Head of Front End
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About the role
Head of Front End
About the Company
- Innovative market maker specializing in prediction markets
- Industry: Financial Services
- Type: Privately Held
About the Role
The Company is seeking a Head of Front End to join their fully remote, senior team. The successful candidate will be responsible for building fast, ergonomic internal trading tools that provide real-time visibility into exchange activity and allow for direct interaction with the systems. This includes the development of high-performance, real-time trading UIs such as blotters, order tickets, risk views, dashboards, and order books. The role also involves creating interactive operational tools for managing live activity, owning end-to-end delivery, defining front-end standards, and designing resilient real-time systems with a focus on strong telemetry and observability.
Responsibilities
- Build fast, ergonomic internal trading tools providing real-time visibility into exchange activity
- Develop high‑performance, real‑time trading UIs (blotters, order tickets, risk views, dashboards, order books)
- Create interactive operational tools for managing live activity
- Own end‑to‑end delivery of front‑end features
- Define front‑end standards and best practices
- Design resilient real‑time systems with strong telemetry and observability
Requirements
- Minimum 5 years' experience building complex, data‑heavy, or real‑time front‑end applications
- Strong expertise in React, TypeScript, state management, and testing
- Experience with WebSockets/SSE
- Experience with data visualization tools
- Ability to build and own lightweight backend services
- Pragmatic approach to UX
- Active use of AI coding tools
- Domain experience in sports betting, financial, or prediction markets
- Strong independent interest in the field, demonstrated through side projects or self‑study
Nice‑to‑Have Skills
- Experience with enterprise data grids
- Order book visualization
- Exchange mechanics
Additional Information
- Travel Percent: Less than 10%
- Functions: Engineering
Requirements
- Minimum of 5 years' experience in building complex, data-heavy, or real-time front-end applications.
- Strong expertise in React, TypeScript, state management, and testing.
- Experience with WebSockets/SSE, data visualization tools.
- Ability to build and own lightweight backend services.
- Pragmatic approach to UX.
- Active use of AI coding tools.
- Domain experience in sports betting, financial, or prediction markets.
- Strong independent interest in the field, as demonstrated through side projects or self-study.
Responsibilities
- Building fast, ergonomic internal trading tools that provide real-time visibility into exchange activity and allow for direct interaction with the systems.
- Development of high-performance, real-time trading UIs such as blotters, order tickets, risk views, dashboards, and order books.
- Creating interactive operational tools for managing live activity.
- Owning end-to-end delivery.
- Defining front-end standards.
- Designing resilient real-time systems with a focus on strong telemetry and observability.
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