FX Options Trading Senior UI Developer (Vice President)

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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 usingReact 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 likeREST APIs, WebSockets, or middleware (e.g., Solace, Kafka, TIBCO).

  
  

• Engineering Excellence:Proficiency in modern software engineering practices, includingCI/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 asOpenFinor interoperability libraries.

  
  

• Back-end development experience inJava, C#/.NET, or Python.

  
  

• Knowledge of containerization and orchestration withKubernetes.

  
  

• 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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