(Senior) Full-Stack Engineer | Frontend-leaning | Platform Team | Remote Portugal

Bunch; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Customizable benefits package

28 days vacation + holidays

Job summary

bunch is building the operating infrastructure for private markets. We are enabling next-gen fund operations with secure data infrastructure, AI-powered workflows and expert fund services. This Platform Core role focuses on delivering robust frontend-heavy features with ownership across the stack.

You’ll work on frontend architecture, design system maintenance, and backend services, ensuring scalability, performance, and an exceptional developer experience for thousands of users.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building product applications across the stack with frontend depth.
• Proficiency in TypeScript with modern frontend frameworks and Node.js backend exposure.
• Experience with Design Systems and cross-functional collaboration.
• Senior: lead architecture decisions, mentor engineers, own front-end initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Build robust, scalable full-stack features with a frontend focus and a strong emphasis on quality tests.
• Collaborate with PMs, Designers, QAs, and Engineers to ship high-quality features quickly.
• Contribute to frontend architecture, backend services, tooling, and design system evolution.
• Ensure excellent developer experience and performance across the stack.
• Write unit and E2E tests and participate in discovery and design critiques.

Skills

Frontend depth

TypeScript

Design Systems

Startup experience

React

Tools

NestJS

MySQL

Kubernetes

AWS

Vitest

Playwright

Job description

bunch https://www.bunch.capital/ is building the backbone of private markets. We are enabling next-gen fund operations with one integrated system that combines secure data infrastructure, AI-powered workflows and expert fund services. If you value ownership, growth through real responsibility, and working with a thoughtful, ambitious team, this role might be for you.

YOUR ROLE

You’ll join our Platform team as a Full Stack Engineer with a frontend focus, building the foundational product experiences and services that power bunch. We’re looking for someone who sees product development as a craft - a blend of technical excellence, user-centered thinking, and cross-functional collaboration.

Whether you’re shaping frontend architecture, contributing to backend services, maintaining our Design System, or implementing features end to end, your work will have a direct impact on thousands of users managing billions in assets. We offer you freedom and ownership to build the right solutions and influence the product roadmap.

TOP RESPONSIBILITIES

• Build robust, scalable, and well-tested full-stack product features, with a strong focus on frontend quality, using modern frameworks and our in-house Design System
• Collaborate with PMs, Designers, QAs, and Engineers in the Platform Core team to ship high-quality features quickly
• Contribute to and evolve our frontend architecture, backend services, tooling, and design system
• Ensure a great developer experience and continuously improve performance, reliability, and maintainability across the stack
• Write meaningful unit and E2E tests
• Actively shape product solutions by participating in discovery, feedback rounds, and design critiques

If you're applying as a Senior:

• Take ownership across the stack, with particular depth in the frontend domain, and influence platform-wide decisions
• Drive alignment between design and development, and collaborate on challenging UX casesOwn and evolve our in-house Design System alongside the design team
• Guide the team in architecture and performance decisions
• Mentor and support other engineers

ABOUT YOU

To thrive in our Platform Core team, you combine a love for building excellent UIs with the ability to work confidently across the stack and a pragmatic, product-first mindset. You're a strong communicator, a team player, and someone who thrives in a growing, fast-paced environment where asking "why" is encouraged.

You...

• Have 5+ years (Senior) of experience building product applications across the stack, with clear frontend depth
• Are fluent in TypeScript, comfortable with modern frontend frameworks, and able to contribute to Node.js backend services
• Have experience working with Design Systems
• for Senior: also experience building or maintaining custom ones
• Are familiar with unit and E2E testing (Vitest, Playwright, or equivalents)
• Understand UI/UX principles and care about building elegant, accessible, and usable interfaces
• Can operate in ambiguity and turn loosely defined ideas into working software
• Have experience in a startup or scaleup environment

Nice to have:

• Previous exposure to fintech or highly regulated domains
• Experience with zod (or any other form validation tools)
• Worked with data visualisations (e.g., tables, charts)

OUR TECH STACK

• Frontend: Svelte + SvelteKit but moving towards React + TanStack, TypeScript, MeltUI (headless components) but moving towards Shadcn, Felte + zod
• Testing: Vitest (unit), Playwright (E2E)
• Design System: Custom-built (MeltUI)
• Backend: Node.js, NestJS, MySQL, Sequelize
• Infrastructure: Kubernetes (K8S) on top of AWS

WORKPLACE & BENEFITS

• Competitive salary plus equity
• Customizable benefits package (wellbeing, sport, mobility, food, and more)
• 28 days of vacation, plus 2 company days and local public holidays
• Remote Setup with trip to Berlin (on average on a quarterly basis)
• A great tech and work setup
• Work with a diverse team of 130+ bunchies from 40+ countries, with leaders who are best-in-class in their domains

INTERVIEW PROCESS

• First interview with the People team (30 min): get acquainted with bunch and to understand if what we’re offering is what you’re searching for
• Hiring Manager Interview (60 min): this conversation with an Engineering Manager will cover product-focused culture and values, including collaboration, ownership, self-awareness, and quality standards.
• Technical Interview (60 min): this interview in the form of a technical conversation with two engineers will focus on collaborative problem-solving, starting with open-ended questions and progressing to more specific challenges or short algorithm tasks.
• Final Round: Meet our VP of Engineering (45 min): learn about ways of working, vision for bunch, and team culture.

About bunch

bunch is building the operating infrastructure for the …