UX Developer - AI-Driven Risk Cockpit (Front Office Trading)
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!
- Company
- IT Human Resources
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Employment Type
- Contract
- Salary
- GBP Annual
- Posted
- Company
- IT Human Resources
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Employment Type
- Contract
- Salary
- GBP Annual
- Posted