Senior/Lead UI Developer

Viktoriya Bliznyuk
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
2 months ago

Role details

Contract type
Temporary contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior

Job location

Charing Cross, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Java
Microsoft Windows
C Sharp (Programming Language)
C++
MetaTrader 4
Python
Windows Presentation Foundation
QT
Webui
Software Engineering
Windows Forms
Blazor
Information Technology

Job description

Now the company is looking for a Senior/Lead UI Developer to join them onsite and work on developing a trader toolbox.

Tasks:

  • Develop and expand an internal UI enabling traders to create and visualize metrics and backtest ideas over historical data
  • Work directly with internal end-users, the quant team, and the trading team to build a flexible tool for analyzing market data and metrics
  • Rapidly create new features through fast iteration and prototyping
  • Participate in architectural discussions to ensure highly scalable and performant systems
  • Support production systems and contribute to weekly releases as part of the technology team

Requirements

  • Strong background in computer science
  • Experience with MS Windows UI frameworks (e.g., Win32, WinForms, WPF, Qt)
  • Experience in C#, or a strong background in Java or C++
  • Ability to understand the business context and develop solutions supporting trading functions
  • Hands-on, pragmatic approach to software development and good software development practices
  • Experience building UIs for trading analytics or related applications

Nice-to-have:

  • Experience with web UI frameworks (e.g., Blazor Hybrid, Blazor)
  • Previous exposure to fixed-income markets (bonds, swaps, interest rate futures, FX)
  • Use of Python for quantitative finance tasks or interop with C#
  • Experience using or familiarity with tools such as Quantower, NinjaTrader, Motivewave, Tradovate, Wavebasis, MetaTrader, Webull, or LSEG Workspace

About the company

Our client is a boutique investment management and advisory firm based in London (with an additional presence in Helsinki) specializing in fixed income and relative value strategies. It focuses on market-neutral and data-driven approaches to generate returns independent of broad market movements.

Apply for this position