BGC Partners is seeking a technically strong, motivated developer with 5+ years of work experience to be a part of a team building a Cross Platform HTML5/JS based Front End for the FX Derivatives Trading Platform. The role entails building Highly performant UI Components and libraries to be able to run on any Browser or Chromium based Containers like Electron, OpenFin etc.
Responsibilities
Building highly performant Cross Platform Front End application using HTML5/JavaScript and React.js
Developing reusable components and front-end libraries for future use
Translating designs and wireframes into high quality code
Optimizing components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers
Skills
Deep expertise and hands on experience with Web Applications and programming languages such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript and related API's.
Deep functional knowledge or hands on design experience with Web Services (REST, SOAP, etc ..) is needed to be successful in this position.
Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model
Experience in Chromium/Electron and/or OpenFin is a big +++
Thorough understanding of WebSockets
Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles
Experience with popular React.js workflows (such as Flux or Redux) and React Hooks
Familiarity with newer specifications of EcmaScript
Experience with data structure libraries (e.g., Immutable.js)
Familiarity with RESTful APIs
Knowledge of modern authentication/authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token/OIDC/OAuth2.0 etc
Familiarity with code versioning tools, like GIT.
Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools
Experience with common front-end development tools such as Babel, Webpack, NPM, etc.
Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
A knack for benchmarking and optimization
Strong grasp of Security Principles
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