Develop and evolve investor-facing equities products using React and TypeScript. Partner with investors, product managers, UX designers, and engineering teams to understand workflows, prototype solutions, and deliver high-performance, data-intensive interfaces for research, risk analytics, portfolio analysis, and investment decisions. Own products end to end, from identifying user needs through launch and iteration, while maintaining high standards for quality, testing, performance, and maintainability.
Job Description
Equities Engineering:
Equities Engineering powers the world's most successful Fundamental Equities business. Our platform finds an edge in the market through proprietary research, analytics, and portfolio management tools. Our investors are sector specialists who develop deep theses on the largest public companies globally. As one of the most product-obsessed engineering teams at Citadel, we design and deliver a sophisticated suite of tools that drive every stage of the investment process-from rigorous fundamental research to systematic portfolio construction.
Equities Product Frontend Engineers partner closely with trading, portfolio management, risk, and research teams to build high-impact, investor-facing products. In this role, you will own the full UI surface area for a segment of the investor workflow, operating with significant accountability, execution velocity, and direct commercial impact.
Role Responsibilities:
Requirements:
Education:
Bachelor's degree in computer science or related STEM discipline required.
In accordance with applicable law, the base salary range for this role is $105,000 to $300,000.
In addition, the employee who fills this role will be eligible to participate in a discretionary incentive compensation program, as well as a wide array of benefit programs, such as medical and life insurance, retirement and tax-free savings plans, and access to other healthcare programs.
In accordance with applicable law, the base salary range for this role is $105,000 to $300,000.
In addition, the employee who fills this role will be eligible to participate in a discretionary incentive compensation program, as well as a wide array of benefit programs, such as medical and life insurance, retirement and tax-free savings plans, and access to other healthcare programs.
About Citadel Securities
Citadel Securities is a technology-driven, next-generation global market maker. We provide institutional and retail investors with world-class liquidity, competitive pricing and seamless front-to-back execution in a broad array of financial products. Our teams of engineers, traders and researchers harness leading-edge quantitative research and the accelerating power of compute, machine learning and AI to power our analytics and tackle the market's and our clients' most critical challenges. Together, we are forging the future of capital markets. For more information, visit citadelsecurities.com .
Equities Engineering:
Equities Engineering powers the world's most successful Fundamental Equities business. Our platform finds an edge in the market through proprietary research, analytics, and portfolio management tools. Our investors are sector specialists who develop deep theses on the largest public companies globally. As one of the most product-obsessed engineering teams at Citadel, we design and deliver a sophisticated suite of tools that drive every stage of the investment process-from rigorous fundamental research to systematic portfolio construction.
Equities Product Frontend Engineers partner closely with trading, portfolio management, risk, and research teams to build high-impact, investor-facing products. In this role, you will own the full UI surface area for a segment of the investor workflow, operating with significant accountability, execution velocity, and direct commercial impact.
Role Responsibilities:
- Own the end-to-end development and evolution of products for an Equities vertical, from identifying user pain points and opportunities through design, implementation, launch, and iteration.
- Work directly with investors and other users to understand workflows, uncover opportunities to improve Citadel processes, and translate those insights into intuitive, high-impact product experiences.
- Build data-intensive, high-performance applications using React and TypeScript, supporting workflows such as research, risk analytics, portfolio analysis, and investment decision-making.
- Partner with Product Managers and UX Designers, contributing to product strategy, prioritization, and solution design with strong technical judgment, commercial awareness, and user empathy.
- Rapidly prototype and iterate on new products and features, refining solutions with user feedback and real-world usage to maximize impact.
- Maintain a high bar for engineering quality and ownership, delivering clean, well-tested, maintainable software while managing multiple products and priorities.
Requirements:
- 3+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- Strong frontend engineering expertise with advanced proficiency in React and TypeScript.
- Demonstrated experience building and shipping production-grade, data-driven user interfaces.
- Strong understanding of frontend architecture, state management, performance optimization, and component design.
- Ability to operate independently with high ownership and accountability.
- Proven product mindset, balancing technical excellence with commercial impact.
- Excellent collaboration skills across engineering, product, and design teams.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, iterative development environment.
Education:
Bachelor's degree in computer science or related STEM discipline required.
In accordance with applicable law, the base salary range for this role is $105,000 to $300,000.
In addition, the employee who fills this role will be eligible to participate in a discretionary incentive compensation program, as well as a wide array of benefit programs, such as medical and life insurance, retirement and tax-free savings plans, and access to other healthcare programs.
In accordance with applicable law, the base salary range for this role is $105,000 to $300,000.
In addition, the employee who fills this role will be eligible to participate in a discretionary incentive compensation program, as well as a wide array of benefit programs, such as medical and life insurance, retirement and tax-free savings plans, and access to other healthcare programs.
About Citadel Securities
Citadel Securities is a technology-driven, next-generation global market maker. We provide institutional and retail investors with world-class liquidity, competitive pricing and seamless front-to-back execution in a broad array of financial products. Our teams of engineers, traders and researchers harness leading-edge quantitative research and the accelerating power of compute, machine learning and AI to power our analytics and tackle the market's and our clients' most critical challenges. Together, we are forging the future of capital markets. For more information, visit citadelsecurities.com .
Similar Jobs at Citadel Securities
Information Technology • Software • Financial Services • Quantitative Trading
Build high-performance, workflow-driven client interfaces for institutional electronic trading platforms using TypeScript and React. Integrate front-end applications with C++, Python, distributed backend services, real-time data, and data pipelines. Translate complex trading and market-data workflows into intuitive experiences, optimize performance, establish UI engineering best practices, and contribute to reusable frameworks, component libraries, and developer tooling while collaborating with product, business, quantitative research, and engineering teams.
Top Skills:
C++PythonReactTypescript
Information Technology • Software • Financial Services • Quantitative Trading
Conduct quantitative research for automated trading strategies by developing mathematical models, translating algorithms into code, backtesting trading signals, analyzing unconventional data, and refining monetization systems. Collaborate with senior researchers during an 11-week post-doctoral internship while applying advanced probability, statistics, machine learning, and time-series techniques to financial markets.
Top Skills:
C++Machine LearningNatural Language Processing (Nlp)Pattern RecognitionPythonRTime-Series Analysis
Information Technology • Software • Financial Services • Quantitative Trading
Build the core visualization platform, reusable frameworks, design systems, and developer tooling for client-facing financial analytics. Translate complex market and trading data into clear, high-performance applications while partnering with product, design, sales, and engineering teams. Evaluate emerging technologies, provide hands-on technical leadership, conduct design reviews, and mentor engineers. The role requires strong software engineering, visual design judgment, interaction design, and information architecture expertise.
Top Skills:
D3.JsObservablePythonReactThree.JsTypescriptVegaWebgl
What you need to know about the Los Angeles Tech Scene
Los Angeles is a global leader in entertainment, so it’s no surprise that many of the biggest players in streaming, digital media and game development call the city home. But the city boasts plenty of non-entertainment innovation as well, with tech companies spanning verticals like AI, fintech, e-commerce and biotech. With major universities like Caltech, UCLA, USC and the nearby UC Irvine, the city has a steady supply of top-flight tech and engineering talent — not counting the graduates flocking to Los Angeles from across the world to enjoy its beaches, culture and year-round temperate climate.
Key Facts About Los Angeles Tech
- Number of Tech Workers: 375,800; 5.5% of overall workforce (2024 CompTIA survey)
- Major Tech Employers: Snap, Netflix, SpaceX, Disney, Google
- Key Industries: Artificial intelligence, adtech, media, software, game development
- Funding Landscape: $11.6 billion in venture capital funding in 2024 (Pitchbook)
- Notable Investors: Strong Ventures, Fifth Wall, Upfront Ventures, Mucker Capital, Kittyhawk Ventures
- Research Centers and Universities: California Institute of Technology, UCLA, University of Southern California, UC Irvine, Pepperdine, California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy, Center for Quantum Science and Engineering
