SDE-Intern
Job type: Internship · Department: Frontend · Work type: On-Site
Bangalore Division, Karnataka, India
Bright Money is a Consumer FinTech for middle-income consumers. It brings together SaaS products to help consumers build credit, manage their debt, and get access to suitable loans and credit cards. These are the major financial needs of middle-income consumers living paycheck-to-paycheck.
Bright is a profitable, India-built, U.S.-market Consumer FinTech, with revenue trajectory to $100M in the coming 6 months. The business model combines subscription revenue with a financial service marketplace revenues, for loans, credit cards, and credit building tools.
Bright has launched an AI money assistant and AI agentic UX flows for access to credit. It will be the first AI-driven Consumer FinTech for middle-income consumers.
The Bright product suite has potential for global markets beyond the US. The market size is 100M global middle-income consumers, with a revenue pool opportunity of $15B.
Bright is backed by 3 top global venture capital firms, and leading tech angel investors in the USA, Europe, and Asia.
Bright was founded in 2019 by a founding team from McKinsey’s Banking Practice (Petko Plachkov and Avi Patchava) and InMobi Data Scientists (Varun Modi and Avi Patchava). The core team is ex-InMobi Engineering and Data Sciences, recently joined by senior leaders from McKinsey. Bright is a data-driven, fast-paced execution culture that will build a Global Consumer FinTech, all functions operating from India.
Job Summary:
We are looking for a Frontend Intern with strong fundamentals in web development and a working knowledge of React. Exposure to React Native will be an added advantage. The candidate will be involved in building responsive user interfaces for both web and mobile platforms, focusing on performance, scalability, and user experience.
Develop and maintain responsive UI components using React for web applications
Build and support mobile interfaces using React Native (preferred)
Translate design wireframes (Figma or similar) into high-quality, reusable code
Optimize applications for maximum speed and performance (lazy loading, code splitting, memorization)
Ensure cross-browser compatibility and smooth performance across devices
Integrate frontend with backend APIs and handle asynchronous data flows
Follow best practices for SEO (web), accessibility (WCAG basics), and semantic HTML
Debug issues and improve overall code quality and maintainability
Strong understanding of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (ES6+)
Hands-on experience with React (functional components, hooks, state/props)
Basic knowledge of React Native (navigation, layouts, components) is a plus
Familiarity with REST APIs and asynchronous programming (fetch/axios)
Understanding of responsive design and mobile-first approach
Awareness of performance optimization techniques and frontend best practices
Good problem-solving and debugging skills
Has built at least 1–2 real-world projects (web or mobile)
Demonstrates a strong understanding of UI/UX principles
Shows eagerness to learn and adapt to new technologies
Comfortable working in a collaborative, fast-paced environment
A profitable sub-unicorn with U.S. market scale – liquidity potential at $1–3B valuations.
Real ownership: You run your own BU with an independent P&L.
Wealth creation: Equity at an inflection stage of scale.
A data-driven, high-cadence culture that combines consulting rigor with FinTech speed.
Location flexibility: 4 days from the Bangalore office in a week