Senior Frontend Engineer

Flipkart; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Flipkart is seeking a Senior Frontend Engineer to own end-to-end delivery of complex, user-facing features from early UX discussions to implementation and optimization. You will work with product managers, designers, and backend engineers to turn goals into scalable frontend solutions and shape frontend architecture.

You will influence technical decisions, raise overall quality, mentor teammates, and take ownership of frontend systems in production, ensuring performant, reliable releases.

Qualifications

• 3-7 years of software engineering experience with frontend focus.
• Proficiency in TypeScript, React, and Next.js.
• Strong fundamentals in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Experience owning frontend codebases, ensuring quality and performance.
• Experience shipping to production and improving testing, reviews, and releases.

Responsibilities

• Design and build frontend applications using modern technologies like TS, React, and Next.js.
• Own the frontend codebase and improve delivery practices with testing, reviews, and release readiness.
• Collaborate with product, design, and backend engineers to implement features and evolve the platform.
• Lead frontend architecture and design for new features and UI flows.
• Clarify requirements with stakeholders and define realistic delivery milestones.
• Set standards for code quality, mentor others, and promote best practices.
• Own frontend systems in production including performance monitoring and continuous improvement.

Skills

TypeScript

React

Next.js

HTML/CSS

GraphQL

Vitest/Jest

Storybook

i18n

Nx

GitHub

GitHub Actions

Jira

Slack

Teams

Figma

Tools

GitHub Actions

Nx

Job description

As a Senior Frontend Engineer, you will own the end-to-end delivery of complex, user-facing features from early UX discussions and architecture design to implementation, testing, and performance optimization. You will work closely with product managers, designers, and backend engineers to turn business goals and sometimes ambiguous requirements into scalable, high-quality frontend solutions. Beyond writing code, you will help shape frontend architecture, influence technical decisions, and raise the overall quality and developer experience of the team.

Responsibilities:

• Design and build frontend applications using modern technologies such as TypeScript, React, and Next.js, with strong ownership of code quality, maintainability, and performance.
• Own the frontend codebase and continuously improve delivery practices by refining testing, code reviews, and release readiness to ensure smooth and reliable deployments.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and backend engineers to implement features, evolve the platform, and deliver a high-quality user experience.
• Lead frontend architecture and design for new features and UI flows, including decisions around state management, API integration patterns, and performance optimization (e. g., pagination, caching, and rendering strategies).
• Work with product and business stakeholders to clarify requirements, manage trade-offs between UX, delivery speed, and technical complexity, and define realistic delivery milestones.
• Act as a frontend technical leader by setting standards for code quality through thoughtful code reviews, mentoring, and promoting best practices in testing, accessibility, and observability.
• Take ownership of frontend systems in production, including performance monitoring, stability, and continuous improvement.

Requirements:

• Tech Stack: Front-End: TypeScript, React, Next.js, HTML, CSS, Storybook, Nx, GraphQL, Vitest/Jest, i18n; Others: GitHub, GitHub Actions, Jira, Slack, Teams, Figma.
• 3-7 years of experience in software engineering, with a strong focus on frontend development.
• Strong experience designing and building frontend applications using TypeScript, React, and Next.js .
• Solid fundamentals in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Experience owning frontend codebases, ensuring code quality, maintainability, performance, and reliable releases.
• Experience shipping to production frequently, including improving testing, reviews, and release readiness.
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and modern development workflows.
• Experience collaborating in cross-functional teams with product managers, designers, and backend engineers.
• Experience contributing to or leading frontend architecture and feature design.
• Good understanding of software engineering best practices and ability to apply them consistently.