Associate Software Engineer (UI)
Austin, TX - USA
Job Summary
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.
Were 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
Were growing our Frontend Engineering team at Self. As an Associate Frontend Software Engineer youll help build Self Financials 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. Youll 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 youll 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 Selfs 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.
- Bachelors 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: $ annually. Individual pay and level is based on factors unique to each candidate including skill set experience and other job-related reasons.
We have the compensation and benefits you expect. But theres 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.
Required Experience:
IC
About Company
Build your credit with Self's Credit Builder Account & secured Self Visa® Credit Card. Ideal for credit building, no hard check, & reports to all three bureaus.