Front End Software Engineer- World-Leading Prop Trading Fund | London, UK

Oxford Knight; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a world-leading proprietary trading fund as a Front End Software Engineer. You'll develop cutting-edge browser-based tools for trading, ensuring high usability and flexibility. Collaborate across the stack while enhancing development practices.

Benefits

Market-leading salaries

Health benefits

Holiday entitlement

Parental leave

Retirement plans

On-site gym

Tuition reimbursement

Recreation spaces with food and snacks

Qualifications

• Strong background in web technologies including CSS and DOM.
• Experience building sophisticated, polished UIs.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement browser-based tools for trading infrastructure.
• Identify opportunities to create libraries and abstractions.

Skills

CSS

DOM

Vue

Angular

React

Flutter

Communication

Job description

Front End Software Engineer - World-Leading Prop Trading Fund

Summary:
Exciting opportunity to work at a tech-centric proprietary trading fund that trades a wide range of financial products, with offices across the globe. We are looking for an experienced Front End Engineer to design and implement the next generation of browser-based tools for trading infrastructure.

You will build for highly engaged, expert users, maintaining a high UX standard while ensuring tools are flexible and powerful enough to meet user needs. In addition to developing individual tools, you will identify opportunities to create libraries and abstractions that capture common interaction patterns and improve development practices across the firm.

The successful candidate will be passionate about front-end engineering and UI design, with opportunities to work across the stack, including front-end, back-end, middleware, and databases.

Requirements:

• Strong background in web technologies, including CSS, DOM, and familiarity with UI frameworks like Vue, Angular, React, or Flutter.
• Experience building sophisticated, polished UIs in the browser, with a focus on usability and detail.
• Excellent communication skills in English, capable of interacting effectively with colleagues of varying technical backgrounds.

Desirable:

• Interest in typed functional programming approaches to UI development, with experience in Elm, ReasonML, Purescript, Typescript, or similar.

Benefits:

• Market-leading salaries
• Generous benefits package including health benefits, holiday entitlement, parental leave, retirement plans, and on-site gym.
• Focus on learning and development, including tuition reimbursement.
• Recreation spaces with food and snacks.

Note: Due to high application volumes, we may not be able to respond to all applicants.

Contact:

To apply or request more information, contact:
Maia Ellis
[e-mail]
020 3745 6539
linkedin.com/in/maia-ellis-38a577193