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title: 'React Native Engineer at Wahed'
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# React Native Engineer at Wahed

- **Company:** Wahed
- **Location:** India
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-09-09
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/wahed.com/479cd76f-d0b5-47e5-86f0-7f8f18605bf1

## Job description

About Wahed:

We have a passion to reduce financial inequality and exclusion by building world leading financial products and services aimed at giving access to all. We are a New York headquartered Financial Technology (FinTech) company focused on serving values-based (shariah compliant) digital financial services to retail clients globally, starting with wealth management. We have an impressive global team aligned with this purpose and are looking for trail blazers in their fields that will take our customer delivery to new levels. We can promise you a digital first and truly international culture, as well as a fascinating immersion into the world of FinTech and Islamic finance.

Job Brief:

We are looking for React Native engineers to join our Platform and Global development teams. As a team member, you will play a role in building, maintaining, designing, and implementing new and current features across our mobile app product(s) on both the iOS and Android platforms. Building product and innovative features is a highly collaborative effort, and as such, a strong team player with a commitment to perfection is required. We are looking for candidates that are self-motivated and eager to learn new technologies, work well both within a team and on their own, and have an attention to detail.

Job Description:

- Build pixel-perfect, buttery smooth UIs across both mobile platforms
- Engineer new mobile features that can work seamlessly across all of maintained mobile applications and platforms
- Leverage native APIs for deep integrations with other platforms
- Diagnose and fix bugs and performance bottlenecks to ensure that uses have the best possible experience using our products
- Maintain a versioned code-base and write automated unit tests to ensure the product is of the highest quality
- Transition existing features to React Native, especially important for building and maintaining feature parity
- Work well with others as a part of an Agile team
- Work well alone for single assignments
- Cooperate with other development teams to provide and build API spec outlines both Front-End and Back-End Divisions can leverage

Job Specification:

- At least 2 years commercial experience with JavaScript and TypeScript and its nuances, including ES6+ syntax and React Native
- Knowledge of object-oriented and functional programming
- Comfortable using 3rd third-party packages for React and React Native
- Ability to write well-documented, clean JavaScript code
- Rock solid at working with third-party dependencies and debugging dependency conflicts
- Familiarity with native build tools, i.e.: XCode, Gradle, Android Studio
- Proficient with debugging, building, and working in, especially, XCode and Android Studio
- Understanding of REST APIs, the document request model, and offline storage
- Experience with automated testing suites e.g. Detox, Jest
- Familiarity with git and general repository care knowledge, i.e.: maintain branches, use git commands, make pull requests, squash merge conflicts
- Eager and open to learning

Desirable:

- General understanding of Swift, Objective-C and Java
- Understanding the standards and rules regulated by the Apple Developer/Connect system
- Have an app hosted publicly in the Google or Apple app store(s)

## About Wahed

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Wahed is a digital Halal investing platform that makes Shariah-compliant, ethical investing accessible and affordable for a global audience.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series A)
- **Headquarters**: New York, NY, USA
- **Founded**: 2017
- **Founders**: Mohsin Siddiqui (CEO) and co‑founders (not publicly detailed)

## Core Business
- **Industry**: Financial Services – Digital Investment / Islamic Finance
- **Target Customers**: B2C – individual investors seeking Shariah‑compliant portfolios; also serves B2B through ETF products.
- **Mission**: “Create a Riba‑free society” by providing easy, values‑aligned investing tools.

## Products & Services
- **Wahed Invest Platform**: A robo‑advisory service that builds and manages diversified, Shariah‑compliant portfolios based on risk tolerance and time horizon. (SaaS/Fintech)
- **HLAL ETF** (NASDAQ): The first Halal equity ETF listed on NASDAQ, offering diversified U.S. large‑cap exposure compliant with Islamic principles. (ETF)
- **SPUS ETF** (NASDAQ): An ESG‑aware and Shariah‑compliant ETF tracking U.S. companies with strong environmental, social, and governance practices. (ETF)
- **KWIN ETF** (launched 2025): A thematic ETF focused on halal‑compliant investments in emerging markets. (ETF)
- **Zakat Calculator & Purification Reporting**: Tools to help users calculate Zakat and simplify purification of non‑compliant income. (Feature)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: **400,000+ customers** globally (as of 2025) | Total funding of ~$34M+ (Seed £6M, Series A $25M, Venture round, Debt $3M)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Specific investor names are not publicly detailed in available sources; the company is backed by a mix of venture and debt investors. Shariah Committee of senior Islamic finance scholars oversees product compliance.
- **Growth Signals**: 13.8% headcount growth YoY (137 employees); expansion into Nigeria, South Africa, and UAE; launch of KWIN ETF; 43,784 LinkedIn followers (+18% YoY).

## Competitive Advantages
- **First‑mover** in digital Halal robo‑advisory with a global footprint (US, UK, Malaysia, UAE, Nigeria, India, South Africa).
- **Independent Shariah Committee** provides continuous certification and oversight – a key trust differentiator.
- **NASDAQ‑listed ETFs** (HLAL, SPUS) offer institutional‑grade access to Shariah‑compliant investing.
- **Integrated Zakat & purification tools** reduce friction for observant investors.

## Strategic Focus
- **Geographic expansion** into high‑potential Muslim‑majority markets (Nigeria, South Africa, UAE).
- **Product innovation** through thematic ETFs (KWIN) and ESG‑aligned offerings.
- **Scaling the customer base** beyond 400k by simplifying onboarding and increasing financial literacy content.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission‑driven environment** – employees report feeling empowered by the company’s goal of creating a Riba‑free society.
- **Global, diverse team** – workforce spans 15 countries, with offices in New York, London, Kuala Lumpur, Sharjah, Abuja, Mumbai, Abu Dhabi, and Johannesburg.
- **Hybrid/remote‑friendly** – roles listed as “Hybrid” or “Remote” on the careers page; flexible work arrangements.
- **Growth opportunities** – 13.8% headcount growth and expanding product lines offer career advancement.
- **Culture quotes**: “Wahed is a wonderful place to work… innovative and inspiring environment, backed by incredible leadership” and “empowered me to accomplish heights in my career at a pace that I wouldn’t have achieved elsewhere.”

## Sources
1. [wahed.com](https://www.wahed.com/)
2. [wahed.com/who-are-we](https://www.wahed.com/who-are-we)
3. [wahed.com/global/career](https://www.wahed.com/global/career)
4. [jobs.lever.co/wahed.com](https://jobs.lever.co/wahed.com/)
5. [linkedin.com/company/wahedinvest](https://uk.linkedin.com/company/wahedinvest)

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