Software Engineer (Front-End)

Company Name: tastytrade 
Role: Software Engineer (Front-End) 
Location: Chicago, IL - Hybrid (3 days/week in office)

As a Software Engineer, you'll help by modifying existing systems, taking on ownership of current systems as well as green field projects, and troubleshooting issues as they arise. Our engineers work with a variety of tools including C++, Java, JavaScript, and Ruby. You'll work on front-end systems in an effort to expand and improve our product suite.  

What you'll do: 

• Work on tastytrade's front-end trading client applications using Svelte, though experience with other modern front-end JavaScript frameworks is valuable 
• Contribute to the Java-based core front-end trading logic library; prior Java experience beneficial but not required 
• Transform business requirements and technical direction into production-quality code 
• Collaborate with UX and Product teams to improve customer workflows and overall user experience 
• Deliver concise, constructive peer reviews covering codecraft, implementation quality, and business domain correctness for junior engineers 
• Write comprehensive tests for your code 
• Support application development with necessary infrastructure work, coordinating with the infrastructure team as needed 

Who you are: 

• The ability to learn quickly in areas in which you don't already have deep expertise 
• Experience in modern web development (JavaScript / Typescript, HTML, and CSS) and the ability/willingness to deploy and manage production applications 
• The ability to jump into a brand-new framework or language and quickly become productive in it 
• Confident in ability to write tests and quickly deliver stable and performant software 
• 2+ years of professional experience working as a software engineer on a team 
• A keen eye for user experience and design 

Team Perks:  

• Performance Bonuses    
• Stock Purchase Options  
• Medical/Dental/Vision Benefits  
• Annual educational / conference stipend  
• Sustainable workday with minimal on-call responsibilities  
• 401k Plan    
• 20 Paid Vacation Days (plus an additional paid vacation day the month of your birthday!)    
• 10 Paid Sick Days    
• Gym Membership Reimbursement    
• Commuter Benefits    
• Pet Insurance    
• Wellness & Mental Health Programs    
• Charitable Donation Matching    
• Two Paid Volunteer Days Off    
• Daily catered lunch when in the office    
• Full kitchen with snacks and beverages    
• In-building gym    
• Shuttle to/from Metra    
• Office located in the West Loop - Chicago's growing center of tech, great cuisine, and high-end bars   

Salary Range: $124,928-$145,408
The actual salary offered will be based on the candidate's level of experience and qualifications  

About Us:  

The tasty house of brands empowers individual traders differently. tastylive, founded in 2011, is an online financial media network, tastytrade (previously known as tastyworks) is a self-directed retail brokerage firm that launched in 2017, tasty Software Solutions and tastyfx, is a registered Forex broker-dealer. In 2021, London-based IG Group acquired tastylive, Inc. (previously known as tastytrade) and assigned it to lead business in North America. tastyfx is the fastest-growing forex broker in the US over the past few years. Changing the IG