The Opportunity
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Front-End Developer to join a critical greenfield program focused on transforming our electronic FX Options Trading business. This is a multi-year, high-profile project to modernize and scale our platform, offering a unique opportunity for you to make a significant and lasting impact. You will be at the forefront of building the next generation of trading technology.
What You'll Do
Design and Build: Take a leading role in the design and development of a state-of-the-art electronic FX Options Trading Platform. Your focus areas will include:
RFQ (Request for Quote) workflows for clients and sales-to-trader interactions.
Real-time, streaming pricing engines and displays.
Volatility Surface and other complex market data management tools.
A comprehensive workbench for Structured Product Pricing.
Collaborate: Work in a tight-knit, global team alongside developers, quants, and traders to translate complex business requirements into robust, elegant technical solutions.
Innovate: Leverage your deep expertise in TypeScript and React to build high-performance, scalable, and intuitive web UIs that provide an exceptional user experience.
Improve: Champion and contribute to the continuous improvement of our development, deployment (CI/CD), and testing processes to ensure quality and efficiency.
Mentor: Share your knowledge, guide, and mentor other developers, fostering a collaborative and innovative team culture where everyone can grow.
Essential Skills & Experience
Front-End Expertise: Advanced, hands-on experience in UI/UX development using React and TypeScript. (Professional experience with Angular or Vue.js would also be considered).
Inter-Application Communication: Solid understanding of building applications that handle real-time data, using technologies like REST APIs, WebSockets, or middleware (e.g., Solace, Kafka, TIBCO).
Engineering Excellence: Proficiency in modern software engineering practices, including CI/CD, automated testing, application resiliency, performance profiling, and telemetry.
Desirable Skills (Nice to Have)
AI-Assisted Development: Interest or experience in leveraging agentic AI development tools to accelerate and improve workflows (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Devin).
Familiarity with desktop container frameworks such as OpenFin or interoperability libraries.
Back-end development experience in Java, C#/.NET, or Python.
Knowledge of containerization and orchestration with Kubernetes.
While prior experience in finance is a plus, a strong passion for technology and complex problem-solving is what truly matters.
Our Culture
Agile & Collaborative: We thrive in a dynamic environment that values curiosity, ownership, and a drive for continuous improvement.
Transparent Communication: We believe in challenging ideas respectfully and maintaining open, honest communication across all levels of the team.
Iterative Delivery: We focus on delivering high-quality, impactful solutions iteratively, learning and adapting as we go.
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