Frontend Developer
- Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Experience: Minimum 8+ years of professional experience in front-end or UI development, preferably within enterprise or financial environments.
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Original job description
Jobility Talent Solutions is hiring for a Senior Java Backend Developer opportunity with a leading financial services organization.
Title- UI Developer or Frontend Developer
Location- Toronto ON
Long Term Contract
Job Summary
We are seeking a senior UI / Front-End Developer with 8+ years of experience to design and build responsive, scalable, and high-performance web applications. In this role, you will architect modern user interfaces, integrate complex backend services, and ensure seamless user experiences for our large-scale, data-driven financial systems.
Key Responsibilities
- UI Architecture: Architect and develop robust, maintainable, and scalable front-end solutions using modern JavaScript frameworks.
- API Integration: Connect and integrate front-end applications seamlessly with backend services and RESTful APIs.
- Performance Optimization: Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize web applications to ensure maximum speed, responsiveness, and high performance.
- Standards & Accessibility: Implement and enforce enterprise UI standards, ensuring cross-browser compatibility and strict adherence to web accessibility (WCAG) guidelines.
- Collaboration: Partner with backend engineers, UX/UI designers, and product stakeholders to deliver transactional, data-heavy user experiences.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- Experience: Minimum 8+ years of professional experience in front-end or UI development, preferably within enterprise or financial environments.
- Core Tech Stack: Deep expertise in React and modern JavaScript (ES6+).
- Web Fundamentals: Advanced knowledge of responsive web design, HTML5, CSS3, and core UI architecture patterns.
- Data Integration: Proven experience handling asynchronous data flows and integrating with REST APIs.
- Systems Exposure: Familiarity building and maintaining large-scale, high-transactional web applications.
Preferred / Nice-to-Have Qualifications
- Domain Expertise: Strong understanding of the Banking or Capital Markets domain.
- Front Office Exposure: Experience working closely with Front Office business lines, trading desks, or portfolio management teams.
- Financial Systems: Familiarity with high-throughput transactional platforms, market data feeds, or financial dashboards.
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Jobility Talent Solutions may employ AI-based tools to support certain recruiting activities, however all decisions affecting a candidate's application are made by a human recruiter or hiring manager.
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Responsibilities
Architect and develop scalable, maintainable front-end applications, integrating backend services and REST APIs for data-intensive financial systems. Optimize application performance and ensure responsive, cross-browser-compatible, accessible user experiences while collaborating with backend engineers, designers, and product stakeholders.
Requirements
Requires at least 8 years of front-end or UI development experience, with deep expertise in React and modern JavaScript (ES6+). Candidates should have advanced knowledge of responsive design, HTML5, CSS3, UI architecture, asynchronous data flows, and REST API integration; banking or capital markets experience is preferred.
Skills
- React
- JavaScript ES6+
- HTML5
- CSS3
- Responsive Web Design
- UI Architecture
- REST APIs
- Asynchronous Data Flows
- Performance Optimization
- Web Accessibility
- WCAG
- Cross-Browser Compatibility
- Backend Integration
- Enterprise Web Applications
- Financial Systems
- Market Data Feeds
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Categories
- Technology
- Software
- Finance & Accounting
Keywords
- React
- JavaScript ES6+
- HTML5
- CSS3
- Responsive Web Design
- UI Architecture
- REST APIs
- Asynchronous Data Flows
- Performance Optimization
- Web Accessibility
- WCAG
- Cross-Browser Compatibility
- Backend Services
- Enterprise Applications
- Financial Services
- Banking
- Capital Markets
- Front Office
- Trading Desks
- Portfolio Management
- Transactional Platforms
- Market Data Feeds
- Financial Dashboards
- Data-Driven Systems