Frontend Engineer

About Alaan Alaan is the Middle East’s first AI-powered spend management platform, built to help businesses save time and money. Our all-in-one solution combines smart corporate cards, real-time expense tracking, AI-powered automation, seamless accounting integrations, and deep financial insights- designed to simplify finance operations and maximize control over company spend. Founded in 2022, Alaan is already the trusted partner of over 2,000 leading businesses across the UAE and KSA, including G42, Careem, McDonald’s, Tabby, Al Barari, Rove Hotels, Rivoli, and CarSwitch. Together, our customers have saved over AED 100 million with Alaan. In just three years, Alaan has become the #1 expense management platform in the Middle East- and we’ve done it while becoming profitable. Alaan is also backed by Y Combinator and top global investors, including Peak XV (formerly Sequoia India & SEA), and built by a world-class team with experience from McKinsey, BCG, Goldman Sachs, Careem, Rippling, and other high-growth companies. This creates an environment where employees learn from top-tier talent while building at startup speed. We’re not just building software. We’re reimagining how finance works for modern businesses across the region.

About The Role As a Frontend Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in designing and implementing user interfaces that are both intuitive and visually stunning, using Next.js, React and Tailwind. You’ll collaborate closely with UX/UI designers and backend developers to bring new features to life, ensuring a seamless and engaging user experience. Your expertise will be crucial in building responsive and high-performance web applications. If you have a passion for problem-solving and a keen eye for detail, this is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact on our product and its users.

What You'll Do

• Working closely with the product and backend team to implement new features
• Collaborate with UX/UI designers to translate designs into functional features
• Tech planning with respective technical leads
• Refactoring and improving existing features of the product based on best practices, changing requirements, and feedback from QA
• Reviewing your peers’ code to keep our code base clean and extensible
• Exchanging ideas with the design team to improve the user experience
• Stay updated on industry trends and emerging technologies to innovate and enhance our frontend stack

What We Are Looking For

• 2+ years of frontend experience with React
• Experience with Typescript, Next.js, Tailwind, Radix UI, ShadCN UI
• Excellent problem solving skills and attention to detail
• Ability to turn hi-fi designs such as Figma into pixel-perfect UI
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment
• Previous startup experience is a bonus
• Higher education degree from a tier 1 college (IITs, NITs, BITS) is a bonus
• Good communication skills What's in it for you
• Contribute to building the Middle East’s most beloved fintech brand from the ground up
• Benefit from a role with significant ownership and accountability
• Thrive in a flexible hybrid culture with ample work-life balance
• Participate in exciting offsite events
• Competitive salary and equity
• Enjoy additional perks like travel allowances, gym memberships, and more