Frontend Software Engineer (React) - São Paulo (Contract)

First Help Financial · São Paulo, Brazil (Hybrid) · Contract · Posted 2026-10-08

Workplace: hybrid

Department: Engineering/IT Brasil

Description

First Help Financial (FHF) is a fast-growing and culturally diverse company in the U.S. We provide auto loans to the underserved and care for our customers and partners with exceptional service. Through flexible financing options and tri-lingual support, we offer consumers an easier way to finance their first car. We lend to and support our portfolio which has consistently grown 30%+ each year over the last nine years.

Here you will find hard-working colleagues who come from over 20 countries. We hold ourselves to the highest standards of professionalism but also enjoy our work. Our culture and benefits are geared towards making you successful in life and comfortable at work.

Your Title: Frontend Software Engineer.

Your Location: Hybrid/Brazil HQ address - Nações Unidas 12901 - São Paulo - SP (required to go to the office once a week)

You Report To: Engineering Manager

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About the Opportunity:

First Help Financial, recently voted as a "Great Place to Work" for the fifth year in a row is seeking a Frontend Software Engineer to join our highly skilled and innovative team. First Help Financial is embarking on a new growth phase involving multiple game-changing projects.

What you will do:

Your responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Designs and develops major functional or performance enhancements for existing products or produces new software products or tools.
Becoming a subject matter expert for our Loan Origination Systems with an ability to explain and improve complicated code bases and assist with troubleshooting complex problems.
Work closely with stakeholders in various internal groups to help balance delivery speed and quality.
Mentor and train junior developers to maximize team velocity.
You will be a developer on an Agile team, working closely with Product Owner, Scrum Master, and other engineers, to review and qualify business requirements, functional (and non-functional) specifications, use-cases, and test plans.
Drive full cycle end-to-end development from design through production rollout.
Design, prototype, and author code for software components and applications. Continue to iterate to optimize customer experience.

What you bring:

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field with 3+ years of professional front-end development experience required.
OR Pursuing Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field with 5+ years of professional front-end development experience preferred.
Strong proficiency in React.
Solid understanding of RESTful API design and development.
Experience with both SQL/NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Redis, OracleDB preferred).
Experience with AWS services (ex: EC2, S3, Lambda, API Gateway, SQS, RDS).
Experience with AWS Kinesis Data Streams (KDS).
Experience with testing tools like JUnit, unittest and mock tools like Mockito, MagicMock and so on.
Excellent problem-solving and debugging skill.

FHF Benefits:

Great Perks – We offer generous salaries, social activities, monthly lunches, and a robust employee recognition and talent development program to enhance your career with us.
Culture - We are believers in maintaining a healthy work-life balance. While we work hard and care deeply about our customers and partners, we want you to have room for your family, friends, and yourself.
Growth - Company growth provides unprecedented career growth. FHF’s extraordinary year over year growth in revenue and new markets provides opportunity for you to establish and develop your career growth. We engage each employee to build a career plan that benefits everyone, and we have a proven record of investing in you.

Diversity and Inclusion

FHF is committed to building a culture that respects and embraces all walks of life, inclusive of all genders, race, culture, age, sexual orientation, and other identities. We will make accommodations when interviewing anyone with special needs.

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About the company

First Help Financial provides automobile financing to consumers who are underserved by traditional lenders, including first-time vehicle buyers. It works with franchise and independent dealerships, purchasing vehicle-loan receivables rather than taking applications directly from consumers. The company evaluates borrowers and manages loan accounts, with teams handling dealer relationships, funding, payments, collections and customer support. Its business earns income from auto lending and servicing, using loan sales and securitisations to finance receivables held by institutional investors. Founded in 2006, First Help Financial is headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts.

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Boston, Massachusetts

Founded

2006

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What believers are saying

First Help's Waterbury sales role guarantees its first-quarter bonus during training and provides health benefits from day one.
In August 2026, First Help Financial priced a US$272 million auto securitisation, according to GlobalCapital.
First Fed held US$8.5 million of First Help auto loans at December 2025, documenting an institutional loan-purchaser relationship.

What critics are saying

First Help's inside-sales role works Tuesday through Saturday, 3pm-11:30pm Eastern, with eligibility restricted to Central, Mountain and Pacific zones.
In January 2026, KBRA reported deteriorating collateral performance and higher cumulative net losses across four First Help securitisations.
First Help's recovery manager builds a post-charge-off programme, oversees outside counsel and maintains state-by-state collection viability.

What makes First Help Financial unique

First Help Financial provides English, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese and Cape Verdean Portuguese customer support.
First Help Financial is majority-owned by the Treacy family, with two management-team members holding minority stakes.
First Fed describes First Help's programme loans as US$10,000-75,000 over 72-84 months for borrowers with limited credit experience.

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Benefits

Hybrid Work Options
Remote Work Options
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Disability Insurance
Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account
Paid Vacation
401(k) Company Match
Parental Leave
Tuition Reimbursement

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