Senior Software Engineer (JavaScript)

Company : tastytrade

Role : Senior Software Engineer (JavaScript)

Location : Chicago, IL - Hybrid (3 days / week in office)

As a  Senior Software Engineer , you'll help by modifying existing systems, taking on ownership of current systems as well as green field projects, and troubleshooting issues as they arise. Our engineers work with a variety of tools including C++, Java, JavaScript, and Ruby. You'll work on front-end systems in an effort to expand and improve our product suite.

What you'll do :

• Work on tastytrade's front-end trading client applications using Svelte, though experience with other modern front-end JavaScript frameworks is valuable
• Contribute to the Java-based core front-end trading logic library; prior Java experience beneficial but not required
• Take ownership over several of tastytrade's client-facing applications or end-to-end systems within client-facing applications
• Transform business requirements and technical direction into production-quality code
• Collaborate with UX and Product teams to improve customer workflows and overall user experience
• Provide technical leadership for junior team members through small project team management and individualized technical mentorship
• Deliver concise, constructive peer reviews covering codecraft, implementation quality, and business domain correctness for both junior and senior engineers
• Create proof-of-concept implementations that leverage new technologies or novel architectures to establish pathways for future projects
• Scale existing technology through architecture profiling, code refactoring, and strategic collaboration with technical leadership and other teams
• Write comprehensive tests for your code
• Support application development with necessary infrastructure work, coordinating with the infrastructure team as needed

Who you are :

Team Perks :

Salary Range : $156,672 - $182,272

The actual salary offered will be based on the candidate's level of experience and qualifications

About Us :

The tasty house of brands empowers individual traders differently. tastylive, founded in 2011, is an online financial media network, tastytrade (previously known as tastyworks) is a self-directed retail brokerage firm that launched in 2017, tasty Software Solutions and tastyfx, is a registered Forex broker-dealer. In 2021, London-based IG Group acquired tastylive, Inc. (previously known as tastytrade) and assigned it to lead business in North America. tastyfx is the fastest-growing forex broker in the US over the past few years. Changing the IG US name to tastyfx marks the next chapter, in aligning with the tasty brand family and offering a more forex-focused experience. This combined team has years of experience like institutional brokers, but also a passion for disrupting the entire trading industry.

Our dream is simple : we want more people to find more success with a better trading experience. That’s why we’re investing heavily in the right people, technology, and media to make that happen in the US and across the globe.

Location : Our office is in the West Loop - Chicago's growing center of tech, great cuisine, and high-end bars.

tastytrade | tasty live | tastyfx | tastycrypto

1330 W Fulton Market, Chicago, IL 60607