Frontend Engineering Intern

In 2017, our founders started Sarwa due to a lack of financial services offered to most of the world, and out of a need to help empower people in the region to invest in their financial future. Sarwa is poised to continue growing into the go-to platform for people to grow their wealth.

We do this through expert, affordable and easy investing. We’re a small team working on the region’s first and fastest growing investment and personal finance platform, making investing easy, low-cost and transparent, with a human touch woven into every step of the process.

We are a remote-first team. Where you choose to work is up to you - we have an office in Abu Dhabi that you can utilize as often or little as you’d like.

Our frontend team is looking for an engineering intern to help improve Sarwa’s internal tooling, design system, and test coverage. This is a hands-on internship where you’ll work on real internal products that make the engineering team faster and more effective - from improving build pipelines and visualizing metrics, to connecting our Figma design system to code and writing integration tests with Maestro. You’ll be mentored by our frontend engineers and gain practical experience building tools and components used daily across the team.

This might be a right fit if you:

• Are currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field

  
  
  

• Have foundational experience with React and TypeScript (personal projects, coursework, or prior internships count)

  
  
  

• Understand modern frontend fundamentals: component architecture, state management, and responsive design

  
  
  

• Have empathy for developers and internal users - you think about the people who will use what you build

  
  
  

• Are self-directed and comfortable taking ownership of a task from start to finish

  
  
  

• Have a strong attention to detail, especially when it comes to UI consistency and code quality

  
  
  

• Are curious about design systems, developer experience, and testing best practices

  
  
  

• Communicate clearly and enjoy collaborating with designers, engineers, and product managers

  
  
  

Some of what you’ll do:

• Improve internal tooling: enhance build pipelines and help visualize engineering metrics

  
  
  

• Expand technical documentation by covering patterns and best practices used across the frontend codebase

  
  
  

• Help build and connect our Figma Code Connect integration for the new component library

  
  
  

• Write integration tests for existing screens using Maestro, improving confidence in releases

  
  
  

• Contribute to the design system and component library to ensure consistency across Sarwa’s products

  
  
  

• Collaborate with designers and backend engineers to deliver polished, user-facing improvements

  
  
  

• Participate in code reviews, sprint ceremonies, and team discussions

  
  
  

Stack - Experience in these (or similar) is a plus

• React and TypeScript

  
  
  

• Figma (Code Connect)

  
  
  

• Maestro (integration testing)

  
  
  

• Build tooling (Vite, Webpack, or similar)

  
  
  

• Git and CI/CD pipelines

  
  
  

• Design systems and component libraries

  
  
  

Some of our benefits:

• Remote-first and flexible work environment

  
  
  

• Diverse, driven and supportive team with a positive work atmosphere

  
  
  

• A culture of growth - being mentored, coached and supported to grow in your career

  
  
  

• Monthly stipend

  
  
  

Sarwa is dedicated to hiring a diverse workforce with varied experiences, perspectives and opinions. We believe diversity helps our team excel and enables us to build outstanding products for our customers.