Senior Software Engineer, UI

Posted 18 Days Ago
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New York, NY
Hybrid
150K-225K Annually
Senior level
Fintech • Information Technology • Financial Services
We’re transforming how the world trades fixed income. And we’re not done, yet.
The Role
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will develop and maintain trading systems, focusing on UX/UI functionalities. Responsibilities include code writing, testing, documentation, and participating in agile development practices. Your role involves using various front-end technologies, mentoring team members, and adapting to a tech stack that includes React, Java, and TypeScript.
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About Us 

MarketAxess is on a journey to digitally transform one of the world’s largest financial markets, enabling the shift from analog, phone-based trading to a fully electronic marketplace. Why does this matter? Because our platform makes trading fixed-income more accessible, ultimately improving transparency, efficiency, and competition in the marketplace. Changing the way an established industry transacts is no easy feat. There will be twists and turns, because no one’s ever done this before. But now, more than 2,000 clients around the world rely on our solutions, and that number is only expected to grow in the years ahead. We know where we’re going. How we get there is up to us. Join us and help Take Us There. 

The Role

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our next-Gen Trading Platform who has a passion and expertise for front-end technologies and React ecosystems. The ideal candidate is someone who has demonstrated experience architecting, building and operating highly scalable, available, and fault-tolerant trading systems across a range of technologies. You are excited to work with a tech stack that spans ReactJS, Java, TypeScript, and more. 

You should be passionate about technology, architecture, software engineering and quality, and innovatively addressing business problems. You will work with the team to collaborate on software solutions and architecture and ensure exceptional software engineering practices, and good documentation. It's essential to be willing to take on new skills to meet the shifting demands of accelerating our modernization efforts to the public cloud and Kubernetes world. 

We embrace a culture of collaboration and experimentation while striving and encouraging all team members to focus on continuous improvement and learning. We openly welcome diverse perspectives and people who are not afraid to challenge assumptions and prior ways of working. Otherwise, how do we innovate, learn and grow as a team and individuals? 

How You'll Help Take Us There

  • Hands-on development of new functionality and maintain the company's fixed income e-trading platform for institutional credit product trading focusing on UX/UI and customer experience
  • Participate in analyzing, designing, writing, and testing code, documenting, and implementing functionally appropriate, technically sound, and well-integrated application systems
  • Be a core member of an agile team driving the team's agile and development practices, writing code and unit tests, working with API specs and automation
  • Train, pair with other team members 

What We’re Looking for  

  • 6+ years’ enterprise software development experience within the JavaScript/TypeScript development stack
  • 4+ years’ experience with ReactJS with hooks
  • Professional experience working with AG-Grid
  • Professional experience working with Redux
  • Professional experience working with Git, Git Flow
  • Knowledge of CSS preprocessors, (eg. SASS/ LESS/CSS-in-JS/Tailwind)
  • Experience testing with Jest/React Testing Library/Cypress/Playwright
  • Desirable experience with DevOps tools
  • Desirable experience with Websockets
  • Desirable experience with ES6, Styled Components, Material UI
  • Desirable experience with OpenFin
  • Familiar with Agile Methodology 

What You Can Expect from Us

  • Hybrid Environment: Our employees enjoy a mix of working in the office and from home
  • Free Food: We provide free lunch for employees when they are working in the office. Plus, our offices are stocked with snacks
  • Paid Time Off: Competitive PTO package including vacation and personal days, sick leave and charity days
  • Generous Parental Leave: Up to 20 weeks fully paid leave
  • 401(k): Dollar-for-dollar employer match up to $17,500
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan: Employees can purchase MarketAxess common stock at a discount
  • Wellness Stipend: We provide employees with up to $1K annually towards gym memberships, home office equipment and more
  • Onsite Healthcare: We offer convenient access to world-class care through Mount Sinai at our Hudson Yards location
  • Tuition Assistance and Professional Development: Benefit from live and on-demand learning, role-specific training, employee-led Lunch and Learns and guest speakers
  • Core benefits: Highly competitive medical, dental, and vision programs

For job positions in NYC, NY, and other locations where required, the estimated salary range for a new hire into this position is $150,000 USD to $225,000 USD. Actual salary may vary depending on job-related factors, which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. You may also be eligible for annual cash incentives, equity, and other benefit programs.

MarketAxess Corporation and its affiliates provide equal employment opportunities to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic in the location in which the candidate is applying.

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Top Skills

Java
React
Typescript

What the Team is Saying

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The Company
New York, NY
853 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 2000

What We Do

MarketAxess is on a journey to digitally transform one of the world's largest financial markets, enabling the shift from analog, phone-based trading to a fully electronic marketplace.

Why does this matter? Because our platform makes trading fixed-income more accessible, ultimately improving transparency, efficiency and competition in the marketplace.

Changing the way an established industry transacts is no easy feat. There will be twists and turns because no one’s ever done this before. But now, more than 2,000 companies around the world rely on our solutions, and that number is only expected to grow in the years ahead.

We know where we’re going. How we get there is up to us. Join us and help Take Us There.

Why Work With Us

When we say we have an environment without endless layers, we really mean it. You’ll work alongside talented colleagues of all backgrounds and experience in an environment where your voice is valued. You’ll be in the middle of the action, where your contributions will be seen and recognized.

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