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Front End Developer – Manager
State Street. Design and build complex ReactJS/TypeScript applications for trade processing, reconciliation, settlement and operations monitoring .
Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in building complex ReactJS applications with TypeScript, focusing on performance optimization, state management, and integration with backend services. Proficient in implementing front-end security measures and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance user experience and modernize legacy systems.
Highest-signal resume keywords
ReactJS Application DevelopmentTypeScript ProficiencyWebSocket IntegrationREST API DesignCI/CD Pipeline Collaboration
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Hard Skills
ReactJSTypeScriptJavaScriptWebSocketREST APIJestVitestNpmViteJava
Soft Skills
MentoringCollaborationCode Review
Tools & Technologies
GitHub ActionsGitAI Coding AssistantsOpenAPISwagger
Industry Keywords
Financial ServicesTradingSettlementOperations MonitoringAWS
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesAWSCitrixGWTJavaJavaScriptJestKafkaReactSpringSpring BootSpringBootTypeScriptWebpack
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Design and build complex ReactJS/TypeScript applications for trade processing, reconciliation, settlement and operations monitoring
- Build high-performance, data-heavy UIs including large grids, virtualised lists, filtering, dashboards and live status views
- Design reusable component libraries, state management and accessible, consistent UI patterns
- Write clean JavaScript and strongly typed TypeScript while maintaining type-safe API contracts
- Understand and change Java backend code
- Integrate front ends with server-side services over REST APIs, WebSockets and Server-Sent Events
- Handle authentication, pagination, caching, retries, error handling, reconnections, heartbeats, back-pressure, message ordering and subscriptions
- Choose appropriate REST, WebSocket or SSE patterns with back-end engineers
- Optimize real-time screens under heavy update volumes using batched rendering, memoisation and throttling
- Maintain front-end builds with npm/pnpm and Vite, including workspaces/monorepos, dependency management, environment configuration and bundle optimization
- Collaborate with DevOps on Harness/GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines
- Write unit, component and end-to-end tests and use mock servers for REST, WebSocket and SSE testing
- Implement front-end security including SSO/MFA integration, token handling, XSS/CSRF protection and dependency vulnerability scanning
- Use GitHub Copilot, Claude Code and/or Devin for component building, refactoring, test generation and legacy UI analysis
- Review AI-generated code for correctness, accessibility, performance and security
- Set front-end standards, review code and mentor developers
- Work with business analysts and users to modernize legacy screens and workflows
- Support releases, cutovers and early-life support
Requirements
What you’ll need- 8+ years in software development, with 5+ years building production ReactJS applications
- Expert in ReactJS hooks, context, component design, performance tuning and state management
- Strong TypeScript knowledge, including generics and typed API contracts
- Strong modern JavaScript knowledge, including async patterns
- Practical experience with npm, pnpm and Vite, including migrating from Webpack or similar
- Strong experience building and supporting production WebSocket integrations, including reconnection and state recovery
- Practical experience using Server-Sent Events/EventSource for streaming updates
- Strong experience consuming and designing REST API contracts with server-side services, including OpenAPI/Swagger
- Decent Java knowledge
- Experience with Jest/Vitest, React Testing Library and an end-to-end framework
- Git, CI/CD and agile delivery experience
- Regular professional use of AI coding assistants
- Preferred: Working knowledge of Java/Spring Boot back ends
- Preferred: Experience with Kafka-backed real-time UIs or streaming gateways
- Preferred: Experience replacing legacy UIs such as GWT, PowerBuilder or desktop/Citrix applications
- Preferred: Experience in financial services, ideally trading, settlement or operations monitoring
- Preferred: Familiarity with AWS front-end hosting, including S3/CloudFront and API Gateway WebSockets
Benefits
Comp & perks- Inclusive development opportunities
- Flexible work-life support
- Paid volunteer days
- Vibrant employee networks