MarketAxess
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Emerging Market Corporate & Sovereign Bonds • BondTicker • Credit Default Swaps • Eurobonds • Fixed Income ETFs
501 - 1000
Head of UI and UX Platform Engineering
July 31
🏢 In-office - Manhattan
MarketAxess
Now you're in the market.
Emerging Market Corporate & Sovereign Bonds • BondTicker • Credit Default Swaps • Eurobonds • Fixed Income ETFs
501 - 1000
Description
• We are seeking a hands-on Principal engineer/architect to lead our UI/UX platform team who has a passion and expertise for front-end technologies and React ecosystems. • You care about the Platform's business processes, data, application, and technical architecture components, which are Hybrid Cloud in our data centers and Public Cloud providers (e.g., AWS). • You will work with the team to collaborate on software solutions and architecture and ensure exceptional software engineering practices, quality, and good documentation. • A critical success factor is being viewed as a trusted partner and collaborator, including business and technology stakeholders. • We embrace a culture of collaboration and experimentation while striving to encourage all team members to focus on continuous improvement and learning.
Requirements
• 12+ years of experience of progressive software engineering experience, with 5+ in a architecture and team leadership role and 5+ in a cloud computing environment • 7+ years' experience working in an agile environment with distributed global teams and agile delivery tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence) • 5+ years of experience in UX design, interaction design • Must have E-trading and financial services industry experience • Prior experience leading a global team • Proven track record leading design teams and influencing product strategy at senior levels • Strong portfolio showcasing user-centered design solutions, with experience designing for fintech is a plus • Advanced technical expertise and knowledge of • Software development with Java, web application technologies (TypeScript, React, GraphQL), event-driven, event-streaming and service-oriented architectures • Cloud-native application architecture • API and microservices architecture • Streaming and event processing architectures and platforms (e.g., Kafka) • Desktop interoperability (e.g., Here.io (ex. OpenFin), Interop.io (ex. Glue42 + Finsemble)) • Structured and unstructured databases and usage patterns • High-speed, high-volume, high-frequency transaction processing systems • Real-time logging, monitoring, and resiliency approaches • Automated testing practices and frameworks (Playwright or Cypress) • Process automation approaches and tooling (e.g., DevOps and AIOps) • Ability to articulate and document architectural decisions and roadmaps at a senior executive level • A proponent of strong collaborative software engineering techniques and methods: agile development, continuous integration, code review or pairing, unit testing, refactoring and related approaches • Excellent problem-solving and critical-thinking skills; demonstrated ability to employ fact-based decision-making to resolve complex problems by applying logic analysis, experience, and business knowledge • Proven ability to build and maintain effective, trusting partnerships with product managers, architects and technical leads for individual products and applications • Experience with OKRs is a plus • Strong presentation skills; written and verbal communication including the ability to influence • BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related subject
Benefits
• Hybrid Environment: Our employees enjoy a mix of working in the office and from home • Free Food: We provide free lunch for employees when they are working in the office. Plus, our offices are stocked with snacks • Paid Time Off: Competitive PTO package including vacation and personal days, sick leave and charity days • Generous Parental Leave: Up to 20 weeks fully paid leave • 401(k): Dollar-for-dollar employer match up to $17,500 • Employee Stock Purchase Plan: Employees can purchase MarketAxess common stock at a discount • Wellness Stipend: We provide employees with up to $1K annually towards gym memberships, home office equipment and more • Onsite Healthcare: We offer convenient access to world-class care through Mount Sinai at our Hudson Yards location • Tuition Assistance and Professional Development: Benefit from live and on-demand learning, role-specific training, employee-led Lunch and Learns and guest speakers • Core benefits: Highly competitive medical, dental, and vision programs
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