Software Engineer, Front End

Software Engineer, Front End

Clear Street – London, England, United Kingdom

Clear Street is modernising the brokerage ecosystem. Founded in 2018, it is a diversified financial services firm replacing the legacy infrastructure used across capital markets. We built a cloud‑native clearing and custody system designed for today’s complex, global market. Our proprietary prime brokerage platform adds significant efficiency to the market, focusing on minimising risk, redundancy, and cost for clients. We aim to create a single source‑of‑truth platform for every asset class, in every country, and in any currency.

By combining highly‑skilled product and engineering talent with seasoned finance professionals, we are building the essentials to compete in today’s fast‑paced markets.

As an experienced front‑end software engineer you will help build our flagship Clear Street Studio, a modern prime brokerage experience. You will tackle non‑trivial problems that force you to balance trade‑offs while implementing clean and efficient solutions. You will raise our bar on providing clean and efficient solutions that delight customers, push our operational standards, and ensure we can offer and maintain a high SLA.

This role is deeply involved with engineering the next generation of our state‑of‑the‑art Studio (portal) for our varied client base including hedge funds, traders and portfolio managers.

• 2+ years of professional experience building web applications with React and Type Script.
• You put the end user first, reflected in how you design APIs and features’ functionality and performance.
• Solid grasp of design patterns, data structures, and algorithms.
• Communicate technical concepts clearly and enjoy collaborating with others to ship high‑quality products.
• Enjoy collaboration in a team‑first, highly cooperative environment.
• Take pride in producing high‑quality work and consistently hold yourself to a high standard.

• React
• Type Script
• Kubernetes
• Cloud (AWS or Azure)

• Minimum of two years of professional experience building scalable web applications using React.
• Proven ability to identify and resolve performance bottlenecks.
• Deep focus on delivering exceptional user experiences.
• Enjoy collaborating in a highly cooperative environment.
• Take pride in producing high‑quality work and consistently hold yourself to a high standard.

• Competitive compensation packages
• Company equity
• Pension
• Gender‑neutral parental leave
• Full medical and dental insurance
• Work from office minimum 3 days per week (hybrid option)

Team of talented, passionate and highly collaborative engineers. We value creativity, innovation, strong work ethics, and are committed to providing support and resources for success. We invest in a culture that promotes collaboration and celebrates achievements.

• Seniority level:
  Mid‑Senior
• Employment type:
  
  Full‑time
• Job function:
  Engineering and Information Technology

Equal opportunity employer. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.