Senior Frontend Developer
CipherTek Recruitment Β· London, England, United Kingdom
Apply & track with Apply Edgeπ Senior Front-End Engineer β Investment Banking | Contract Upto Β£800 p/d (Outside IR35) | London / Hybrid (1 Day/Week in Office)We are partnering with a global investment bank to hire a Senior Front-End Engineer to join a flagship team delivering a next-generation, single-page application (SPA) platform for high-performance derivatives trading. This is a high-profile role on a mission-critical, front-office system with exceptional technical standards.Youβll work at the cutting edge of financial technology, contributing to a modern, reactive web platform used across trading desks. This is not your typical enterprise UI β itβs fast, data-intensive, and built to scale with real-time demands in a trading environment.πΌ The OpportunityCollaborate with elite engineers on a SPA used across the investment bank for derivatives trading.Build elegant, high-performance UIs with real-time data updates and functional programming paradigms.Shape a front-end architecture trusted by traders, with a focus on resilience, performance, and usability.Leverage the latest web technologies in a fast-paced, agile development environment.Flexible working arrangements with only 1 day per week required in the City of London office.β
Key RequirementsStrong commercial experience with TypeScript, ES6, HTML5, and advanced CSS.Proven delivery of performance-critical SPAs, ideally within front-office trading or other high-frequency environments.Proficiency with functional and reactive programming using immutable data structures.Attention to UI/UX detail β you take pride in building intuitive, beautiful products.Comfortable working in collaborative, high-performance teams.Confident daily use of LLMs and agent-mode AI tools to accelerate development and enhance workflow.π Nice to HaveRxJS experience (a big plus).Familiarity with Angular + NgRx or React + Redux.Full stack experience using a typed backend language like Java, C#, or F#.π
DetailsDate rate: upto Β£800 p/d (Outside IR35)Duration: 12 months rollingLocation: London (Hybrid β 1 day/week in the office, rest flexible)Start Date: July 2026 onwards π Why Join?This is your chance to work on a flagship trading platform thatβs setting the benchmark for web technology in investment banking. Youβll be part of a technically outstanding team, solving complex problems and delivering software that matters β with genuine flexibility and a balanced work-life setup.