Group Overview

The TP ICAP Group is a world leading provider of market infrastructure.

Our purpose is to provide clients with access to global financial and commodities markets, improving price discovery, liquidity, and distribution of data, through responsible and innovative solutions.

Through our people and technology, we connect clients to superior liquidity and data solutions.

The Group is home to a stable of premium brands. Collectively, TP ICAP is the largest interdealer broker in the world by revenue, the number one Energy & Commodities broker in the world, the world’s leading provider of OTC data, and an award winning all-to-all trading platform.

The Group operates from more than 60 offices in 27 countries.  We are 5,300 people strong.  We work as one to achieve our vision of being the world’s most trusted, innovative, liquidity and data solutions specialist.

TP ICAP’s Fusion platform is a multi-asset liquidity platform that is driving the transition of TP ICAP’s Global Broking business from voice to electronic protocols. The platform enables clients to smoothly access TP ICAP’s liquidity pools across all products, asset classes, brands and regions. It has been recognized as the OTC trading platform of the year by Risk Magazine

Liquidnet

Liquidnet is a next-generation agency execution specialist. Powered by technology that helps drive institutional alpha, our trading and liquidity network intelligently and securely connects the world’s investors with the world’s investments.

Established in 1999 on the belief that there was a better way to trade, Liquidnet's journey began with a vision to create a platform that goes beyond traditional transactional models.

We wanted to build a community where traders could connect, collaborate, and execute trades with confidence. Over the years, we've grown from a vision into a thriving ecosystem that empowers the buy side in ways never before imagined.

We are committed to making trading more efficient, intelligent, and accessible. Our purpose guides every decision we make, from the tools we develop to the relationships we nurture with our Members.

Role Overview

The Senior UI Software Engineer will provide technical leadership on TP ICAP’s flagship Fusion platform. This includes the Fusion Platform UI team and setting the standards and direction of other UI Engineers across several teams. They will demonstrate the benefits of approaches to development and delivery either through working as a team member or through group sessions. They should be the authority for decisions relating to standards and engineering best practices within their discipline.

The Principal Engineer will be passionate about software development and keen to use their technical and mentoring skills to help their development team to be successful. They should be comfortable working in agile teams, foster transparent communication, have a commitment to quality, and a focus on getting things done. This role will primarily be hands-on with some management responsibility.

Role Responsibilities

Development, Architecture, SDLC and Delivery

Architect and develop high-performance, scalable, and robust trading systems, tools, and platforms.

Lead and mentor a team of engineers, providing technical guidance and hands-on coding expertise.

Act as the primary technical leader and developer on the Fusion UI team, demonstrating strong technical competencies and acting as a dependable and high value contributor within the team such that other team members know what they should aspire to

Be an expert in modern UI Engineering using React/Typescript/JavaScript and OO design principals.

Provide technical oversight of the analysis and design for assigned projects

Design, develop, test and oversee production software solutions, including the development of highly complex systems, and modifications to existing systems

Be able to communicate the architecture and principles behind a system to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Support the use of preferred planning and prioritisation tooling (JIRA) to capture and track deliveries, identify issues and help with roadmap and iteration planning and prioritisation

Ensure the team engages in a well-defined SDLC that supports planning, prioritisation and delivery needs

Support the team through help with defining scope and guiding estimation of work to be done by leveraging previous experience

Be custodians for target state architecture and best practice within your respective development team and across the Fusion estate

Identify opportunities to evolve systems towards target state architecture and direct refactoring and prioritisation to positively influence deliveries

Communication and Leadership

Work alongside Team Leaders, to provide technical leadership and direction for the development team

Participate in retrospectives and seek opportunities to drive best practice

Lead the software team to deliver high quality and innovative software solutions 

Provide leadership and guidance to coach, motivate and lead team members to their optimum performance levels and career development, through both gated checks like code reviews and more supportive approaches such as mentoring or identifying stretch opportunities for team members

Change, Risk and Issue Management

Guide and support team to identify and escalate risks as appropriate

Work with the Team Leaders to provide time and resource estimates, identify potential areas of risk and suggest mitigating actions

Share complex technical designs or issues with non-technical stakeholders and influence their decision making where necessary

Identify tools and methodologies to improve the effectiveness of the development process

Assist and facilitate prioritisation of software defects and enhancements

Manage risks and issues effectively with timely escalation to the project stakeholders

Experience / Competences

Essential

Proven experience as a senior/principal engineer in high-performance trading systems or similar domains.

Demonstrable experience in HTML5, React 16/17+, Typescript4/5+, JavaScript

UI Libraries such as Material UI or Ant Design.

CSS pre-processors such as SASS and LESS

Testing frameworks e.g. Jest

Performance profiling and optimisation

Build tools such as Webpack

Code quality and governance tools such as Sonarqube.

Responsive design and cross-browser compatibility

Version control systems such as git i.e. gitlabs 

Agile development methodologies i.e. Scrum

Strong communication and collaboration skills

Desired

NX / Turbo repo or a similar monorepo approach, Node JS,

Figma for mock-ups and collaboration

Design thinking

Use of Storybook

Knowledge of AWS or other cloud platforms.

Job Band & Level

Manager, 6

Annual Salary

$130,000 - $140,000

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Not The Perfect Fit?

Concerned that you may not meet the criteria precisely? At TP ICAP, we wholeheartedly believe in fostering inclusivity and cultivating a work environment where everyone can flourish, regardless of your personal or professional background. If you are enthusiastic about this role but find that your experience doesn't align perfectly with every aspect of the job description, we strongly encourage you to apply. You may be the ideal candidate for this position or another opportunity within our organisation. Our dedicated Talent Acquisition team is here to assist you in recognising how your unique skills and abilities can be a valuable contribution. Don't hesitate to take the leap and explore the possibilities. Your potential is what truly matters to us.

Company Statement

We know that the best innovation happens when diverse people with different perspectives and skills work together in an inclusive atmosphere. That's why we're building a culture where everyone plays a part in making people feel welcome, ready and willing to contribute. TP ICAP Accord - our Employee Network - is a central to this. As well as representing specific groups, TP ICAP Accord helps increase awareness, collaboration, shares best practice, and holds our firm to account for driving continuous cultural improvement. 

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