Lead Frontend Architect
Ptrglobal
New York, NY · Posted October 28, 2026
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Lead Frontend Architect – React.js (Equities Trading & Risk Platform)
This is the most appropriate title because the role requires hands-on React development, enterprise UI architecture, technical leadership, and experience building data-intensive trading applications .
Job Description:
Client is developing a risk application spanning the entire Global Institutional Equity Division front office.
This application presents real time and historic risk and P&L to traders and risk managers, enable drill down into risk and P&L detail, pivot the data in numerous ways, and interact with other trading tools in the front office.
The application is being built in React with a GigaSpaces middle tier. The GUI is to be highly configurable and thin, enabling a fast turnaround on new panels for different use cases.
Requirements:
Minimum 5 years of postacademic work experience with frontend solutions (Angular and/or React, nodeJS, JS frameworks)
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Strong experience in managing User Interfaces for data intensive platforms
Expertise in Object Oriented Design, Design patterns, Architecture and Application Integration
Strong experience in architecting scalable applications that can support 1000+ users at a time
Comfortable spending part of the time on the trading desk to help traders, solicit feedback, and advocate for the platform once familiar with capabilities
Handson experience with distributed tech stack with modern tools of development
Handson experience with core dev-ops tooling and best practices and manage this at a platform level
Handson experience for managing large UI products from delivery, code-quality and maintenance perspective
Handson experience with automated test frameworks - Cypress, Jasmine, Karma, Playwright, Protractor etc. & Test-Driven Development
Experience in managing the deployments and build frameworks
Experience in managing the large codebase/Monorepos supporting development of the UI platform, with large number of developers contributing continuously to the platform.
Experience in building and owning common reusable components for UIs
Experience in collaborating with global stakeholders for product development
Ability to manage the UX designers and translate UX designs into actual product implementation
Ability to coordinate across large team and ensure product development per multi-year roadmap;
Consistent track record for successful delivery of enterprise wide platforms
Ability to coach and mentor the talent on development best practices with new tech stacks frontend development and cloud esp.
Ability to adapt to the new developments in the UI space and to keep platform technically updated and modern.
Note:
Pay Range: $XXX - $XXX
The specific compensation for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role as well as the cost of labor in the market; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. Our full-time consultants have access to benefits including medical, dental, vision and 401K contributions as well as any other PTO, sick leave, and other benefits mandated by appliable state or localities where you reside or work.