Front End Developer

Vest

Location: United States
Job Type: full-time
Salary: Unknown
Posted: August 19, 2025

Job Description

Overview

At Vest, we make derivatives work for everyone. We create outcome-focused investment strategies that help investors manage risk and navigate uncertainty with clarity and confidence.

While traditional portfolio management relies heavily on diversification, we believe in a smarter, more precise approach. Our solutions reshape market uncertainty into defined investment results—bringing more certainty to portfolios through accessible, expertly engineered products.

With $45B+ in assets and a pristine track record of hitting targets, Vest is pioneering a new standard defined outcome investing.

About the Role

Become a key player as a Senior Frontend Developer on our energetic team, creating and designing web applications that drive our company's success. Take charge of building customer-facing applications, key contributor in our corporate website redesign, participate in new mobile app development, and collaborate closely with our dynamic teams in a fast-paced environment.

What You’ll Do

Lead design and help implement a new customer facing web application
Build responsive, scalable, and accessible web interfaces
Provide direction and implementation for a company web site relaunch
Mobile application development
Collaborate with a fast-paced, cross functional team with direct impacts for our business

What We’re Looking For

5+ years of front-end software development experience
Experience with principles from “Laws of UX” (Yablonski) and Visual Explanations (Tufte)
Portfolio of work demonstrating modern design principles
3+ years experience with React and JavaScript
1+ years experience integrating with Python, Django, and PostgreSQL
History of rapid implementation of MVP customer facing applications
1+ years Vue.js emphasizing Nuxt 3

Benefits

401(k) with matching contribution
Competitive medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents
Remote-first company
Flexible PTO
Paid parental leave
Quarterly performance bonuses

About Vest

Vest was founded in 2012, based on the conviction that investors' desire for more certainty in their investment outcomes is not being adequately met. To address this market need, we created Target Outcome Investments®, which target a defined return profile, with an allowance for a specific level of risk, at a particular point in time. Today, Target Outcome Investments are available as mutual funds, exchange traded funds, unit investment trusts, collective investment trusts, and customizable managed accounts / sub-advisory services. They seek to provide investors with targeted protection, enhanced returns, or income with a level of predictability unattainable with most other investments available today. First Trust Capital Partners LLC and Cboe Global Markets, Inc. indirectly have equity interests in Vest Financial. We are a young firm, growing fast and looking to expand our team to help serve our clients better.

🎯 Who is this job for?

This role is best suited for a Senior Frontend Developer with 5+ years of experience, strong expertise in React, JavaScript, and modern UI/UX principles, plus familiarity with Vue/Nuxt, Python/Django, and PostgreSQL. The position focuses on leading customer-facing web apps, redesigning the corporate website, and contributing to mobile app development in a fast-paced environment. It fits someone with a strong design sense, experience delivering MVPs quickly, and a passion for building scalable, accessible, and user-focused applications.

💬 Potential Interview Questions

How do you apply UX principles like Yablonski’s Laws or Tufte’s Visual Explanations in frontend development?
By emphasizing hierarchy, clarity, minimalism, and user behavior patterns to craft intuitive, visually coherent interfaces.
Describe your approach to building scalable and responsive web applications in React.
Use component-based architecture, responsive design techniques (e.g., flex/grid, media queries), and reusable hooks for state and logic.
How do you integrate a React frontend with a Django backend and PostgreSQL database?
Create REST or GraphQL APIs in Django, consume them in React using fetch/Axios, and manage state accordingly.
What strategies do you use to maintain accessibility in modern web applications?
Apply semantic HTML, ARIA attributes, keyboard navigation, and conduct testing with tools like axe and screen readers.
How would you manage a full corporate website redesign?
Audit existing UI, collaborate on a new design system, refactor codebase with modular components, and implement CI/CD pipelines for deployment.
What’s your process for developing and launching an MVP quickly?
Define the core problem, prioritize features, build with reusable components, and validate through user feedback.
How does Nuxt 3 improve development compared to previous versions or plain Vue.js?
Nuxt 3 offers full TypeScript support, a modular architecture, and better performance via Vite and server-side rendering capabilities.
How do you ensure code quality and consistency when working in a fast-paced, cross-functional team?
Use code reviews, linting, pre-commit hooks, shared style guides, and automated tests for reliability and uniformity.
What are the key considerations when building mobile-first responsive designs?
Focus on flexible layouts, touch-friendly elements, performance optimizations, and progressive enhancement.
How do you handle cross-browser and cross-device compatibility issues?
Test on real devices and emulators, use CSS normalization, polyfills if needed, and ensure responsive, adaptive layouts.

📋 Job Summary

Vest is hiring a Senior Frontend Developer to lead the development of responsive, scalable web and mobile applications in a remote-first environment. You'll work with React, JavaScript, Vue (Nuxt 3), and integrate with Python/Django backends to build customer-facing platforms and support a corporate site relaunch. With \$45B+ in AUM and a mission to bring defined outcomes to investing, Vest offers competitive pay, quarterly bonuses, 401(k) match, and flexible PTO. If you're passionate about UX and rapid product delivery, this is a high-impact role on a fast-growing fintech team.