Front-End JavaScript developer. at vestr

About vestr
vestr is a Swiss FinTech startup founded in 2017. Our mission is to automate the entire value chain for Actively Managed Certificates (AMCs) - a family of financial products that is very similar in character to investment funds. We digitize the life-cycle management, trade execution, and reporting for these products. Our product’s core engine relies on an event-driven, service-oriented Node.js framework written in TypeScript.
End clients, which include one of Europe’s largest private banks, can choose between a managed service, entirely hosted in Switzerland, and an on-premises solution.
While headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, and with offices in Lviv, Ukraine, we are also accustomed to working in distributed teams. To expand the international scrum team, we are currently looking for an experienced front-end JavaScript developer.
 
Job Description

• Become part of our experienced and highly skilled scrum team
• Implement complex web interfaces such as intricate trading workflows and complex financial reports using the latest front-end technologies
• Be involved in future front-end design and architecture decisions
• Offices are located in Lviv, but you can work from anywhere in the country. 

 
Skills and qualifications

• Proficient understanding of web markup, including HTML5 and CSS3
• Proficiency in React/Redux including new APIs such as Context API and Hooks
• Advanced understanding of Javascript including ES6 and ES20xx, functional programming, async/await, generators/iterators. Basic knowledge of Typescript.
• Understanding of code versioning tools
• Good English skills (oral and written)
• Clear and reliable communication
• Enjoys working in a team

 
Nice-to-have

• Expertise in Typescript including relevant work experience with React and Typescript
• Knowledge of web standards, e.g. native DOM, Event APIs, web workers, etc, as well as cross-vendor compatibility issues and ways to work around them.
• Experience with server-side rendering and routing, Redux-Saga, CSS-in-JS libraries, Apollo GraphQL, and test-driven development with JEST and storybook
• A Master’s degree in computer science, mathematics, physics, or engineering
• Prior financial services experience

 
What we offer

• Medical insurance.
• Flexible working hours.
• Ability to work from home 20% of your time.
• 25 business days of fully paid annual leave, 10 business days of fully paid sick leave (annual).
• Courses of English and German.
• Comfortable and friendly environment at the office.