Senior Frontend Engineer – React (UIUX Focus)

Must Have Qualifications: 7 years of relevant experience with strong expertise in React 18 JavaScript/TypeScript HTML CSS SASS Material UI Restful APIs and Single Page Applications. Must have experience with modern build tooling such as including configurations and optimization. Experience with testing frameworks like Jest React Testing Library Cypress etc is a plus.

Our clients Financial Engineering team is seeking Developer-UX User Interface Senior for a large strategic financial project.

The position is focused on UI/UX development for a software application platform that produces enterprise level reporting on financial statements and orchestration of financial models.

The candidate will develop and support the front-end (presentation layer) of the application. They will build test and deploy UI components and collaborate with other IT groups Dev Ops and REST API middleware teams.

Responsibilities include:

• Develop highly responsive user-facing features using Redux and TypeScript/JavaScript
• Build reusable components and frontend libraries for future use.
• Understand business requirements and translate them into intuitive user experiences.
• Working knowledge of design mock-up wireframe tools (Figma)
• Translate designs and wireframes into high quality code.
• Develop flexible and well-structured front-end architecture along with the APIs to support it.
• Optimize existing components for maximum performance.
• Build rich visualizations capable of handling and presenting large volumes of financial data.
• Manage self-directed assignments to implement features to meet schedule commitments with a high level of quality.
• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and contribute to code reviews and UI standards.

Technical Skills:

• 7 years of professional experience in building large-scale web-based applications using JavaScript/TypeScript HTML CSS SASS.
• 5 years of strong hands-on experience with ReactJS Redux.
• Thorough understanding of (JSX) Redux and its core principles.
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript JavaScript object model RESTful APIs DOM and the relevant concepts.
• Proficient understanding of Progress Web Applications (PWA) and Single Page Applications (SPA).
• Strong proficiency with (or equivalent modern tooling) including configuration optimization and best practices.
• Strong experience with modern UI frameworks and component libraries specifically:
• Material UI (MUI) (required)
• AG Grid (required)
• Other libraries like Bootstrap (nice to have)
• Proficient understanding of the React build chain through Webpack/Rollup.
• Experience with Storybook (Directory of UI components) is a plus.
• Sufficient knowledge of NodeJS.
• Experience with modern frontend build pipelines and tools (e.g. dependency management using NPM YARN or BOWER).
• Experience with browser-based debugging and error checking.
• Automated unit testing tools such as Jest Enzyme React-testing-library and end-to-end testing tools such as WebDriver IO Cypress or other Selenium-based technologies.
• Experience with code versioning tools such as git.
• Strong time management interpersonal and communication abilities.
• Enthusiastic contributor with positive can-do attitude.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree ideally in Computer Science Financial Engineering or a related quantitative discipline
• Prior experience with financial services companies desired but not necessary

Brandon Consulting Associates Inc. is an EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER and has been in business for 29years.