Company Name: tastytrade
Role: Software Engineer (Front-End)
Location: Chicago, IL - Hybrid (3 days/week in office)
As a Software Engineer, you’ll help by modifying existing systems, taking on ownership of current systems as well as green field projects, and troubleshooting issues as they arise. Our engineers work with a variety of tools including C++, Java, JavaScript, and Ruby. You’ll work on front-end systems in an effort to expand and improve our product suite.

ABOUT US:

The tasty house of brands empowers individual traders differently. tastylive, founded in 2011, is an online financial media network, tastytrade (previously known as tastyworks) is a self-directed retail brokerage firm that launched in 2017, tasty Software Solutions and tastyfx, is a registered Forex broker-dealer. In 2021, London-based IG Group acquired tastylive, Inc. (previously known as tastytrade) and assigned it to lead business in North America. tastyfx is the fastest-growing forex broker in the US over the past few years. Changing the IG US name to tastyfx marks the next chapter, in aligning with the tasty brand family and offering a more forex-focused experience. This combined team has years of experience like institutional brokers, but also a passion for disrupting the entire trading industry.
Our dream is simple: we want more people to find more success with a better trading experience. That’s why we’re investing heavily in the right people, technology, and media to make that happen in the US and across the globe.
Location: Our office is in the West Loop - Chicago’s growing center of tech, great cuisine, and high-end bars.
tastytrade | tastylive | tastyfx | tastycrypto

1330 W Fulton Market, Chicago, IL 60607

• Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they have every single qualification. Our team is dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles!

• Work on tastytrade’s front-end trading client applications using Svelte, though experience with other modern front-end JavaScript frameworks is valuable
• Contribute to the Java-based core front-end trading logic library; prior Java experience beneficial but not required
• Transform business requirements and technical direction into production-quality code
• Collaborate with UX and Product teams to improve customer workflows and overall user experience
• Deliver concise, constructive peer reviews covering codecraft, implementation quality, and business domain correctness for junior engineers
• Write comprehensive tests for your code
• Support application development with necessary infrastructure work, coordinating with the infrastructure team as needed