Senior Frontend (React) Developer – Financial Platforms 80 - 100% (f/m/d) - (Contract through our external payroll partner with immediate start for 6 months with possible extension)

At Julius Baer, we celebrate and value the individual qualities you bring, enabling you to be impactful, to be entrepreneurial, to be empowered, and to create value beyond wealth. Let’s shape the future of wealth management together. We are seeking an experienced Senior Frontend Engineer Frontend Developer to join our dynamic team at a leading financial institution in Zurich, Switzerland. In this role, you will play a key part in the frontend migration of mission critical financial platforms, driving technical excellence. You bring deep expertise in JavaScript/TypeScript and React, combined with strong engineering judgment, a passion for high quality user experiences, and a solid understanding of enterprise scale systems in regulated environments. YOUR CHALLENGE Take ownership of complex frontend solutions, ensuring scalability, performance, security, and long‑term maintainability Partner closely with UX/UI designers and business stakeholders to translate complex requirements into intuitive, high‑quality user experiences Deliver high‑quality, production‑grade React and TypeScript code for complex financial applications Address advanced frontend challenges such as state management, performance optimization, and integration with distributed backend systems Proactively refactor and modernize existing codebases where required Support troubleshooting and root‑cause analysis in both development and production environments Contribute actively in an agile, fast‑paced, and highly collaborative environment YOUR PROFILE Extensive, hands‑on experience in JavaScript and TypeScript, with a strong focus on React at enterprise scale Deep understanding of modern frontend ecosystems, tools, and frameworks (React, Node.js, build tooling) Proven experience working with design systems and large, shared component libraries Solid understanding of Unix/Linux environments and bash scripting Experience in the financial services or other highly regulated industries is a plus Experience with cloud platforms, preferably Microsoft Azure Knowledge of microservices architecture and containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices Exposure to API security, OAuth2, and related standards Excellent analytical, decision‑making, and problem‑solving skills Strong communication skills, a proactive mindset, and the ability to influence technical direction Proven ability to thrive in agile, cross‑functional teams We are looking forward to receiving your full job application through our online application tool. Further interesting job opportunities can be found on our Career site. Is this not quite what you are looking for? Set up a job alert by creating a candidate account here. The international reference in wealth management Julius Baer is the leading Swiss wealth management group. We focus on servicing and advising sophisticated private clients from around the world, taking into account what truly matters to them – in their business and personal life, today and for future generations. Headquartered in Zurich, we are present in around 60 locations worldwide, including Bangkok, Dubai, Dublin, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hong Kong, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Mexico City, Milan, Monaco, Mumbai, Santiago de Chile, Shanghai, Singapore, Tel Aviv, and Tokyo. Why join Julius Baer? At Julius Baer our employees enjoy the benefits of a global company with the support and collegiality of a much smaller one. We are growing quickly, but we remain dedicated to maintaining our accessible structure with flat hierarchies, and approachable and supportive leaders. With offices around the world, we offer an international and stimulating work environment and the opportunity to work with a diverse team of highly motivated colleagues, bringing the best of the bank to our clients. Our core values of Care, Passion, and Excellence define the tone of how we interact with each other and our partners. Committed to your success Whether nurturing young talent with our renowned apprentice scheme, enabling ambitious university graduates to put theory into practice with our Graduate Programme, or providing first-class opportunities for experienced professionals, we look after our employees. We believe in continuous learning as a company and as individuals, which is why we put a focus on the health and well-being of our employees and offer flexible working options, a wide array of benefits, and extensive career development programmes. For more information visit www.juliusbaer.com or contact us via the Contact Form. For recruiting agents, please see the additional information here.