Frontend Developer

Frontend Engineer | Real-Time Trading Platform

US$185,000–$300,000 + competitive equity | New York City | Full-time, onsite 5 days

When markets move in milliseconds, the frontend matters.

Big Wave Digital is partnering with a retail trading platform to hire 3–4 Frontend Engineers who care about speed, clarity and the details that build user trust.

You’ll turn complex, real-time market data into intuitive interfaces that help everyday traders make informed decisions. This is an opportunity to own major frontend systems from architecture through to delivery, working closely with designers and backend engineers to ship frequently and keep improving the experience.

What you’ll work on

• Build fast, accessible web applications and reusable UI libraries.
• Develop interactive charts and real-time market visualisations.
• Optimise rendering, caching and application performance, targeting sub-second load times.
• Integrate REST APIs and WebSocket streams, with reliable management of client-side state and cached data.
• Maintain CI/CD pipelines supporting automated builds, previews, testing and seamless rollbacks.

What you’ll bring

We’re open to engineers with 1–10 years of frontend engineering experience . Your technical ability, ownership and attention to the user experience will matter.

You’ll bring strong React, TypeScript, JavaScript and CSS skills, alongside the ability to build responsive interfaces and make sound decisions about performance and frontend architecture.

Experience with real-time data, interactive charts, REST APIs, WebSockets and client-side caching will be particularly relevant. You should also be comfortable testing your work and contributing to reliable release processes.

The stack

React · TypeScript · JavaScript · CSS · Web Animations API (WAAPI) · Jest · Vitest · Cypress · REST APIs · WebSockets · CI/CD

The details

• Salary: US$185,000–$300,000
• Equity: Competitive
• Location: New York City
• Working arrangement: Five days onsite each week
• Employment: Full-time
• Visa support: TN visas and eligible H-1B transfers only. H-1B candidates in year 3 or year 6 are excluded.

Interested?

Send me your CV and, where available, with any links to products or frontend work you’ve helped ship. We’d love to hear what you owned and how you improved the experience for users.