Your Role

Leading the UX Engineering team you will be responsible for:

• Leading set of front-end engineers towards building core infrastructure required for UI development across the firm
• Working closely with the business in Bangalore and Greenwich, CT, USA on defining new internal and external application interfaces
• Developing the technology strategy for UI development for the firm
• Building re-usable web libraries and user-facing components that support large, complex web applications at the firm.
• Designing and developing data intensive UI applications with great emphasis on data accuracy, reusability, scalability and performance
• Institutionalizing UI development process compatible to work with product owners, users, backend engineers and operations.
• Demonstrating the benefits of good design and user experience across AQR
• Optimizing web applications on client side (browser) and server side (web servers) to maximize speed and scale.
• Continually drive improvements in web infrastructure at the firm to be up-to-date with the latest in the industry.

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science or related field of engineering
• Over 14+ years of working experience in leading teams and delivering software applications
• Strong experience using modern browser frameworks like Angular, or React or Vue
• In-depth knowledge of JavaScript and other browser technologies including HTML5 and CSS3.
• Working experience with various front end libraries and components including Highchart, d3, ag-grid etc.,.
• Strong understanding of user experience design and data visualization techniques
• Familiarity with the whole web stack, including browser JS engine, HTTP, web servers and optimization techniques
• Outstanding coding, debugging skills and analytical skills