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Experienced Frontend Engineer role based in London for a leading hedge fund. You'll build high-performance, data-rich React and TypeScript UIs and visualisations used in real-time trading and risk decisioning, working closely with portfolio managers, quants, and traders. The position offers ownership of front-end architecture in latency-sensitive environments and the chance to influence technology and business decisions. Requires 5+ years of frontend experience and prior front office or trading environment exposure.
- Compensation
- Up to £200,000 GBP
- City
- London
- Country
- United Kingdom
Currency: £ (GBP)
Full Job Description
Hedge Fund – London – Up to £200k
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.
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.
What we’re looking for:
- 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.
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.
