UX Developer - AI-Driven Risk Cockpit (Front Office Trading)

UX Developer - AI-Driven Risk Cockpit (Front Office Trading)

Posted Today by IT Human Resources

Negotiable
Undetermined
Undetermined
London, UK

Summary: The role of UX Developer involves transforming a proof-of-concept into a market-ready MVP for a financial sector client's Risk Cockpit. The position focuses on creating a high-performance user experience for traders, integrating AI-powered insights and real-time data visualization. The developer will lead front-end development, ensuring intuitive design and collaboration with various stakeholders. This position is ideal for a freelance developer with a strong background in trading platforms and user experience design.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead Front End development of the Risk Cockpit with a heavy emphasis on UX/UI for professional trading environments.
  • Build dynamic, AI-integrated interfaces that turn complex market data into actionable decisions.
  • Implement a Real Time Embedded chat assistant capable of contextual news delivery and natural-language queries.
  • Translate trader workflows into intuitive, high-speed, data-rich visualizations that explain P&L movements and risk spikes.
  • Ensure cross-platform consistency across desktop and mobile.
  • Work closely with product owners, data scientists, and trading desk stakeholders to refine requirements from PoC to MVP.
  • Integrate with Back End developers and AI/ML teams to deliver Real Time analytics and proactive alerts.

Key Skills:

  • Strong expertise in modern Front End frameworks (React, Angular, or Vue) and Real Time data visualization libraries (eg, D3.js, Highcharts, Plotly).
  • Experience building high-performance, low-latency trading or risk platforms.
  • Knowledge of AI/ML integration into UI components (chatbots, natural language queries, predictive alerts) is a strong plus.
  • Background in Front Office risk, trading platforms, or spread-betting platforms is essential.
  • Familiarity with P&L drivers, market data, and risk metrics.
  • Demonstrated ability to create clean, actionable interfaces for complex data sets, focusing on speed, clarity, and trader decision-making.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
  • Comfortable working in an agile, fast-moving environment from proof-of-concept to MVP.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: London

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

We are seeking an experienced UX Developer to help transform a cutting-edge PoC into a market-ready MVP for a financial sector client's next-generation Risk Cockpit.

This platform will serve as a one-stop shop for traders, providing actionable risk and P&L insights with AI-powered intelligence and a seamless, high-performance user experience across desktop and mobile.

What you should do:

  • Design & Development
    • Lead Front End development of the Risk Cockpit with a heavy emphasis on UX/UI for professional trading environments.
    • Build dynamic, AI-integrated interfaces that turn complex market data into actionable decisions.
    • Implement a Real Time Embedded chat assistant capable of contextual news delivery and natural-language queries
  • User Experience
    • Translate trader workflows into intuitive, high-speed, data-rich visualizations that explain P&L movements and risk spikes.
    • Ensure cross-platform consistency across desktop and mobile.
  • Collaboration
    • Work closely with product owners, data scientists, and trading desk stakeholders to refine requirements from PoC to MVP.
    • Integrate with Back End developers and AI/ML teams to deliver Real Time analytics and proactive alerts.

Required Skills & Experience

  • Technical
    • Strong expertise in modern Front End frameworks (React, Angular, or Vue) and Real Time data visualization libraries (eg, D3.js, Highcharts, Plotly).
    • Experience building high-performance, low-latency trading or risk platforms.
    • Knowledge of AI/ML integration into UI components (chatbots, natural language queries, predictive alerts) is a strong plus.
  • Domain
    • Background in Front Office risk, trading platforms, or spread-betting platforms is essential.
    • Familiarity with P&L drivers, market data, and risk metrics.
  • UX
    • Demonstrated ability to create clean, actionable interfaces for complex data sets, focusing on speed, clarity, and trader decision-making.
  • Other
    • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
    • Comfortable working in an agile, fast-moving environment from proof-of-concept to MVP.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with Real Time messaging and streaming data (WebSockets, Kafka).
  • Exposure to financial APIs, market data feeds, or AI chat integrations.
  • Strong grasp of design systems and responsive design principles.

If you're a freelance UX developer ready to take on a challenges in an innovative trading product, we'd love to hear from you!