Front End Developer

Location: New York, NY
Job Description:
Project/Role summary: Global Markets Risk Reporting application - to serve ad-hoc business reporting and data analytics requests, system status and data quality controls monitoring, operational process management 
We are looking for a strong Web application developer to join our project team to drive design and implementation of a strategic user facing applications space. 
Initial efforts will focus on building a desktop support in several phases starting with the dashboard functionality and then core business data reporting. 
Main duties will include designing user interface and Restful API end points, setting up web server environment, building modules and components into a functional application communicating with the API using JSON over HTTP and subscribing to pub/sub topics for real time updates. This role involves working on the larger team responsible for the front to back development, providing expertise and assisting others getting up to speed with web based application technologies and best practices. 
Ideal candidate would be a strong problem-solver able to operate independently with minimal supervision, team player, quick learner and passionate about new Web technologies, work well under pressure meeting aggressive deadlines while delivering quality software 
Job requirements 

• In-depth understanding of Web applications architecture, technologies, and development best practices 
  
• Solid background building complex mission critical web applications incorporating dynamic web front ends with graphs/charts using AngularJS (1.x or 2), React, Javascript, HTML5 
  
• Experience integrating real time messaging technologies such as Kafka or AMPS into web applications 
  
• Working knowledge of Restful API, Web servers such as Tornado or Apache, Web socket technologies, Python, and Hadoop/Spark are a big plus 
  
• Prior banking industry web applications experience supporting trading/risk management functions very helpful