Front-End UI Engineer — Type-Safe, Polished Trading Tools

Janestreet; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Janestreet in New York seeks a passionate software engineer to innovate browser-based tools for their trading infrastructure. The ideal candidate will excel in front-end development and user-interface design while adhering to a high UX standard.

You will collaborate with traders to refine the product based on user needs, and will be encouraged to develop libraries that enhance development practices across the firm.

Qualifications

• Strong background in web technologies, including browser fundamentals like CSS and the DOM.
• Practical experience building sophisticated UIs in the browser.
• Interest in typed functional programming as an approach to UI construction.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement next-generation browser-based tools for trading infrastructure.
• Create libraries and abstractions for common interaction idioms.
• Work closely with traders to understand their needs.

Skills

Front-end development

User-interface design

Typed functional programming

Web technologies (CSS, DOM)

UI frameworks (Vue, Angular, React, Flutter)

Tools

Elm

ReasonML

Purescript

Typescript

Job description

Janestreet in New York seeks a passionate software engineer to innovate browser-based tools for their trading infrastructure. The ideal candidate will excel in front-end development and user-interface design while adhering to a high UX standard.

You will collaborate with traders to refine the product based on user needs, and will be encouraged to develop libraries that enhance development practices across the firm.