Senior Frontend Developer – Financial Markets
Summary
Builds and maintains real-time, high-performance financial trading applications for a global markets platform, owning full-stack development (frontend + Java backend) and leading cross-functional delivery teams.
Responsibilities
Develop and deliver business-critical functionality for a global financial markets technology platform.
Participate across the full delivery lifecycle, from requirements gathering and technical design through development, release and post-production support.
Build new functionality while maintaining and evolving existing coding patterns, architecture and frameworks.
Own and contribute to technical design for complex and ambiguous business requirements.
Break down large projects into deliverable tasks, coordinate development activities and take ownership of consolidated delivery.
Collaborate with developers, business analysts, project managers and business stakeholders across multiple locations.
Coach and support other developers to improve code quality and delivery efficiency.
Develop and maintain high-performance, real-time and event-driven applications across the full technology stack.
Skills Needed
7+ years of relevant software development experience.
Strong JavaScript/TypeScript development experience with solid software design principles.
Expert knowledge of React, Redux, RxJS, NPM/Yarn, Webpack, CSS, HTML and modern web technologies.
Strong knowledge of software design patterns, coding standards and best practices.
Experience designing and developing complex, real-time, event-driven and multi-modular single-page applications.
Experience optimising performance for latency-sensitive systems.
Full-stack development experience; Java backend experience is preferred.
Experience with CI/CD pipelines, preferably Azure DevOps.
Strong ability to design and develop solutions for complex or ambiguous business problems involving existing architecture or frameworks.
Financial Markets experience, preferably within investment banking.
Knowledge of derivatives products and e-trading technology.
Strong communication skills in English, both written and verbal.
Experience driving requirements, development and end-to-end delivery of complex systems.
Proactive, autonomous and self-motivated, with strong problem-solving skills, ownership and ability to work with ambiguity.
Ikas International (Asia) Pte Ltd
“Sanderson-iKas” is the brand name for iKas International (Asia) Pte Ltd
EA Licence No: 16S8086 | EA Registration No. R1988468
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