Hybrid Senior Front-End Engineer

at Mitti Labs

• Job title: Senior Front-End Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Android, D3.js, Firebase, GraphQL, iOS, JavaScript, Next.js, PostGIS, Postgres, React, React Native, Redux, TypeScript
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Bengaluru, India

About the role

• Senior Front-End Engineer developing mobile applications and web dashboards for climate-tech startup Mitti Labs. Focused on performance optimization and user experience in agricultural technology.

Responsibilities

• You’ll be responsible for building high-performance, visually stunning, and intuitive mobile applications and web-based dashboards that delight users and scale globally.
• You'll work on performance-critical features like rendering 50,000+ plots on interactive maps, building real-time data filtering systems, and creating seamless mobile experiences for field agents working in remote areas.
• Lead the development of React Native mobile applications with JavaScript and TypeScript.
• Architect, design, and implement scalable, reusable, and modular front-end components.
• Integrate with RESTful APIs, GraphQL endpoints, and real-time data sources.
• Optimize app performance, startup time, and responsiveness across platforms.
• Collaborate with design teams to deliver pixel-perfect UI and a seamless UX.
• Maintain code quality with unit tests, linting, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Stay ahead of the curve by exploring new technologies and proposing improvements.

Requirements

• 6+ years of professional frontend experience with demonstrated expertise in both web and mobile development
• Deep expertise in React (Web) and React Native (Mobile) — not just one or the other
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript fundamentals, TypeScript, and modern ES6+ patterns
• Experience building performant dashboards handling 10,000+ data points with complex filtering and visualization requirements
• Strong understanding of pagination strategies: offset-based, cursor-based, infinite scroll, server-side pagination
• Deep knowledge of API integration: REST APIs, query parameters, filtering, sorting, handling large payloads, client-side caching
• Excellent understanding of backend systems to collaborate effectively with backend engineers on API contracts, data structures, and performance optimization
• Experience with state management for large datasets: Redux, Zustand, TanStack Query (React Query) for complex async state
• Performance optimization expertise: Lazy loading, virtualization, debouncing, throttling, memoization, code splitting
• Strong sense of UI design principles, motion, and interaction patterns
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions
• Experience implementing crash analytics and monitoring (Firebase Crashlytics, Sentry)
• Querying and manipulating data: Client-side data querying, filtering, aggregation, transformations
• Experience shipping production-grade apps on both iOS and Android
• Excellent communication skills and strong sense of ownership
• Ability to write clean, maintainable, and testable code
• Bonus Points
• Experience with mapping libraries (Google Maps API, Mapbox, Leaflet) for geospatial visualization and plotting 50K+ polygons
• Experience with chart libraries (Recharts, Chart.js, D3.js) for data visualization
• Knowledge of PostgreSQL/PostGIS data structures (helpful for understanding backend geospatial data)
• Experience with Metabase or similar analytics platforms
• Familiarity with Next.js or similar SSR frameworks for web applications
• Experience with native modules (Android/iOS) or bridging native code
• Contributions to open-source projects or strong GitHub portfolio
• Experience working in agricultural, climate-tech, or field operations domains

Benefits

• Be at the frontline of climate-tech Mitti Labs is tackling the methane emissions and water-intensive practices of rice farming — a major global climate lever that few organisations are focussed on. You’ll work with satellite/AI/field-data to drive real change, not just build features.
• High-impact global platform + deep local action The company’s work spans from smallholder farmers in India and Southeast Asia to global carbon markets and buyers. You’ll have the opportunity to interface with both real-world farm operations and high-level climate finance
• Work with a mission-driven, elite team in a dynamic growth environment Mitti Labs is backed by top investors (Lightspeed, Voyager) and led by a team with deep expertise in agriculture, carbon science and tech. If you join, you’ll be in a high-growth startup environment where your contributions matter, iteration is rapid, priorities evolve—and you’ll see your work have tangible impact on climate and livelihoods.