Frontend Engineer
Summary
Frontend engineer building the core web experience for a retail trading platform in New York, owning end-to-end systems for real-time market data, interactive charts, and low-latency UIs using React, TypeScript, and WebSockets. On-site role paying $185k-$300k with visa sponsorship available.
About the Role
Build and scale the core user experience for a retail trading platform focused on speed, clarity, and trust. You will own major frontend systems end to end and work closely with design and backend teams to turn real-time market data into intuitive tools for traders.
What You'll Do
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 that support informed trading decisions.
Improve application speed and reliability with caching strategies and sub-second load-time goals.
Integrate REST APIs and WebSocket streams while maintaining robust client-side cached state.
Configure and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated builds, previews, testing, and rollbacks.
What We're Looking For
One to ten years of professional frontend engineering experience.
Strong experience with React, TypeScript, JavaScript, CSS, and WAAPI.
Experience building latency-sensitive, real-time interfaces, such as in trading, gaming, or casino products.
Hands-on familiarity with trading crypto, perpetuals, or other markets, or frontend experience at a trading firm or exchange.
Experience integrating REST APIs and WebSocket streams.
Working knowledge of testing tools such as Jest, Vitest, or Cypress, and CI/CD practices.
An active GitHub with recent coding activity and public, live frontend work that demonstrates polished visual quality.
Ability to produce production-quality code independently and use AI tools as a complement to core engineering work.
Compensation & Benefits
Base salary: $185,000 to $300,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available.
Location
On-site in New York, New York, United States.
Skills
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