Specialist Applications Omnium - React Sr Developer
The Omnium Team at Northern Trust
Northern Trust provides innovative financial services and guidance to corporations, institutions and affluent families and individuals globally.With over 130 years of financialexperience and nearly 20,000 partners, we serve the worlds most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.
The Omnium team creates and supports fintech services that support complex needs of the most sophisticated clients in the world. While Omnium leverages several best-in-class partners for specific services, all financial instruments and associated trading and event management are recorded within a single system or record which allows for unparalleled transparencies and efficiencies. To continue to keep pace with financial market innovation and sophisticated client demands, the Omnium team is expanding.
The technologists building and supporting Omnium are thought leaders. We dont throw things over a wall. We dont do walls. We work directly with real people who use our software every day. We innovate. We collaborate. We learn. We experiment. We get feedback - fast. Then we do it again. We believe in ownership. We also believe in mutual respect. We like new ideas. We take pride in what we do. We win industry awards, but we never rest on our laurels.
If this sounds like an environment where you could thrive, consider the opportunities we have available.
Job Description
We need a seasoned React developer to join and lead our team in Front-End UI development as we embark on a journey to create brand-new React-based framework to power next-generation of our web applications and build greenfield/brownfield products using the framework. This will involve leveraging modern micro-FE implementation to seamlessly integrate semi-independent UI applications with low coupling and inter-dependence, building state-of-the-art components library with reusable modules and consistent look-and-feel and finally, creating greenfield products which are mobile-friendly and employ cutting-edge data visualization techniques and aggressive caching to provide a fast, rich, and immersive user experience.
Project: We are launching an initiative to extend our current Portfolio Analytics and Compliance Application to be fully converted to running in a Web Front-end. Additionally we are launching a new initiative to convert our technology to a micro-FE based architecture in order to combine it with another Application Suite that utilizes that architecture.
Role: We are looking for a React UI senior developer to lead this effort as well as interact with other React developers and help us drive the next-phase of our web application development journey. This role will involve extensive hands-on ReactJS knowledge to solve current and future UI development challenges - including micro-FE based implementation to allow several semi-independent applications to be co-hosted in same container, re-usable components library which is feature-rich and provides consistent look and feel for the platform and mobile-friendly websites which offer best-in-class user experience by leveraging cutting edge data visualization techniques and modern UI/UX design guidelines.
Overall experience Level: (6+ yrs)
Qualifications:
Qualifications:
- At least 6 years of professional development experience with significant exposure to working on complex projects with cross functional teams.
- Minimum of 4 years experience with ReactJS
- Extremely strong JavaScript framework and Front-End Development experience
- Strong Node.JS experience is highly desired
- Must have proven experience building external facing mobile friendly websites using JavaScript frameworks.
Tasks & responsibilities:
- Developing new greenfield and brownfield products using ReactJS.
- Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use.
- Translating designs and wireframes into high quality code.
- Responsible for efficiently working with other teams in the organization to help them leverage the micro-FE framework/components library in their quest to modernize their applications.
- Optimizing components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers.
Good to Haves:
- TypeScript
- Redux or other state management libraries in the React ecosystem
- Data visualization experience (e.g. D3, Chart.js, Highcharts, SVG, Canvas, etc.)
- Good sense of UI/UX design
- Experience with a code style guide (we use the Airbnb style guide)
- Experience working with databases (relational, document, etc.) and writing SQL
- Experience writing automated tests (e.g. Mocha, Jest, Enzyme, etc.)
- Knowledge of web application security (http-https, Content Security Policy, OWASP, etc.)
- Knowledge of Webpack or similar module bundler
Secondary Skills:
- Highly motivated, self-directed and possesses solid execution skills.
- Demonstrates critical thinking and probes beyond the surface of the requested data to get at the valuable (actionable) information.
- Able to understand complex technical concepts quickly.
- Detail oriented but understands broader impacts of requests.
- Adjusts quickly to changing priorities as necessary.
- Manages multiple tasks and deliverables simultaneously and in an organized and results-oriented manner.
- Strives to proactively identify and address areas where business process efficiency and effectiveness improvements would make a positive impact on the top and bottom lines.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Possesses a strong analytical, quantitative and objective outlook.
- Excellent people skills are also necessary since this position interacts with all levels of resources across the entire organization.
About Northern Trust:
Northern Trust provides innovative financial services and guidance to corporations, institutions and affluent families and individuals globally.With more than 130 years of financial experience and over 20,000 partners, we serve the worlds most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.
Working with Us:
As a Northern Trust partner, you will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture, which has a strong history of financial strength and stability. Movement within the organization is encouraged, senior leaders are accessible, and you can take pride in working for a company that is committed to strengthening the communities we serve!
Wed love to learn more about how your interests and experience could be a fit with one of Americas best banks and most sustainable companies! Build your career with us andapply today.
