Patrick Javier

Our direct client, a fast-growing FinTech firm, is looking for a Front-end Engineer.  This role will work on building the frontend platform in ReactJS. This work may be in support of new feature development, defect resolution, or UX enhancements as prioritized by the business. You will work closely with the Product Management and UX Design teams throughout the software development process, detailing requirements, reviewing work in progress, and addressing issues found via manual test efforts.  Particular attention will be paid to consistency and detail in implementation of design and UX specifications, along with functional requirements.

This position can be based in midtown Manhattan, 3 days per week onsite is expected.  The client offers a very attractive compensation and benefits package, salary ($120-150K, DOE), bonus and stock options.  

Responsibilities

· Build application features and reusable UI components in React 18+

· Write unit and integration tests, using Jest and React Testing Library

· Use modern frontend state management technologies like React Query, Redux, and hooks

· Active participation in recurring stand-up meetings, refinement, and retrospectives

· Participate in thorough Peer Code Reviews as part of our standard SDLC and Change Management Process

· Contribute to development of internal standards for frontend code style and code quality, and model them for the team

· Contribute to development of testing best practices, and model them for the team

· Participate in or lead design/architecture discussions about forward-looking technology strategy

· Support clients through systems integrations and production issues

Qualifications

· 5+ years of development experience with JS frameworks such as React, Vue, or Angular, with 10+ years total progressive experience

· 5+ years of HTML / CSS development

· 5+ years of experience with web development ecosystem and working with backend REST / GraphQL APIs

· 4+ years of experience with JavaScript state management tools (React Query, Redux, Mobx, etc.)

· 4+ years of experience with JavaScript build tools (Webpack, Vite, Grunt, etc.) · 2+ years of experience working with Typescript or other strongly-typed programming language · 2+ years of experience directly managing other software engineers

· Experience working with micro-frontends is a plus

· Four-year college degree, preferably in Computer Science or a Math/Engineering discipline

· Keen eye for technical implementation of design and user experience elements

· Opinionated view on CSS structure within the context of a large application

· Demonstrated experience with advanced CSS implementations

· Able to work in an Agile / Kanban methodology

· Able to work independently or as part of a group effort, as required

· Excellent problem-solving skills

· Excellent communication skills

· Collaborative approach to software development

Our direct client, a fast-growing FinTech firm, is looking to hire a Data Governance Analyst - Assistant Vice President, to join the Data and Analytics team. This position will support the company's Data Governance and Data Management program throughout the organization. This individual will support one of their strategic priorities focused on improving their core data assets. The ideal candidate will be dynamic, adaptable, and be able partner with various leaders to drive change. The focus of this role will be to manage a data domain, establish it governance committee for that domain and be responsible for our data catalog. 

Responsibilities 

• Lead the design, implementation, and maintenance of the data governance framework. 
• Help promote the data governance framework and drive adoption across all the company's divisions. 
• Work with business partners to establish data quality standard and metrics.  
• Build strong partnerships with business and technology stakeholders, work with internal stakeholders to complete various data projects.  
• Create and maintain a data dictionary for assigned data domain. 
• Play an instrumental role in monitoring the compliance and progress of data domain and work to make sure the data governance program goals are accomplished. 
• Provide thought leadership to further develop processes, and companywide roles and responsibilities, to help the company meet the expectations of its data governance policy. 
• Work with data consumers and producers to negotiate ownership of data. 
• Support the system of record as a "single source of truth" for each data element; Resolve multiple sources of truth issues with key stakeholders via clear definitions of elements. 
• Support management, manipulation, and capture of data. 
• Facilitate multi-directional communication of strategies, priorities, and issues. Facilitate multi-directional communication of strategies, priorities, and issues 
• Work with the business units to ensure data ownership and quality. 
• Champion organizational behavior change as it relates to the use of data; Realizing vision of data managed as an asset. 
• Effectively partner with divisions across the company with a focus on end-client value 
• Lead or assist on ad hoc projects as assigned. 

Qualifications 

• Bachelor's degree in information technology/business administration or 4+ years experience in a related field  
• 3 years of relevant hands-on data governance, data quality, or data management 5+ years of relevant hands-on data governance, data quality, or data management  
• Proven experience in documenting data flow and maintaining a data catalog to ensure traceability, data governance, and accessibility across the organization.
• Proficient with spreadsheet, presentation, dashboard tools and able to learn quickly and adapt to new changes and new challenges experience 
• 3+ years working in the insurance or financial services 
• Credible across both business and IT 
• Understanding of operational processes, data, and systems landscape 
• Proactive and works well in a collaborative environment 
• Good attention to detail and analytical thinking 

• You would be responsible for picking the design patterns to enhance the front-to-back stack for the web applications. This role requires expertise in frameworks, data transmission, and caching strategies to make scalable and performant web applications.
• A key component of the UI would be developing highly performant data grids that support grouping and pivot-like capabilities across many dimensions. You would be familiar with all aspects of optimizing the browser rendering and data delivery to minimize latency for large volumes of data.
• You would be expected and encouraged to go ‘outside your lane’ and work on other architectural components as needed to bridge any gaps needed to support the web-centric initiatives. This can include identifying and bringing in other technologies where appropriate and/or changing 3rd party control libraries.
• You will support user profiles for controls, dashboards, and widgets to allow customization and sharing by multiple users.

• 5-10+ years of experience
• Proficient in C#.NET (5+ years of experience)
• Have architected web applications using frameworks with React (must have at least SOME professional experience) or Angular (need to be willing to learn React)  (5+ years of experience)
• Comfortable working with web frontends that have a mix of slowly and fast-changing data - caching and optimizing data transmission.
• Practical experience in using web sockets to render massive amounts of streaming data to the web frontends

• Expertise in using electron-based containers (like OpenFin, Finsemble) and communicating with other applications on windows desktop
• Experience with data visualization frameworks
• Experience in scaling out the middle-tier data distribution layer (i.e. distributed caches, messaging, etc.)
• Experience with alert aggregation, distribution, notification, and acknowledgement
• Familiarity with AWS Cloud Hosting offerings as it pertains the job requirements above
• Local to NYC (not required)

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a technical field