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Fullstack Software Engineer (Finance/Trading background preferred)

Build real-time trading interfaces for UBS’s front-office users. The fullstack role develops order, position and execution screens connected to streaming data and Java services.

What you’d work on

Our reading of the posting: what a new hire in this role would most likely spend their first months on.

Develop responsive trading screens with React and TypeScript.
Integrate streaming updates and backend APIs.
Test correctness and performance during frequent market-data changes.
Diagnose interface issues with business users and developers.

What they ask for

Required

React and TypeScript
Data-heavy interface development
Java server-side development
REST and asynchronous data
Frontend testing

Preferred

WebSockets or other streaming tools
Financial-market knowledge
AG-Grid or similar enterprise UI libraries

Education: No degree requirement stated.
Experience: 3–5 years in frontend development and at least 1 year with server-side Java.
Languages and tools: React
TypeScript
JavaScript
Java
Spring
HTML
CSS

How to prepare

Build an order blotter with streaming updates and stale-data indicators.
Test UI behaviour under high update rates.
Implement a Java API and end-to-end order-state checks.

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