Frontend Developer

Job Description

Level 2
Job Description:

About Us:
We are a global financial services firm and a market leader in investment banking, securities, investment management and wealth management services. With several thousands of technologists working in Montreal, our Company’s Technology Centre is a key contributor to the Firm’s leading technology platforms, including low latency and cloud engineering, cyber security, Al/ machine learning, and end user technologies.

Job Opportunities:
We are developing a risk application spanning the entire Global Institutional Equity Division front office. This application will present real time and historic risk and P&L and risk managers, enable drill down into risk and P&L detail, pivot the data in numerous ways, and interact with other tools in the front office. The application is being built in React with a GigaSpaces middle tier. The GUI is to be highly configurable and thin, enabling a fast turnaround on new panels for different use cases.

Who should apply? You should apply on this requisition if you have, at minimum, the following profile:
– 3 to 10 years of post-academic work experience with frontend solutions (Angular and/or React, nodeJS, JS frameworks)
– Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Should I highlight anything specific? While this is not a requirement, we are very interested in people who have exposure to the following technologies or subjects. Don’t hesitate to highlight them on your resume!
– Strong experience in managing User Interfaces for data intensive platforms
– Expertise in Object Oriented Design, Design patterns, Architecture and Application Integration
– Strong experience in architecting scalable applications that can support 1000+ users at a time
– Hands-on experience with distributed tech stack with modern tools of development
– Hands-on experience with core dev-ops tooling and best practices and manage this at a platform level
– Hands-on experience for managing large UI product from delivery, code-quality and maintenance perspective
– Hands-on experience with automated test frameworks
– Cypress, Jasmine, Karma, Protactor etc. & Test Driven Development
– Experience in managing the deployments and build frameworks
– Experience in managing the large codebase/monorepos supporting development of the UI platform, with large number of developers contributing continuously to the platform.
– Experience in building and owning common reusable components for UIs
– Experience in collaborating with global stakeholders for product development
– Ability to manage the UX designers and translate UX designs into actual product implementation
– Ability to co-ordinate across large team and ensure product development per multi-year roadmap;
– Consistent track record for successful delivery of enterprise wide platforms
– Ability to coach and mentor the talent on development best practices with new tech stacks – frontend development and cloud esp.
– Ability to adapt to the new developments in the UI space and to keep platform technically updated and modern.

We offer:
– To work with some of the best professionals in the business – for a firm that values individual intellect as much as teamwork
– State-of-the-art offices that are designed to maximize collaboration
– An environment which is leveraging technology to its highest potential

We are an equal opportunities employer. We work to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximize their full potential.