We are seeking a Full Stack Junior Javascript Developer for our Chicago team who thrives on pushing the limits of technology to produce state-of-the-art solutions. Our Engineering team is constantly challenged to deliver creative, imaginative and scalable execution solutions for highly complex trading customers. We’ve worked hard to make our platform the top choice for derivatives traders and we’re committed to continue pushing the envelope. If this sounds like a place you can thrive, please continue reading.
What Will You Be Involved With?

• Design, develop and implement web applications. This will include implementing new product features and GUI’s, as well as enhancing and maintaining existing functionality, monitoring solutions and performance characteristics
• Participation in design discussions, review sessions and prototyping
• Successfully integrate data between various systems
• Ensure the scalability and quality of all code
• Assist with product documentation, unit testing and ensuring overall product quality

What Will You Bring to the Table?

• Prior experience with Javascript and web standards
• Knowledge of modern JS tools and frameworks
• Solid understanding of functional programming, object-oriented programming, and CS foundations
• Experience building scalable, optimal-performance web applications
• Good understanding of both front-end (Javascript, HTML, CSS) and server-side (Node.js or Python) components
• Proven and strong communication skills
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate to technical requirements
• AWS and Python experience a plus
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related discipline. Advanced degree preferred
• Financial trading systems experience is a plus.
• Strong analytical skills to assist in debugging complex issues.

What We Bring to the Table

• Competitive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, FSA, HSA, 401(k) and pre-tax transit/parking
• Flexible work schedules – with some remote work
• 22 PTO (paid time off) days per year with the ability to roll over days into the following year, 1 day per year available for volunteering, 2 Training days per year to allow uninterrupted professional development, 1 additional PTO day added during milestone year, robust paid holiday schedule with early dismissal, generous parental leave (for all genders and staff, including adoptive parents), and backup child and pet care as well as tutoring services
• The company provided top-of-the-line tech resources and a tech accessories budget for monitors, headphones, keyboards, office equipment
• Milestone anniversary bonuses
• Stipend and subsidy contributions toward personally-owned cell phones and laptops, gym memberships, and health/wellness initiatives (including discounted healthcare premiums and healthy meal delivery programs)

Trading Technologies is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) technology platform provider to the global capital markets industry. The company’s award-winning TT® platform connects to the world’s major international exchanges and liquidity venues in listed derivatives alongside a growing number of asset classes, including fixed income and cryptocurrencies. The TT platform delivers advanced tools for trade execution and order management, market data solutions, analytics, trade surveillance, risk management, and infrastructure services to the world’s leading sell-side institutions, buy-side firms, and exchanges. The company’s blue-chip client base includes Tier 1 banks as well as brokers, money managers, hedge funds, proprietary traders, Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs), commercial hedgers, and risk managers. These firms rely on the TT ecosystem to manage their end-to-end trading operations. In addition, exchanges utilize TT’s technology to deliver innovative solutions to their market participants. TT also strategically partners with technology companies to make their complementary offerings available to Trading Technologies’ global client base through the TT ecosystem.
Trading Technologies (TT) is an equal-opportunity employer. Equal employment has been, and continues to be a required practice at the Company. Trading Technologies’ practice of equal employment opportunity is to recruit, hire, train, promote, and base all employment decisions on ability, rather than race, color, religion, national origin, sex/gender orientation, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other protected status. Additionally, TT participates in the E-Verify Program for US offices.