Senior Software Engineer (Frontend)

This job is brought to you by Jobs/Redefined, the UK's leading over-50s age inclusive jobs board. Senior Software Engineer (Frontend) The world's largest asset class, debt, operates with the worst data. Technology has revolutionized equity markets with electronic trading, quant algos and instantaneous news. However, in debt capital markets, the picture is completely different. It still behaves like it's in the 1980s; trillions of dollars of trades are placed over the phone, news is slow, and corporate credit information is imperfect and scattered. Our mission is to change this. 9fin's proprietary technology delivers fast and comprehensive financial, credit, legal & ESG analysis. Our clients are able to make faster, more informed decisions, win more business and most importantly, save time. Our fast growing list of clients include 9 of the top 10 Investment Banks, leading Asset Managers, Hedge Funds and Law Firms. What you'll work on Every day is different, but here's an example of the kind of things you'll work on: Development and engineering primarily on the internal and external facing web applications of the 9fin platform. This can range from getting involved in coding and implementation of features, code review and mentoring of junior developers, to involvement in early research and experimentation with new technologies providing input for new features and products. You'll have the ability to move between working on our client facing web application stack, internal web applications and tools for our ML/AI serving & development systems as per your interests and active open projects. Write code delivering new frontend functionality, consuming API's, data routing/processing, automation and testing. Opportunity to take on the technical leadership on projects, defining and designing systems, making quick proofs of concept and working closely with Product and our Clients. Continually improve on the 9fin codebase, taking the chance to automate, refactor and document when you can. Our Frontend Stack React 18 React router Typescript Storybook & Jest testing suites Vite JS Requirements About You We are looking for highly experienced front-end software engineers to play a critical role in the development of the 9fin product. This role is designed for seasoned front-end engineers who have expertise in modern front-end technologies and a proven track record of delivering high-quality projects. This role will be a great fit if you: Have demonstrated extensive working experience on the frontend of a technical product. Significant commercial experience using React and modern ES6 (we're using Typescript) to build complex web applications. Expert knowledge of the fundamental front end languages that underpin modern frameworks; HTML, CSS, Javascript and their interactions with the DOM. Can effectively plan and reason about your software, understanding where it fits into the 9fin systems and the business. Demonstrated experience in early stage product discussions and working within cross-functional teams to collaborate and learn from business colleagues, other engineers, UX Designers and Product managers. A proven track record of mentoring junior members of the team through code reviews, coaching and ways of working. Can think about and communicate how data will pass through your software; from API requests to on-screen components and interactions. Can effectively advocate and provide thought-leadership for software development best practices, including documentation, testing, code readability, and efficiency, in order to positively influence team outcomes and promote a culture of excellence within the development process. Experienced in evaluating new technologies by presenting proof-of-concept that highlight their advantages and disadvantages and how they can be applied in a real world scenario at 9fin. Benefits We're a scaling start up and we enjoy sharing our success, when the company succeeds, we always reinvest that in our people. We also offer huge amounts of responsibility, an abundance of opportunity for growth and a platform to truly excel. Salary: Competitive (our salary bands are benchmarked at the top end of the market) + equity options Holidays: 25 days per year (plus local public holidays) Learning & development budget: We're focused on your career progression and personal development! A hybrid working model, to allow you the flexibility to decide how, where and when you do your best work. Team socials and company events Vitality health insurance & discounted gym membership Cycle to work Enhanced parental leave #J-18808-Ljbffr