UI Engineer (Contractor)

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

Job summary

Citadel Securities is seeking an experienced UX/UI developer in New York. The position involves developing innovative solutions that empower investment professionals to utilize internal and external information in real-time.

The ideal candidate has 5-10 years of experience, skills in React and Angular, and a passion for delivering exceptional user experience. Join a collaborative team focused on financial markets and cutting-edge technology.

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of work experience in client/customer facing UX/UI development.
• Passion for creating user-friendly, high-performance web applications.
• Experience with wire-framing, prototyping and user-centric design.

Responsibilities

• Develop solutions for investment professionals to research and trade in real-time.
• Collaborate with analysts and traders to design and deploy solutions.
• Visualize financial data for improved insights and decision-making.
• Challenge the status quo to enhance the platform.

Skills

UX/UI development

React

Angular

Redux

Node.js

HTML5

CSS3

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Wire-framing tools

Prototyping tools

Job description

Location

New York

Responsibilities

• Develop solutions that enable our client facing investment professionals to research, monitor, and trade in real-time on internal/external information. This includes gathering requirements, prototyping solutions, and delivering final products that optimize users workflows and interactions across the investment process.
• Partner with the industry’s top analysts, traders, quantitative researchers, and data scientists to design, develop, and deploy solutions that answer fundamental questions about financial markets.
• Visualize financial data in a way that will allow investment professionals to discover new insights, improve research processes, and decision-making.
• Drive our evolution by challenging the status quo and identifying opportunities to enhance our platform.

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of work experience, ideally within client/customer facing UX/UI development experience
• Passion for working with users and developing solutions that deliver amazing user experience (multi‑tenants, real‑time, high performance web applications)
• Experience with any of the following: React, Angular, Redux, Electron, WebAssembly, Node.js
• Experience with wire‑framing, prototyping and user‑centric design
• Proficiency with HTML5 (Canvas, WebWorkers, WebSockets), CSS3, SASS
• Strong written and verbal communications skills
• Bachelor’s, Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience