Junior React Developer

This role focuses on building clear, functional interfaces that help our team visualize complex financial models and pricing assumptions. You will start by supporting a specific engagement for a Rome-based infrastructure client to modernize how they track capital allocation across their portfolio.

About Blue Oak Consulting
Blue Oak Consulting provides independent advisory on pricing, portfolio economics, capital allocation, and acquisition assumptions. We are not a traditional consulting firm focused on broad transformation programs or high level strategy decks. Instead, we interrogate specific commercial decisions where the financial stakes are high and the existing narrative is not sufficient. Our team looks past corporate language and P&L complexity to identify where value is leaking or capital is trapped. We work across sectors like software, manufacturing, and healthcare to test whether the assumptions behind a growth plan or an acquisition actually hold under pressure.
We are a small, principal led firm where the people who do the work are the ones accountable for the results. We do not take transaction contingent fees, which allows us to be completely honest about whether the economics of a decision make sense. Our goal is to provide clarity through financial discipline and a healthy amount of skepticism. We stay through the execution phase because decisions that look sound in theory often fail when they meet real world friction.

The Role
As a Junior React Developer, you will work directly with our financial analysts to turn spreadsheet-based models into interactive, web-based tools. We do not build flashy marketing sites: we build clean, logical dashboards that allow our principals to present data-driven arguments to clients. The role is fully remote, giving you the flexibility to manage your development tasks while staying closely aligned with our small, senior team. You will be learning how to structure front-end code that handles large datasets without sacrificing performance or clarity. This is a foundational position where your work directly supports the financial clarity we provide to our clients.

What You Will Be Doing

• Developing and maintaining React components for internal financial assessment tools.
• Translating Excel-based logic and capital allocation models into responsive web interfaces.
• Working on a project for a Rome-based infrastructure firm to visualize their long-term maintenance costs and revenue projections.
• Connecting front-end interfaces to internal data sources and ensuring financial figures remain accurate during updates.
• Collaborating with senior developers to review code and improve the efficiency of our data entry forms.
• Testing new features to ensure they work across different browsers and are accessible to colleagues who are not technical people.
• Documenting the logic behind specific interface choices to help the advisory team explain the tools to client stakeholders.
• Participating in remote stand-ups to discuss progress and resolve technical blockers.

What You Bring

• Basic knowledge of React and modern JavaScript (ES6+) gained through a degree, a coding bootcamp, or self-directed projects.
• A foundational understanding of HTML and CSS, particularly in creating clean, uncluttered layouts.
• Curiosity about how businesses make money and an interest in financial data.
• High attention to detail where you notice when a number is misplaced or a decimal point is in the wrong spot.
• Willingness to learn new libraries and state management practices as our internal toolset grows.
• Comfort with Git for version control and basic command-line operations.
• The ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical financial advisors clearly and simply.
• A disciplined approach to problem solving and a preference for simple solutions over complex ones.

What We Offer

• A fully remote working arrangement that allows for a better balance between work and personal life.
• Direct access to experienced principals and developers who value logic and evidence.
• A paid position with a competitive salary that reflects the current market for entry-level developers.
• Practical experience working on high-stakes financial projects for major organizations.
• A workplace culture where skepticism and asking why are encouraged rather than discouraged.
• Continuous learning opportunities through internal code reviews and project-based challenges.
• Ownership of specific tool components, giving you a clear view of how your code is used in a professional setting.

At Blue Oak Consulting, we value honesty and the willingness to challenge assumptions. We believe that building the right tools for financial interrogation requires the same discipline as the financial analysis itself. By joining our team, you will contribute to work that prioritizes clarity and factual accuracy over corporate narrative, helping us ensure that high-stakes commercial decisions are built on a solid foundation. We look for individuals who are more interested in getting the answer right than in following a standard corporate script.