Old Mission is a global proprietary trading firm that leverages state-of-the-art technology and research to identify and execute profitable trading strategies. They are seeking a Senior Front End Engineer to help solve large scale, complex technical challenges and build cutting edge frontend systems for a best-in-class trading experience.
Responsibilities
• Articulate and contribute towards a long term technical direction for maintaining and scaling our frontend systems
• Build out performant & intuitive trading interfaces using modern web tools like Typescript, React, Redux, Jest, and Webpack
• Mentor and train other developers on coding standards and design philosophy
• Design internal tools to increase efficiency of data mining, risk management, and more
Skills
• At least 5+ years of experience developing and shipping web applications using modern, component-based JavaScript frameworks like React
• Industry experience within a global trading firm or hedge fund
• A desire to work closely with users, gather feedback, and understand their problems
• Experience shipping products from start to finish
• Great communication skills along with a team player mentality
• Keep up with modern front end best practices including trends in performance, usability, and security
• Write high quality, well tested code
• Experience with automated testing and building
• Experience with Websockets & Protocol Buffers
• Experience with Linux, Postgres
• Experience building multi-window frontend applications, web workers, OpenGL, Canvas API
Benefits
• Fully paid Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, and Life Insurance
• Fully stocked kitchen; free breakfast and lunch every day on-site
• Tuition Reimbursement Program
• 401(k) with employer match
• Paid Vacation, Sick, and Parental leaves
• Commuter and Flexible Spending Programs
Company Overview
• Old Mission is a global, multi-asset market maker. It was founded in 2008, and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, USA, with a workforce of 201-500 employees. Its website is http://oldmissioncapital.com.
Company H1B Sponsorship
• Old Mission has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 3 in 2025, 7 in 2024, 5 in 2023, 5 in 2022, 4 in 2021. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.
