Lead UI Engineer

Overview

Remote
On Site
Full Time

Skills

Financial Services
Health Care
Finance
Data Analysis
Artificial Intelligence
Banking
Insurance
IT Management
Agile
Continuous Delivery
Mentorship
Frontend Development
Workflow
Collaboration
UI
JIRA
GitLab
Docker
Cloud Computing
Scalability
React.js
JavaScript
TypeScript
Cascading Style Sheets
Documentation
Web Applications
Unit Testing
Testing
Sockets
Leadership
Analytical Skill
Problem Solving
Conflict Resolution
Emerging Technologies
Adaptability
Customer Satisfaction
Computer Science
Recruiting
Professional Development
SAP BASIS

Job Details

As a leading financial services and healthcare technology company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has 27,000+ employees in 35 countries. Some 20,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology.

Job Description

We are seeking a highly motivated Lead UI Engineer with an interest in quantitative finance to join the SS&C Everywhere Cloud Development team. This individual will help design and implement a set of new web UIs using React and lead the UI team in establishing efficient, scalable front-end development practices. The UIs are part of a wider initiative to develop an innovative cloud native platform providing financial data, analytics, and AI solutions to banks, asset managers, insurance companies and hedge funds.

Primary Responsibilities

Hands-on design, coding, testing, and technical leadership in an agile and continuous delivery process
Guide and mentor a team of UI engineers, fostering collaboration and setting standards for high-quality front-end development
Lead the integration of Figma into the design-to-development workflow, enabling better collaboration between designers and engineers
Drive adoption of Storybook for component development and documentation
Curate and evolve a portable, shared UI component library to be used across multiple teams and applications
Develop on the cloud using tools such as JIRA, GitLab, Artifactory, and Docker
Write well-structured code following established coding standards
Develop software for both cloud and on-premise deployments with an understanding of design for scalability, performance, and reliability

Qualifications

Experience with React/Redux
Experience with JavaScript and/or TypeScript
Experience with CSS
Experience building and maintaining shared component libraries
Familiarity with design systems and design tooling such as Figma
Experience with Storybook or similar component documentation tools
Knowledge of web application unit testing and end-to-end testing
Knowledge of web sockets a plus

Professional Expectations

Comfortable collaborating with colleagues both in person and remotely
Proven leadership, analytical, and problem-solving abilities
Ability to drive front-end best practices and technical excellence
Willingness to learn new and emerging technologies
Flexibility and adaptability in approach to work with the ability to work well on both independent and team projects
Ability to develop relationships with internal and external parties
Take personal ownership by going beyond assigned tasks to improve projects, identifying issues, proposing solutions, and working to continually improve client satisfaction

Education

Undergraduate degree in computer science or equivalent work experience

Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services.
SS&C offers excellent benefits including health, dental, 401k plan, tuition and professional development reimbursement plan.
SS&C Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.
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