via Greenhouse · 8 September 2026 ·11 days ago

Software Engineer - Front End - Studio (Core)

clearstreet
London
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>About Clear Street</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Clear Street’s mission is to give every sophisticated investor access to every asset, in every market, through a unified platform built for speed, transparency and scale.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We give our clients the technology, tools, and service once reserved for the largest institutions, rebuilt with modern infrastructure. Our single, cloud-native, end-to-end capital markets platform powers investor growth today and is transforming how they can interact with markets tomorrow.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">For more information, visit <a href="https://clearstreet.io/">https://clearstreet.io</a>.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Role</span></strong></p>
<p><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">As a Senior Software Engineer (Front-End)\, you will help build our flagship Clear Street Studio, a </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">modern prime brokerage experience. You will tackle non-trivial problems that force you to balance </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">trade-offs while implementing clean and efficient solutions. You will raise our bar on delivering solutions </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">that delight and offer the best experience for our customers, and you will push our operational </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">standards to ensure we can offer and maintain a high SLA.</span></p>
<p><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This role is deeply involved in engineering the next generation of our state-of-the-art Studio (portal) for </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">a varied client base including hedge funds, traders, and portfolio managers. As a senior member of the </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">team, you will set technical direction, mentor other engineers, and own significant parts of the platform</span><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">end to end.</span></p>
<p><br><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">What You’ll Do</span></strong></p>
<p><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">• Lead the design and delivery of complex, user-facing features and shared foundations for Clear </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Street Studio.</span><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">• Drive a system-design approach to building new front-end services, balancing trade-offs across </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">scale, performance, and maintainability.</span><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">• Set and evolve engineering standards across the Studio Core team, including architecture, testing, </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">tooling, and code quality.</span><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">• Mentor and grow other engineers through code review, pairing, and technical guidance.</span><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">• Partner with product, design, and back-end leads to shape roadmaps and turn ambiguous problems </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">into clear technical plans.</span><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">• Own the operational excellence of your domains, ensuring reliability, observability, and a high SLA.</span><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">• Clearly explain the nuances of system design and front-end paradigms to engineers and </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">stakeholders alike.</span></p>
<p><br><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Team</span></strong></p>
<p><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">You will join the Studio Core front-end team, a group of talented, passionate and highly collaborative </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">engineers who own the foundations of the Clear Street Studio experience. Working together, we have </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">built a platform that serves institutional clients and is at the forefront of technological innovation. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Our engineers take pride not just in the value we provide our customers, but in the quality of our work. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">As a member of our team, you will work with cutting-edge technologies, collaborate with colleagues </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">from diverse backgrounds, and make a meaningful impact on the financial industry. We value creativity, </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">innovation, and a strong work ethic, and we are committed to providing our team members with the </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">support and resources they need to succeed.</span></p>
<p><br><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Tech Stack</span></strong></p>
<p><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">React, TypeScript, Next.js, Module Federation, Nx, Node.js, Kubernetes, and Cloud (AWS or Azure).</span></p>
<p><br><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">What We’re Looking For</span></strong></p>
<p><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">• At least six (6) years of professional experience implementing scalable web applications with React </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">and TypeScript.</span><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">• Experience contributing to systems that solve complex business problems and handle massive </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">amounts of data; you are drawn towards scale, distributed systems, and associated technologies.</span><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">• A strong command of design patterns, data structures, and algorithms.</span><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">• The ability to clearly explain the nuances of system design and paradigms to engineers and </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">stakeholders.</span><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">• A track record of prioritizing end-user experience, reflected in your API design, functionality, and </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">performance.</span><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">• Demonstrated ability to mentor team members, define engineering standards, and drive a system- </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">design approach to building new services.</span><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a consistent focus on delivering high-quality </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">products.</span><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">• Pride in the quality of your work and a high standard for what you ship.</span></p>
<p><br><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Nice to Have</span></strong></p>
<p><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">• Experience leading front-end architecture for large-scale or data-intensive applications.</span><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">• Deep experience with monorepo tooling (Nx, Turborepo) and micro-frontend architectures such as </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Module Federation.</span><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud platforms (AWS or Azure).</span><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">• Experience in financial services, capital markets, or trading platforms.</span></p>
<p><br><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">What We Offer</span></strong></p>
<p><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">At Clear Street, we offer competitive compensation packages, company equity, pension, gender-neutral </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">parental leave, and full medical and dental insurance. Our belief has always been that we are better as a </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">business when we are all together in person. As such, we require employees to be in the office a </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">minimum of three days per week. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Our top priority is our people. We’re continuously investing in a culture that promotes collaboration. We </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">help each other through challenges and celebrate each other’s successes. We believe that modern </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">workplaces succeed by virtue of having high-performance workforces that are diverse in ideas, in </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">cultures, and in experiences. We put in the effort to make such a workplace a daily reality and are proud </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">to be an equal opportunity employer.</span></p>

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