Front End Developer

Level 4
Job Description:

We are a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management, and wealth management services. The Firm’s employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments, and individuals from more than 1,200 offices in 43 countries.

It’s sizeable investment in technology results in quantitative systems, cutting-edge modelling and simulation software, comprehensive risk and security systems, and robust client-relationship capabilities, plus the worldwide infrastructure that forms the backbone of these systems and tools.

The Firm-wide Model Control System is the cornerstone of the Firm’s model risk management, used by front-office, control, and oversight functions. This is a high-profile system, with visibility at the highest levels of the Firm.

The team follows agile principles and has a strong product owner team which allows for close collaboration with the business users. The system is being heavily invested in with new feature development, as well as incorporating devops practices and performance improvements.

We are looking for an experienced, hands-on front end developer to work in a team of 20 people, consisting of front end, back end, full stack developers, and QA. Members on the team have direct access to the business users and must be able to juggle multiple priorities at a given time.

The candidate needs to be a self-starter, smart, and a highly motivated team player with effective communication skills. In addition, the candidate must value producing quality software and have a solid grounding in computer science fundamentals.

We would need someone who can assume responsibility for projects within the system. Their goal will be to clarify business requirements and ensure consistent, clean code is implemented with timely delivery. The right candidate should enjoy working in a highly collaborative environment that values teamwork and offers a lot of flexibility as long as productivity and quality are maintained.

Required Skills:
– Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science/Engineering
– 7-15 years of experience in Web UI development
– 4+ years of experience in ReactJs / Redux
– Very strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
– Good knowledge of data structures and algorithms
– Proficient in JavaScript ES6, ReactJs, Redux, CSS3, HTML 4&5, Bootstrap, HTTP, Cookies, Node.js, Cypress, React Testing Library
– Experience in performance tuning, code profiling, hands-on experience using design patterns and best practices
– Experience with Cucumber and Cypress (or other end-to-end testing library), practiced test-driven development (TDD), and behaviour-driven development (BDD)
– Experience with JIRA, Git, code review, CI/CD, and Agile development methodologies
– Working knowledge of UI/UX design principles, experience with Figma or other design tools
– Working knowledge of Unix / Linux

Nice to have:
– Working knowledge of MongoDB, relational database
– Working knowledge of Java, SpringBoot