Software Engineer (Frontend)

Company name: tastytrade

As a Frontend Software Engineer, you will be part of an experienced team that builds out the technology that powers our retail brokerage business and supports our other business initiatives. We care about the speed and stability of our back-end systems as much as we care about the customer-facing applications we create.  

What you'll do: 

• Work on a next generation retail web platform based on the latest Web standards 
• Write application code using the Svelte.js framework 
• Read and navigate an extensive Java code base that encapsulates shared behavior logic 
• Improve the code quality of a large code base by participating in code reviews via pull requests 
• Participate in an agile development process 
• Partner/collaborate with other teams  
• Concept/Design from the UX/UI team 
• Review/Testing from the QA team 

Who you are: 

• Familiar with Javascript/CSS/HTML 
• Worked with a modern Single Page Application framework such as React, Vue, or Svelte 
• Writing view oriented unit test using Jest or similar Javascript testing frameworks 
• Comfortable reading Java source code and occasionally contributing changes to it 
• Doing pull-requests to submit work for review and review work done by other peers 
• Can translate UX/UI designs into application code 
• Experienced with command line tools such as git and npm 
• At home in an IDE such as WebStorm or Visual Studio Code 

Team Perks:  

• Performance Bonuses  
• Stock Purchase Options  
• 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 

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 US name to tastyfx marks the next chapter, in aligning with the tasty brand family and offering a more forex-focused experience. This combined team has years of experience like institutional brokers, but also a passion for disrupting the entire trading industry.     

Our dream is simple: we want more people to find more success with a better trading experience. That’s why we’re investing heavily in the right people, technology, and media to make that happen in the US and across the globe.    

Location: Our office is in the West Loop - Chicago's growing center of tech, great cuisine, and high-end bars.  

tastytrade | tastylive  | tastyfx  
1330 W Fulton Market, Chicago, IL 60607    

*Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they have every single qualification. Our team is dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles!