Senior React Developer

Validus Risk Management; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a talented senior engineer to enhance its frontend development team. In this role, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and develop web applications using React and TypeScript. You'll have the opportunity to mentor junior engineers, improve user interfaces, and implement real-time data components. This position offers a chance to contribute to a cutting-edge technology platform while enjoying a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits. Join a company that values accountability, teamwork, and diversity, and be part of a mission to excel in financial market risk management.

Benefits

Company Bonus Scheme

Enhanced Health Insurance

Financial Support towards Qualifications

Pension Plan

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge in TypeScript and React with experience in state management.
• Ability to write clean, maintainable code and design APIs using REST or GraphQL.

Responsibilities

• Deliver new features with meaningful test coverage for Validus applications.
• Mentor engineers and improve UI/UX across product range.

Skills

TypeScript

React

Zustand

Automated Testing

CSS

API Design

Communication Skills

Tools

Vitest

Playwright

HighCharts

HandsOnTable

Job description

Validus is looking for a talented engineer at a senior level to join our frontend development team. The frontend team is responsible for the design and development of our web applications implemented in React.

The frontend development team is part of the broader technology team working in collaboration with quants, backend and platform engineers. Our teams work together to grow our technology platform, Horizon. Horizon comprises multiple applications for trade execution, portfolio management and risk analysis for alternative asset managers in various domains, such as private equity, private debt and real estate.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver new features to a high standard with meaningful test coverage for Validus applications including the order management system and the risk management system.
• Work collaboratively with other teams on features spanning multiple parts of the stack.
• Mentor other engineers and provide thorough code reviews to deepen their technical expertise.
• Look to improve UI and UX across our product range to improve ease-of-use, and uphold consistency in our design principles.
• Participate in agile ceremonies, such as daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, estimation, and retrospectives.
• Challenge the current technology stack and explore new ways of doing things, such as state management or how we manage our API calls.
• Help lay the technical foundations of real-time communication between backend and frontend using WebSockets.
• Build on, and improve our implementation of Nx as a Front-end monorepo.
• Utilise Zustand and TanStack Query for state and data management, and React Router for routing.
• Work on real-time data components, such as market data in graphs using HighCharts, to keep users up to-date.
• Use HandsOnTable to display large amounts of data, whilst improving performance to give the user an “excel” like feel within the browser.

• Strong TypeScript knowledge.
• Strong React knowledge.
• Experience with state management libraries, such as Zustand.
• Ability to write clean, maintainable and testable code.
• Experience with writing automated tests and testing frameworks like Vitest and Playwright.
• Experience with designing clean APIs using architectural styles like REST and GraphQL.
• Ability to implement beautiful styles using CSS.
• Ability to take ownership of work independently.
• Good communication skills working in a cross-discipline environment

Preferred Qualifications/Experience:

• Experience with financial risk management software or platforms.

Compensation and Benefits:

• Eligible for company bonus scheme
• Enhanced Health Insurance with Dental, Optical and Mental health benefits
• Financial support towards qualifications
• Pension

About the Company:

Validus Risk Management is an independent technology-enabled advisory firm specialising in the management of FX, interest rate and other market risks. We work with institutional investors, fund managers, and portfolio companies to design and implement strategies to measure, manage and monitor financial market risk, using a market-tested combination of specialist consulting services, trade execution and innovative risk technology.

Working at Validus can offer an exciting opportunity for both personal development and professional growth. Share in our mission to become the largest and most respected specialist provider of financial market risk services in the world. Notable benefits include a competitive remuneration package (salary + bonus), health care, retirement plans, and financial support towards professional qualifications.

Our core company values are;

• Accountability – Getting it done and owning the result.
• Teamwork – We succeed by helping others succeed.
• Integrity – We serve our clients; the responsibility is sacrosanct.
• Diversity – Diversity boosts creativity – creativity is our edge.
• Kaizen – Strive to do things better. Innovation kills complacency.

Validus is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

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