Frontend Engineer

About the Role

This is a frontend engineering role at a fintech company building a retail trading platform designed for speed, clarity, and trust. You will own major frontend systems end to end, working closely with designers and backend engineers to deliver real-time trading experiences for fast-moving markets.

What You'll Do

• Design, build, and maintain full-featured web applications and reusable UI libraries that are fast, accessible, and scalable.

• Develop high-performance, interactive charts and real-time visualizations to help users make informed trading decisions.

• Optimize application speed and reliability using advanced caching strategies to achieve sub-second load times.

• Integrate complex REST APIs and WebSocket streams while managing robust client-side cached state.

• Configure and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated builds, previews, testing, and seamless rollbacks.

What We're Looking For

• Professional experience building latency-sensitive, real-time frontend interfaces where response time matters, such as in trading, gaming, or similar high-speed environments.

• Hands-on experience with React, TypeScript, and JavaScript across the full web stack.

• Strong command of CSS and the Web Animations API (WAAPI).

• Familiarity with testing tools such as Jest, Vitest, or Cypress.

• Experience integrating REST APIs and WebSocket streams.

• An active GitHub profile with recent, demonstrable coding activity.

• A shipped live product or strong portfolio that shows real frontend work.

• Genuine interest in trading or financial markets.

• Background in frontend development at a trading firm or trading platform is a strong plus.

• A degree, bootcamp certificate, or self-taught background with a healthy personal project portfolio.

• Must be authorized to work in the US without sponsorship (TN visa holders are welcome); must be willing to work on-site in New York City.

Compensation & Benefits

Salary range: $185,000 to $300,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship is available for eligible candidates (TN visa accepted).

Location

On-site in New York, NY, United States.