Frontend Developer
Durlston Partners
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
2 days ago
Role details
Contract type
Permanent contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
English Experience level
Senior Compensation
£ 200KJob location
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
Tech stack
JavaScript
D3.js
Data Structures
Data Visualization
Python
TypeScript
Highcharts
React
Information Technology
Real Time Data
Plotly
Front End Software Development
Job description
You'll be building intuitive, high-performance UIs in React / TypeScript, with a strong focus on data-rich visualisations that bring complex trading strategies and risk models to life. This role offers true ownership of front-end design and delivery, with the opportunity to influence both technology and business decisions at the core of the fund's operations.
What you'll do:
- Work closely with Portfolio Managers and Quants to translate trading needs into elegant, performant UIs.
- Design, build, and maintain React / TypeScript applications with real-time data visualisation.
- Own front-end architecture, ensuring scalability and high performance in latency-sensitive environments.
- Collaborate across front office technology, shaping the tools that reduce friction and provide instant insights into strategy, risk, and performance.
Requirements
Do you have experience in UI development?, * 5+ years' professional UI / Frontend development experience.
- Expertise in React, TypeScript, JavaScript, with exposure to Python a plus.
- Hands-on experience with data visualisation libraries (e.g. D3.js, Highcharts, Plotly, etc.).
- Strong Computer Science fundamentals (Algorithms, Data Structures, System Design).
- Essential: prior experience in a trading, hedge fund, or front office environment.
Benefits & conditions
Why join?
- Collaborate directly with investment professionals at one of the world's most successful hedge funds.
- Work on business-critical systems where your code has immediate impact.
- Highly competitive compensation plus bonus and benefits.
- Cutting-edge tech stack, complex data challenges, and full ownership of your work.
About the company
A leading Hedge Fund is looking for an experienced Frontend Engineers to join their Front Office technology team in London. This is a high-impact role, working directly with Portfolio Managers, Quants, and Traders to design and deliver cutting-edge front-end systems that power real-time investment decisions.