Web Platform Engineer | Chicago- Global Quant Firm
Oxford Knight
Application
Details
Posted: 19-Jun-24
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Type: Full-time
Salary: Open
Internal Number: 20623437
Salary: $250k + bonus
Summary
Leading HFT fund looking for an experienced Front End Developer to join their core UI platform team.
This is a high impact role where your primary focus is building and extending the core UI platform, and using it to build business-critical applications. You'll collaborate extensively with a wide variety of teams, helping them use the platform to build their own applications. It is expected that you'll be very comfortable with the ecosystem of tools & techniques within the modern web development environment, and you'll be passionate about enabling other developers to be more productive.
Technology is prized by the traders as crucial to their continued success. Unique in their field, this global firm combines the lively, positive spirit of a start-up with the stability of a longer-established player.
The successful Web Platform Engineer will have a strong work ethic, and will always keep in mind the end users who will consume the platform you build.
Requirements
Minimum 4+ years of professional experience building web-based UIs
Extensive experience with React, TypeScript, WebSocket protocols, REST, and UI unit-testing
Very comfortable working in a highly agile, collaborative methodology (sprints, pair-programming, testing, estimation, etc.)
Bonus points for Kubernetes, Helm, containers, CI/CD pipelines and/or experience working in trading / finance
NB Please don't apply if you are a fresh graduate.
Benefits
Competitive base salary & bonus
Enormous opportunity to grow and have an impact
Contributions are rewarded; career progression supported
Free breakfast, lunch and dinner
Contact If this sounds like you, or you'd like to know more, please get in touch.
Andy Stirling-Martin andy@oxfordknight.co.uk +44 (0)20 3137 9579 linkedin.com/in/andrew-stirling-martin-7664a946