Associate Software Engineer (UI)

Self Financial, Inc.; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company equity in Stock Options

Performance-based bonuses

Health, vision and dental insurance

Flexible vacation policy

Educational assistance

Free gym membership

Casual dress code

Team building events and activities

Hybrid work arrangements

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Self Financial in Austin, Texas is growing its Frontend Engineering team. As an Associate Frontend Software Engineer, you’ll help build Self Financial’s mobile app and web experiences while learning from experienced engineers on a high-performing team.

This entry-level role (0–3 years of experience) focuses on customer-facing features, frontend fundamentals, and high‑quality software in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with frequent releases. We care about creativity, quality and learning.

Qualifications

• 0-3 years of software engineering experience, including internships or projects.
• Proficiency in HTML, CSS, and modern web development fundamentals.
• Understanding of REST APIs and frontend-backend communication.
• Familiarity with Git and common workflows.
• Interest in writing reliable, accessible, and maintainable code.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain customer-facing features across Web, iOS, and Android with support from senior engineers.
• Implement frontend functionality using JavaScript/TypeScript, React, HTML, and CSS.
• Contribute to React Native mobile app experiences and web experiences as part of a cross-functional product team.
• Integrate frontend components with REST APIs and third-party services such as analytics, messaging, and feature flagging tools.
• Write clean, maintainable code and participate in code reviews.
• Learn and apply best practices for testing, accessibility, performance, and safe releases.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, Backend Engineering, QA, and your engineering manager to ship user-focused improvements.
• Debug issues, ask good questions, and grow your understanding of Self's frontend architecture and development practices.
• Contribute to team rituals, documentation, and continuous improvement.

Skills

HTML/CSS/JS fundamentals

REST APIs

Git workflows

React/React Native

Learning mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/SE or related field

Tools

React

TypeScript

REST API integration

Job description

Self Financial is a venture-backed, high-growth FinTech company with a mission to increase economic inclusion and financial resilience by empowering people to build credit and build savings.

We're looking for people who share our passion and are driven to tackle challenges, find solutions and make the financial space better for the communities we serve.

Our team is passionate about challenging the status quo of the credit industry by providing people accessible tools to take control of their credit. Executing on our mission requires deep collaboration across our teams to ensure our products reach the people who can benefit from them the most, particularly the 100 million+ Americans who have no or low credit.

About the role

We're growing our Frontend Engineering team at Self. As an Associate Frontend Software Engineer, you'll help build Self Financial's mobile app and web experiences while learning from experienced engineers on a high-performing team.

This role is designed for someone early in their engineering career, typically with 0-3 years of professional experience. You'll contribute to customer-facing features, improve your frontend fundamentals, and build high-quality software in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with frequent releases.

We care deeply about creativity, quality, learning, and delivering an innovative user experience to a large customer base.

What you'll do

• Build and maintain customer-facing features across Web, iOS, and Android with support from senior engineers.
• Implement frontend functionality using JavaScript/TypeScript, React, HTML, and CSS.
• Contribute to React Native mobile app experiences and web experiences as part of a cross-functional product team.
• Integrate frontend components with REST APIs and third-party services such as analytics, messaging, and feature flagging tools.
• Write clean, maintainable code and participate in code reviews.
• Learn and apply best practices for testing, accessibility, performance, and safe releases.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, Backend Engineering, QA, and your engineering manager to ship user-focused improvements.
• Debug issues, ask good questions, and grow your understanding of Self's frontend architecture and development practices.
• Contribute to team rituals, documentation, and continuous improvement.

What you bring

• 0-3 years of software engineering experience, including internships, co-ops, academic projects, bootcamp projects, or professional experience.
• Working knowledge of HTML, CSS, and modern web development fundamentals.
• Basic understanding of REST APIs and how frontend applications communicate with backend services.
• Familiarity with Git and common software development workflows.
• Interest in writing reliable, tested, accessible, and maintainable code.
• Strong willingness to learn, receive feedback, and grow as part of a collaborative engineering team.

What makes you stand out

• Internship, project, or professional experience with React FrameworkExperience using agentic engineering tools (e.g., Claude, OpenAI/Codex, Copilot) to accelerate development workflows.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience preferred.
• Foundational experience with JavaScript or TypeScript.
• Experience building user interfaces with React, React Native, or similar frontend frameworks.
• Personal, academic, or open-source projects that demonstrate frontend craftsmanship and product thinking.

Base salary range: $90,000-130,000 annually. Individual pay and level is based on factors unique to each candidate, including skill set, experience, and other job-related reasons.

Benefits and Perks:

We have the compensation and benefits you expect. But there's one thing that Self Financial can offer that many companies cannot: we can positively change the world, while making a profit. We are a team of Builders, empowering our customers to build their dreams.

Our perks include:

• Company equity in the form of Stock Options
• Performance-based bonuses
• Generous employer-paid health, vision and dental insurance coverage
• Flexible vacation policy
• Educational assistance
• Free gym membership
• Casual dress code
• Team building events and activities
• Hybrid work arrangements/schedules
• Paid parental leave

Self Financial requires all employees hired to successfully pass a background check.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

At this time, we are only able to consider applicants who are U.S. Citizens or Green Card Holders for employment opportunities. We appreciate your understanding.