Junior Front-End Developer (React) - Systematic Commodities Hedge Fund
Junior Front-End Developer (React) – Systematic Commodities Hedge Fund
Moreton Capital Partners is seeking a Junior Front-End Developer to help build the internal analytics platform that powers our traders and quantitative researchers.
We are launching live trading across global commodity futures with an investment process driven by machine learning, systematic research, and institutional-grade infrastructure. Our internal platform is mission-critical: it is how signals are monitored, portfolios are analyzed, risk is controlled, and decisions are made in real time.
This is a rare opportunity for an early-career engineer to work directly with portfolio managers, quants, and researchers, building tools that have immediate impact on live capital.
You will own and ship user-facing systems used daily by the investment team.
Key Responsibilities
- Build and maintain modern web applications for internal research, trading, and risk analytics.
- Develop interactive dashboards for portfolio performance, exposures, signals, and execution monitoring.
- Implement real-time visualization of market data, model outputs, and trading activity.
- Collaborate closely with quant developers and researchers to translate analytical workflows into intuitive UIs.
- Integrate front-end systems with Python/FastAPI backends and data services.
- Improve usability, speed, and reliability of internal tools used under live trading conditions.
- Contribute to shared component libraries and design standards across the platform.
Support deployment, testing, and monitoring of production web apps.
Requirements
- Strong proficiency in React and TypeScript.
- Solid understanding of modern front-end fundamentals (state management, hooks, async data flows, API integration).
- Experience building dashboards or data-heavy web applications.
- Clean, maintainable code and good engineering discipline (Git, testing, reviews).
- Comfortable working closely with technical users and iterating quickly on feedback.
- Self-starter who thrives in a lean, high-ownership environment.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field (or equivalent experience).
Bonus Points For
- Experience with financial or trading applications.
- Familiarity with charting/visualisation libraries (Plotly, D3, Recharts, Highcharts, etc.).
- Knowledge of Python or backend APIs (FastAPI, Flask).
- Experience with real-time systems (WebSockets, streaming data).
- Exposure to AWS, Docker, or CI/CD workflows.
Interest in markets, commodities, or quantitative investing.
Benefits
- Impact from day one: Your tools will be used daily by traders managing live institutional capital.
- Direct exposure: Work alongside the CIO, portfolio managers, and quant researchers.
- Learning curve: Deep exposure to commodity markets, systematic trading, and data-driven decision making.