Mid/Senior Frontend Developer, Spiral
+ Bonus and equity
Ethical banking app
Job no longer available
Ethical banking app
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
+ Bonus and equity
21-100 employees
Company mission
To empower millions of people to build better lives and positively impact their communities.
Role
Who you are
- Ideally, you have demonstrated a successful track record of system analysis, programming, testing, documentation, and support for web applications
- You are obsessed with excellence and consistently looking to improve
- You are knowledgeable about JS/React/TypeScript best practices and use them daily
- You are obsessed with understanding and creating the best customer experience
- You are an owner who takes things from start to end
- You seek to understand the needs of your peers and team and adapt your style as necessary
- You defend your focused work time, but can shift contexts when the need arises
- 3+ years of experience
- Experience in consumer-facing web applications
- Expert experience with JavaScript, ReactJS, TypeScript, React Testing Library, and CSS
- Knowledgeable in developing complex web applications for mobile and desktop
- Experience working with high-fidelity mockups to create pixel-perfect UI designs
- Experienced in coworking with Git and Jira
- Experience with agile environments
- Strong analytical and debugging skills
- B.Sc. or higher in Computer Science or equivalent experience/education
What the job involves
- As a Frontend Developer at Spiral, you will join us to envision and build our innovative banking technology solution and products
- This role will be for a frontend developer for this project, working on the web-based UI, functionality behind the UI, and web API work
- You will work closely with the dev team to create new features and web applications and integrate them with back-end services
- You will work with the latest technologies to develop responsive websites for both desktop and mobile devices, ensuring the best user experience
- Together with the product and UX team, you will iterate on the design and implementation and continuously improve the existing codebase - experimenting with new designs and flows, and helping in feedback collection and analysis
- You will build and enhance internal customer support and reporting tools to benefit our clients and the operations team
- You will be coordinating with our backend development and UX departments to translate mockups into best-in-class web applications
- This position will be responsible for all phases of the front-end development lifecycle and will drive our patterns and practices for other team members
- You have the ability to contribute to a team culture that inspires excellence in what we deliver, collaboration in how we deliver it, and the innovation that will enable us to help our customers with their financial services needs
- Perform proof of concept implementations for innovative banking features
- Work on multiple projects in parallel according to priorities and team needs
- Learn the existing software and make it your own, building and maintaining its next iteration
- Work closely with our engineering, product and UX teams to develop new site functionality, fix bugs, and implement new designs
- Maintains up-to-date knowledge and skill with current technologies in the industry
- Our current stack: Next.js, React, Vite, Chakra UI, TypeScript, React Query, Jest, React Testing Library, Storybook, Emotion + Styled System
Our take
Spiral is a challenger bank that, alongside offering no-fee and no-minimum deposit checking and savings accounts, accommodates easy charitable donations. It does this by automatically taking a percentage of customers' incoming funds and putting them into charities of their choice.
With more than half of Americans donating to charity each year, SPiral is built around the idea that giving should be simple and built into daily financial habits. As ethically conscious consumerism contunues to grow, its model taps into demand fo rfinancial products that align with personal values.
Recently, Spiral has shifted toward powering community-focused digital banking through partnerships. And in 2025, it teams up with Bank of Guam to bring its savings and giving tools to customers across Guam and the Western Pacific.
Through Spiral's platform, customers can round up purchases to save or donate, set automated savings goals, track their charitable impact, and access digital donation reports. The partnerships reflects Spiral's broader strategy to help banks grow deposits and deepen customer relationships by turning everyday banking into a tool for both personal financial progress and community impact.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-9% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Mar 2023
$28m
SERIES A
Mar 2021
$14m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $42m
Company benefits
- Fully remote working: We're a globally distributed team and support remote and in-person work
- Health and wellness: Employer-paid medical plan, vision, and dental, long-term and short-term disability insurance
- 401k: Startup equity and 401(k) plan
- Parental leave: Parental leave for both mothers and fathers to bond with their new child
- 20 days PTO: Employees are provided with 20 days of paid time off (PTO) per year
- HSA account: Health Savings Account (HSA) for eligible employees
Company HQ
Chelsea, New York, NY
Leadership
Shawn Melamed
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously worked as a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley, heading up the build of its Technology Business Development and Innovation Offices. Co-founder of Hub of Love.
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