VS01729 - Investment Full Stack Developer

Core stack:

• Front end: React or a similar modern component-based framework with Context-based state management,
• Chart.js for visualizations, and TailwindCSS for design
• Backend: FastAPI (or Flask) with REST APIs

Required skills:

• 4+ years of relevant work experience in frontend development, ideally within an institutional investment environment.
• Strong JavaScript/HTML/CSS foundation, with proven experience using modern frameworks (preferably React) to build sophisticated user interfaces.
• Deep understanding of UI/UX considerations for financial and modelling applications.
• prior experience developing bespoke frontends for quantitative applications is a strong plus.
• Experience designing and consuming REST APIs, with hands-on exposure to FastAPI, Flask, Express, or similar frameworks.
• Comfort handling structured and unstructured data across multiple formats, including JSON, spreadsheets, and flat files (CSV).
• Experience with Git/GitHub and standard software development practices, including integration testing, end-to-end testing, and user acceptance testing.
• Practical understanding of CI/CD and basic DevOps concepts.
• Clear communication skills and the ability to work independently.
• CFA or Actuarial qualification is a plus.

Frontend Craftsmanship

• Ability to design and build sophisticated, intuitive user interfaces for financial and quantitative applications - translating complex data and workflows into interactions that are clear and usable for institutional investment audiences.

Full Stack Versatility

• Comfort working across the stack - contributing to backend API design and implementation with FastAPI or Flask when needed, while maintaining a primary focus on frontend delivery.

Stakeholder Translation

• Ability to work directly with business stakeholders to translate requirements into design specs, wireframes, and proof-of-concepts, iterating rapidly to reach agreed final specifications.

Engineering Rigor

• Strong software engineering practices applied consistently - delivering solutions that are scalable, maintainable, well-tested, properly validated, and aligned with SDLC best practices and Marsh coding standards.

Data Fluency

• Confidence handling structured and unstructured data across formats such as JSON, spreadsheets, and CSV files in service of investment and quantitative tools.

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with senior developers in the International Tools Team to contribute to the design, development, and ongoing enhancement of user-facing quantitative investment tools, with a primary focus on UI design and development.

• Work with business stakeholders as needed to translate requirements into design specs and wireframes/proof-of-concepts, rapidly iterating to agree final specifications.

• Contribute to technical design discussions and support the ongoing development and enhancement of team engineering standards.

• Apply strong software engineering and development practices to deliver solutions that are scalable, maintainable, well-tested, properly validated, and aligned with SDLC best practices and Marsh coding standards.

• Database experience with cloud-based SQL databases, including schema design, querying, and ORMs.

• Experience with financial data providers such as Bloomberg or Refinitiv.

• Experience with cloud hosting platforms such as AWS or Azure.

• Exposure to containerization, observability, or production support in a web application environment.

• Collaborate closely with senior developers within the International Tools Team on the design, architecture, and ongoing enhancement of quantitative investment tools.

• Partner directly with business stakeholders to gather requirements and rapidly iterate through wireframes and proof-of-concepts toward agreed final specifications.

• Contribute to technical design discussions and engineering standards conversations across the wider team.