FX Options Trading Senior UI Developer (Vice President)

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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Job Family Group:

Technology

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Job Family:

Applications Development

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Time Type:

Full time

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Most Relevant Skills

Please see the requirements listed above.

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Other Relevant Skills

For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

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