About the role

Role Overview

Front-End Engineer (Contractor) for UI/UX in a hybrid setup in NYC. You will develop solutions that help investment professionals research, monitor, and trade in real time using internal and external information.

Responsibilities

Gather requirements, prototype solutions, and deliver final frontend products.
Optimize user workflows and interactions across the investment process.
Partner with analysts, traders, quantitative researchers, and data scientists to design and deploy solutions for financial market questions.
Visualize financial data to enable insight discovery and improved research and decision-making.
Challenge the status quo and identify opportunities to evolve and enhance the platform.

Qualifications

5–10 years of work experience, ideally with client/customer-facing UX/UI development.
Strong passion for building great user experiences, including for multi-tenant, real-time, high-performance web applications.
Experience with at least one of:
- React, Angular, Redux, Electron, WebAssembly, Node.js
Experience with wireframing, prototyping, and user-centric design.
Proficiency in JavaScript (ES6) and TypeScript.
Proficiency in HTML5 (Canvas, WebWorkers, WebSockets), CSS3, and SASS.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Bachelor’s/Master’s in Computer Science or equivalent experience.

Contract Details

6-month contractor engagement, with the possibility of optional extension or conversion.

About Braintrust

Braintrust is a technology company focused on building software platforms for real-world users in the investment and financial markets domain. The role described involves developing high-performance, user-centric web applications that help investment professionals research, monitor, and trade using real-time data. Industry work includes collaborating with analysts, traders, quantitative researchers, and data scientists to deliver market insights through software.

Front End Engineer - UI/UX (Hybrid - NYC)

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