Company Description
Since its creation in 2007 in the financial city of Frankfurt am Main Solactive AG has grown to one of the key players in the indexing space. The German multiasset index provider focusses on tailormade indices offering to its clients a faster service with greater flexibility and at a reasonable cost. Solactive AG and its subsidiaries have become one of the fastest growing index providers over the past few years and support the leading investment banks and asset managers across the globe. We have gained global recognition for our role in the Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) industry where we rank among the top providers worldwide for underlying indices. We also excel in diverse areas such as Structured Products and investment mandates showcasing the wide range of our capabilities. The impact and value we bring to the market is palpable but also in the reputation we have proudly built by being close to our customers solidifying Solactive AG as a trusted and reliable ally in the everevolving global financial landscape.
Job Overview
The User Interfaces Team at Solactive defines implements and maintains our Design System the foundation for consistent highquality interfaces across the company. This system ensures a cohesive user experience standardizes processes and promotes collaboration enhancing efficiency in development and operations. The team also manages Solactives public website aligning it with our design principles and ensuring smooth integration.
As a Principal Software Engineer youll tackle complex challenges building scalable userfriendly frontend applications that delight internal and external users. Collaborating with development and business teams youll drive UI design and implementation setting new standards for frontend excellence. Our fastgrowing dynamic environment offers the opportunity to make a significant impact continuously learn and grow.
If you thrive on solving complex problems and building reliable highperformance systems wed love to hear from you.
Your Tasks
- UI Framework & Design System: Maintain and enhance the UI framework used as the basis for all graphical interfaces at Solactive ensuring a consistent and cohesive design language.
- Design and Implementation of UI Architecture: Develop a flexible and scalable architecture for user interfaces that supports the needs of current and future projects.
- FrontEnd Development: Lead the development and maintenance of Solactives public webpage as well as other clientfacing applications with a strong focus on user experience and performance.
- Solactive Public Webpage: Lead the development and maintenance of Solactives public webpage using a modern tech stack (Strapi Astro Vite)
- Collaboration with CrossFunctional Teams: Work closely with backend DevOps and business teams to ensure smooth integration and deployment of frontend applications.
- Support FullStack Development: Utilize knowledge in Java Go and Python as needed to assist with fullstack development tasks
Your Profile
- Deep Expertise in React: Proven track record of designing building and scaling complex frontend applications using React.
- UI Framework Maintenance: Experienced in maintaining a UI framework or design system ensuring consistency across all graphical interfaces.
- Architecture Design: Ability to design flexible scalable UI architectures that allow for future growth and adaptation.
- ProblemSolving Mindset: Skilled in creating and applying problemsolving scripts to tackle complex development challenges efficiently.
- Collaboration & Mentorship: Strong communicator able to work well with other teams and mentor junior developers.
- Fullstack proficiency: Strong understanding of backend development concepts and technologies to collaborate effectively with backend teams and contribute to the overall architecture (Java Go Python).
- Innovation: A drive to explore new approaches and technologies to improve development processes and deliver innovative solutions.
Our Offer
- Global Team: Join our motivated international team at Solactive
- FinTech Excellence: Experience FinTech excellence at Solactive
- Modern C ulture: Enjoy our modern flat hierarchy and startuplike culture
- Responsibility & Connections: Take over responsibility from day one and build relationships in and outside the company
- Vacation: Enjoy 30 annual vacation days plus extra time off for Christmas Eve and New Year
- Competitive Compensation: Receive a competitive compensation package
- Special Benefits: Job ticket access to Corporate Benefits modern office space with ergonomic setup employee lounge and free beverages and fruits
- Community & Networking: Engage in our various networking events
- Professional Development: Grow both personally and professionally through our diverse training offers
- Flexibility: Embrace a flexible work culture with the freedom to choose your work hours including a hybrid work model all within a diverse and dynamic environment