Senior Frontend (React) Developer – Financial Platforms 80 - 100% (f/m/d) - (Contract through o[...]

Julius Baer; Zürich; Vor Ort; CHF 90.000 - 120.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Julius Baer is seeking a Senior Frontend Engineer to enhance its dynamic team in Zurich, Switzerland. This role involves leading the frontend migration of essential financial platforms while ensuring performance, security, and scalability. Candidates must have deep expertise in JavaScript, TypeScript, and React, along with a solid understanding of enterprise systems.

The ideal applicant should possess a background in regulated industries, experience with cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure, and familiarity with CI/CD practices. Competitive candidates will excel in agile environments, effectively partner with stakeholders, and deliver high-quality user experiences.

Qualifikationen

• Extensive experience with JavaScript and TypeScript, focusing on React.
• Understanding of modern frontend ecosystems and tools.
• Experience in the financial services industry is a plus.

Aufgaben

• Take ownership of complex frontend solutions for financial applications.
• Deliver high-quality React and TypeScript code.
• Support troubleshooting and root-cause analysis.

Kenntnisse

JavaScript

TypeScript

React

Performance optimization

API security

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Microsoft Azure

Jobbeschreibung

At Julius Baer, we celebrate and value the individual qualities you bring, enabling you to be impactful, to be entrepreneurial, to be empowered, and to create value beyond wealth. Let’s shape the future of wealth management together.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Frontend Engineer Frontend Developer to join our dynamic team at a leading financial institution in Zurich, Switzerland.

In this role, you will play a key part in the frontend migration of mission critical financial platforms, driving technical excellence.

You bring deep expertise in JavaScript/TypeScript and React, combined with strong engineering judgment, a passion for high quality user experiences, and a solid understanding of enterprise scale systems in regulated environments.

YOUR CHALLENGE

• Take ownership of complex frontend solutions, ensuring scalability, performance, security, and long-term maintainability
• Partner closely with UX/UI designers and business stakeholders to translate complex requirements into intuitive, high-quality user experiences
• Deliver high-quality, production-grade React and TypeScript code for complex financial applications
• Address advanced frontend challenges such as state management, performance optimization, and integration with distributed backend systems
• Proactively refactor and modernize existing codebases where required
• Support troubleshooting and root-cause analysis in both development and production environments
• Contribute actively in an agile, fast-paced, and highly collaborative environment

YOUR PROFILE

• Extensive, hands‑on experience in JavaScript and TypeScript, with a strong focus on React at enterprise scale
• Deep understanding of modern frontend ecosystems, tools, and frameworks (React, Node.js, build tooling)
• Proven experience working with design systems and large, shared component libraries
• Solid understanding of Unix/Linux environments and bash scripting
• Experience in the financial services or other highly regulated industries is a plus
• Experience with cloud platforms, preferably Microsoft Azure
• Knowledge of microservices architecture and containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
• Exposure to API security, OAuth2, and related standards
• Excellent analytical, decision‑making, and problem‑solving skills
• Strong communication skills, a proactive mindset, and the ability to influence technical direction
• Proven ability to thrive in agile, cross‑functional teams