Job Specifications
NO C2C - NO VISA SPONSORSHIP - NO 3RD PARTIES
INDEPENDENT W2 CONSULTANTS ONLY
We are currently supporting a front‑office engineering team at a leading investment firm that's building out the next generation of their Equity Research & Analytics platform, and your background stood out.
This sits directly with investment professionals, building tools used constantly by PMs, analysts, and research teams.
A few things that make this one compelling:
High-impact engineering - everything you build feeds into research workflows, market decisions, and daily investment processes
Modern stack - C#, .NET, Python, React, APIs, SQL
Greenfield + rebuild mix - architecting and scaling core front-office apps used firm‑wide
Direct stakeholder interaction - sitting close to research + trading teams
Potential opportunities to experiment with LLM-assisted research capabilities
What you'd be working on:
Front-office applications for equity research generation, management, and analytics
High‑performance UIs in React
Backend services in C#/.NET + Python
Data-rich systems with strong focus on performance, stability, and clean architecture
Qualifications & Requirements:
3+ years of work experience as a full stack Developer (C#, Python, .NET, APIs).
Understanding of React.js and its core principles.
Experience implementing and managing front-end state management (e.g., React Context, Redux, or similar patterns).
Understanding of front-end performance optimization techniques
Experience building user facing web applications.
General Experience architecting and building backend applications beginning from the design phase through implementation.
Experience with code optimization and performance tuning.
Strong knowledge of MSSQL. Specifically query building, table design and performance tuning.
Understanding of the full scope of application development (authentication, integrating with APIs, build process, testing, validation, state management).
Experience with source code control (Git experience preferred).
Excellent communication skills.
Self-starter with strong analytical skills to troubleshoot and work independently.
Additional experience in the following areas is a plus:
Experience building Restful APIs.
Familiarity and interest in latest LLM technologies and libraries (OpenAI API, Llama).
Experience working in Agile Development / SCRUM Methodologies.
Experience working with financial market data from Bloomberg, Reuters or other similar sources.
Experience with hedge fund industry or other financial instruments/software (research, risk management, portfolio accounting, reconciliation, order management, etc.).
About the Company
From Investment Banking, Risk Management, Quantitative Trading, and Insurance, to Investment Management, Sales & Trading, Technology, and Wealth Management, Selby Jennings supports the world's largest financial institutions to revolutionary fintech start-ups with all their hiring needs as a leading Financial Sciences and Services talent partner.
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