SDE-Intern

About Bright:

Bright is a consumer fintech that helps Americans get out of debt, with the power of data science and machine learning. It is a mobile app that combines all the tools and tech needed to manage and get rid of debt.

Bright’s tools include credit score building, automated debt paydown plans, financial planning,  budget planning tools, and refinance loans. It works with credit cards, student loans and car loans.

Bright has had 6x growth in the last year, with 300,000 users, and more than 100,000 ratings and reviews.

Bright is backed by three major venture capital funds (Sequoia, Falcon Edge and Hummingbird) and with top angel investors from the US, UK and India, Bright has raised +$40 million in funding to date.

Bright has recently raised $50M in debt funding from Encina Lender Finance, for its credit business growth. Encina Lender Finance provides lending solutions to consumer and commercial speciality finance companies across the U.S. and Canada.

Today we are among the top 8 US FinTech companies. We will become a top-100 US financial institution, with the unique strength of data science and predictive modelling to enhance financial products for a user’s life outcomes.

We will be the first at-scale Consumer Tech company, built in India for Global markets.

About Our Founders:

Bright was founded in 2019 by a founding team from McKinsey’s Banking Practice (Petko Plachkov and Avi Patchava) and InMobi Data Scientist (Avi Patchava, Varun Modi, Avinash Ramakath, Jayashree Merwade).

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