Senior Lead Front-End Developer (React)

Location:

Remote – New York City Metro

Qualifications:

• Broad Knowledge: Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model. Understanding of newer specifications of ECMAScript. Knowledge of isomorphic React is a plus.
• Responsive and Mobile Design: Understanding of responsive design principles and ensuring that applications render well across multiple devices.
• Experience: 5+ years of experience in front-end development, with at least 2 years in a leadership role. A portfolio or examples of past work will be required.
• Financial Services Knowledge: Experience working in the financial services industry, or with financial systems or products.
• Testing: Experience with unit and integration testing frameworks. Familiarity with testing libraries such as Jest or Mocha is a plus.
• Team Player: Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate and work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Expertise in React: Deep understanding of React.js and its core principles, including experience with popular React.js workflows (such as Flux or Redux).
• Front-End Tech: Familiarity with front-end build pipelines and tools. Experience with common front-end development tools such as Babel, Webpack, NPM, etc.

Your Day to Day:

As a seasoned Senior Lead Front-End Developer with strong React expertise you will bring a depth of knowledge in front-end technologies and architectural patterns, while leading development teams with the following responsibilities:

• Lead Development: Guide, mentor, and manage a team of front-end developers to ensure timely delivery of high-quality code and successful project completion.
• Optimize Performance: Ensure the performance, reliability, and stability of front-end code. Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability.
• Collaboration: Work closely with UX/UI designers to implement design into the code, backend developers to agree on what APIs should be, and DevOps to make sure your application is properly deployed.
• Front-End Development: Design and implement robust front-end solutions using React. Manage all aspects of front-end development, from setting up build configurations to coding and debugging.
• Code Reviews: Conduct and participate in code reviews, promoting best practices and maintaining a high level of quality in the codebase.
• Design System Evangelist: Advocate for and enforce the consistent use of design system components and best practices. Help refine and contribute to the company's design system.

Start with WHY:

Why you should join the VettaFi Team…

• Opportunity to interact with our team members across North America including New York, Southern California, Chicago, and New Jersey.
• We don't always have the answers, but look forward to pushing ourselves, growing, and improving together as a team.
• Exposure to a huge, growing market -- U.S. listed ETFs sport over $4 trillion in assets under management and have grown at a 26% compounded annual growth rate for 20+ years.
• Competitive salaries, upward mobility and an opportunity to grow professionally with our company.
• Your work will have a large, immediate impact on the business.
• Join a fast-paced agile team that innovates weekly and collaborates cross-functionality with openness and transparency.
• Collaborative work environment built on respect, openness and intellectual honesty.
• We are a focused, hungry team of professionals who share the same vision and desire for success.
• Solid health, dental and vision benefits.
• Our momentum is based on great attitudes and focused drive.

Who are WE:

VettaFi is a high-growth and profitable technology company that sits at the nexus of three exciting mega trends:

• Business intelligence (including the application of machine learning).
• The internet as a medium.
• The evolution of financial services, both through innovations in product and product delivery.

Through its wholly owned and operated brands, collectively the most influential digital voice in the world of exchange traded funds (ETFs) -- ETF Database and ETF Trends -- VettaFi interacts with tens of thousands of US financial advisors at an unparalleled level of depth every week.

With an educational mission, VettaFi produces and disseminates numerous types of multimedia content to fuel the research process of financial advisors, including webcasts, video, native content channels, interactive data-driven tools, and editorial content.

Other rewards may include annual discretionary bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards. In addition, VettaFi provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, an employee wellness program, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and paid time off (PTO).

VettaFi is an equal opportunity employer. VettaFi is committed to being an employer of choice, not just a good place to work, but a great and inclusive place to work. To that end, we strive to recruit and maintain a workforce that meaningfully represents the diverse and culturally rich communities that we serve. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disabled status or, genetic information.