Senior Frontend Engineer for Investment Analytics Platform

Hydrogen Group; Greater London, Liverpool, Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Hydrogen Group in London is seeking an experienced Front-End Engineer to help build a modern investment analytics platform, delivering intuitive applications for portfolio data exploration and analysis.

You will design and implement data-rich dashboards, interactive charts and complex grids using React and TypeScript, and collaborate with backend and quantitative teams to translate financial calculations into usable interfaces.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial experience with React and TypeScript.
• Experience building complex, data-intensive applications.
• Experience integrating applications with REST APIs.
• Experience building interactive charts, dashboards and data visualisations.
• Experience working with large datasets and data grids.
• Knowledge of frontend testing frameworks and automated testing.
• Understanding of accessibility, responsive design and performance.
• Experience collaborating with business users and technical stakeholders.
• Experience in financial services or investment management is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain modern front-end applications using React and TypeScript.
• Build interactive interfaces for portfolio comparisons, risk and performance analysis.
• Develop data-rich dashboards, interactive charts and complex data grids.
• Integrate front-end applications with backend APIs and calculation services.
• Build intuitive drill-down functionality and what-if analysis workflows.
• Develop exception-review interfaces and data-driven user journeys.
• Work closely with backend and quantitative developers to present complex information clearly.
• Collaborate directly with investment users to understand requirements and improve usability.
• Write clean, maintainable and well-tested code.
• Implement automated testing and maintain high standards of application quality.
• Ensure applications are accessible, responsive and performant.

Skills

React

TypeScript

Data-driven UI

REST APIs integration

Data visualisation

Data grids

Testing

Accessibility

Performance optimization

Financial services experience

Portfolio analytics

Stakeholder collaboration

Job description

Hydrogen Group in London is seeking an experienced Front-End Engineer to help build a modern investment analytics platform, delivering intuitive applications for portfolio data exploration and analysis.

You will design and implement data-rich dashboards, interactive charts and complex grids using React and TypeScript, and collaborate with backend and quantitative teams to translate financial calculations into usable interfaces.