable, and fault-tolerant systems for one of the world’s fastest-growing startups
Work with business to define requirements
Perform technical design and hands-on coding for development and enhancement efforts
Develop new user-facing features
Building reusable code and libraries for future use
Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs
Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability
Assure that all user input is validated before submitting to back-end services
Promote best practices in design and coding
Conduct design and code reviews
Understand the customer needs & implement
Articulate complex problems communicating viable architecture and design approaches in a clear and concise manner
Enhance the agile SDLC within the Development Team through new learning, continued growth, and applying industry best practices and processes
Occasionally participate in customer demos & provide inputs wherever required
Keep optimizing & automating mundane tasks

REQUIREMENTS:

We are looking for a Front-End Engineer to help us scale and go deep on our technical capabilities.

7 - 10 years of professional front-end development experience
Experience with React Ecosystem (React Router, Styled-components, Server-side rendering, Context API, React Hooks) is strongly preferred
Experience with state management libraries such as Redux or MobX is a huge plus.
Experience in backend programming languages such as Java/Python/Node is strongly preferred, If not, should be open to learn and contribute
Experience in building Web applications using frameworks like Spring, Microservice architecture
Work experience, preferably from internet companies, products, or startups
Expertise in design principles and their application
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Fast Learner & a Team Player

Note:

We strive to live and breathe our Cultural Principles and encourage employees to demonstrate some of these core values - Customer First; Empathy; Transparency; Fail Fast and scale Fast; No Hierarchies for Communication; Deep Dive and innovate; Trust, Do it as you own it;
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diverse people because of and not in spite of the differences. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status

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