Senior Frontend Engineer

Elinvar enables Asset & Wealth Managers to digitalize their business model. By combining cutting-edge technology and the regulatory expertise of a licensed financial portfolio manager we offer our partners a comprehensive range of services. The platform’s flexibility enables the customized solution for each partner.

Working at Elinvar is like the platform itself: straightforward and focused on excellence. As a B2B2C provider, we work with asset managers who are managing billions of customer assets. Accordingly, the demands they have on us are high, and we expect a lot from ourselves, too. We are a dynamic team of technology and financial experts and we need your talent to seamlessly bring this disruptive product to our users.

Our technical stack: the platform consists of dozens of microservices which are mainly based on Java 8. They communicate through Kafka and a GraphQL. Data is stored in PostgreSQL and Couchbase. The services are running in Docker containers on several data centers in a high availability mode, managed by Kubernetes. The frontend is based on React.js. We are using GitLab for source control and continuous integration. The development process is based on Scrum with 2-week sprints.

What will keep you challenged?

• Being responsible for the frontend development and design of our exciting product
• Independently choosing the best approach and frameworks
• Creating a responsive UI design and integrate your code with the backend development team
• Working together with a team of excellent engineers and product managers
• Sharing your knowledge and experience with the team
• Willingness to learn and interest in user interactions and user experience
• Working in a growing team

What are we looking for?

• At least 3 years of relevant experience in frontend development with HTML5 and CSS3
• Vast domain knowledge in Javascript including modern frameworks, libraries, and best practices
• Experience with React, Webpack, Babel and a testing framework like e.g. Jest
• You are passionate about functional programming and ideally, you have some experience with a functional language apart from Javascript
• Prior experience with source control tools – Git, Github, Gitlab
• You love working in agile teams, JIRA and Confluence are no strangers to you
• Good communication skills, high proficiency in English, German language skills are a plus

Why Elinvar?

• Elinvar is the comprehensive, digital and customized solution for wealth managers
• Our partners manage billions and expect excellence. We empower employees to reshape finance and look for talented and dedicated people
• Managing billions, our partners expect only excellent solutions. We empower employees to reshape finance and look for talented and dedicated people
• Our co-founders share tremendous industry expertise and together with the team are dedicated to ensure Elinvar’s long term success
• We believe hard work and success deserve to be celebrated – both in and out of the office