Front End Engineer

Covestor Limited (doing business as Interactive Advisors ("IA")) are part of the IBKR group. We are an online robo-advisor and investing platform, offering clients in the USA a variety of portfolios. This role will be permanent with IA, and working with us you will get exposure to Interactive Advisors work streams but also many projects working with the wider IBKR group. 

We're looking for a talented Front-End Engineer to take a hands-on delivery role across our most critical platform initiatives — continuously improving our trading UIs in Vue. 

You'll be working on technically demanding challenges: building and adapting high-performance JavaScript/TypeScript libraries for real-time browser connectivity, low-latency data parsing, robust error handling, and more. If you're excited by the intersection of complex financial data and exceptional user experience, this role is for you. 

We are also open to strong server-side engineers with a genuine interest in front-end technologies who are looking to cross-train into a full-stack role — we'll invest in helping you get there.

We currently operate a hybrid working model at IBKR, and so you will be able to commute to our fantastic central London office (The Walkie Talkie Building) 4 days per week, where you will be pleased to hear we offer lunch every day you are in the office from a selection of vendors.

Responsibilities 

Design and build scalable web applications within the VueJs ecosystem (VueJs, Vuex, Pinia, Vite, Cypress, webpack) 

Owning and building high-traffic applications with a focus on speed and user experience 

Proactively identifying and implementing improvements to architecture, performance and code quality 

Collaborating with colleagues and peers to ideate, plan, and organize large-scale projects 

Contribute and help maintain our company-wide Vue UI Component Library 

Set direction and partner with other frontend engineers to implement new technologies  

Requirements 

Technical 

5+ years of commercial software development experience, with a strong emphasis on single-page application (SPA) development 

Deep, production-level experience with at least one major JavaScript framework — Vue3 (ideally), Angular or React; experience with more than one is a strong plus 

Strong TypeScript skills; able to design and build robust, well-typed libraries and components 

Solid command of HTML5 and CSS3, including responsive design, accessibility and cross-browser compatibility 

Experience with modern front-end tooling: build systems (Vite, rollup), testing frameworks (Vitest, Playwright) and CI/CD pipelines 

Familiarity with AI concepts and tooling — including AI-assisted development, LLM integration in web applications; practical experience is a strong plus 

A solid grounding in core computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms and system design 

Experience with real-time data (WebSockets, SSE or similar) is a significant advantage in this role 

Good to have experience with AG Grid, Prime Vue, UI state management systems such as Pina, Redux, and UI design systems. 

Soft Skills & Ways of Working 

Strong communicator, equally comfortable in a detailed technical discussion with senior engineers and a user-centred design discussion with product experts 

Able to pick up new business domains quickly, asking sharp questions and building understanding fast 

Demonstrates strong personal integrity and accountability 

Open to and actively seeks constructive feedback 

Academic 

A degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related STEM discipline; a postgraduate qualification is a plus 

Personal Attributes 

A passionate advocate for clean, concise and maintainable code 

A natural technical leader who earns the trust and confidence of peers 

A collaborative team player — confident enough to admit mistakes, comfortable leading and following in equal measure, always willing to learn as well as teach 

Someone who thrives in a fast-paced, high-energy environment and takes genuine ownership of outcomes

Location:

 20 Fenchurch Street, London, EC3M 3BY

9am – 6pm, Monday – Friday

Benefits:

Career support and development

Salary commensurate with experience

Performance based discretionary cash bonus scheme

Discretionary stock grant

Group Life Assurance cover

Group Income Protection

Occupation pension scheme based on Gross earnings

Hybrid working model

Above statutory annual leave, increasing with service

Daily company-paid lunch and healthy snack options throughout the day (when working from the office)

Access to Private Medical Insurance, Dental Plan and / or Health Cash Plan*

Corporate events

Travel season ticket loans*

Cycle to work scheme*

Fitness subsidisation

*on successful completion of the probation period