Senior Developer - Chicago, United States - ACT Consulting, Inc.

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    ACT Consulting has an immediate need for a Senior Front End Engineer with our direct client for their office in Chicago, IL.

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    Job Title: Senior Front End Software Engineer
    Duration: Full time
    Location: Chicago, IL (Hybrid - 3 days in office)
    Salary: Open for discussion

    Summary
    Chicago, IL office and is a hybrid schedule (3 days in office). Strong bonus opportunities and fabulous 401k retirement plan also

    Senior Developer - Fixed Income Fixed Income Technology team is looking for a Senior Front-End Engineer with expert knowledge in building dynamic, responsive, and interactive web applications. As a Senior Front-End Software Engineer, you will have the opportunity to drive the development of our next generation web apps used by portfolio managers, traders, and research analysts.

    Responsibilities

    • Drive the development of web apps, deliver the front-end solutions, and collaborate with back-end engineers on designing the supporting REST APIs
    • Ensuring high performance on mobile and desktop.
    • Own front-end components and drive continual expansion, reuse, and improvement across the board
    • Collaborate with the stakeholders, the users and development team to implement state-of-the-art user experiences.
    • Translate requirements into wireframes, and conceptual designs into high quality, visually appealing, and intuitive user interfaces and experiences
    • Actively perform code reviews and help evolve our code review guidelines to ensure quality code is shipped
    • Keep abreast with current trends and best practices in front-end architecture, including performance optimization, accessibility, and usability.
    • Mentor other engineers on a variety of topics like front-end development practices, UI/UX best practices, etc.
    Qualifications
    • Proven front-end development experience building enterprise grade applications.
    • Proficient with HTML, CSS, JavaScript and JSON.
    • 5+ years of hands-on experience with JavaScript frameworks like React, Angular, Vue or equivalent.
    • Demonstrated success developing and consuming RESTful APIs and microservices to facilitate data access, business logic, and workflow.
    • Strong problem analysis and problem-solving skills
    • Experience developing on Azure or AWS is a plus
    • Experience in an Agile/Scrum environment is a plus
    • Strong desire to learn new things
    • Strong oral and written communication skills; strong interpersonal skills
    • Strong sense of professional pride and individual accountability