Octus
Octus is a leading global provider of credit intelligence, data, and analytics. Since 2013, tens of thousands of professionals across hedge fund, investment banking, management consulting, and law firm verticals have come to rely on Octus to make better, faster, and more confident decisions in pace with the fast-moving credit markets.
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Working at Octus
Octus hires growth-minded innovators and trailblazers across the globe to drive our business and culture. Our core values – Action Oriented, Customer First Mindset, Effective Team Players, and Driven to Excel – define an organizational ethos that’s as high-performing as it is human. Among other perks, Octus employees enjoy competitive health benefits, matched 401k and pension plans, PTO, generous parental leave, gym subsidies, educational reimbursements for career development, recognition programs, pet-friendly offices (US only), and much more.
Role
The Frontend Engineer reports to Brian DeMaio and will be part of the team to design and develop the user interface for the Sky Road platform. The Sky Road platform provides trade processing, portfolio management, portfolio optimization, compliance, and credit management functions for alternative asset managers. Working under Brian’s guidance along with the other members of the user interface team, this role will be focused on improving the user experience, performance, and functionality of the Sky Road platform. Angular/TypeScript and UI/UX proficiency, good communication and teamwork, and motivation to learn new skills are key to this role.
Key Responsibilities
● Design and develop user-facing features using Angular and TypeScript
● Engineer software solutions tailored for multi-tenant configuration-driven environments
● Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability
● Develop automated Karma/Jasmine and regression tests
● Triage, diagnose, and troubleshoot issues using Jira and Sentry
● Help to improve and maintain documentation for internal team members
● Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
● Experience with Angular and TypeScript
● Experience using UI component frameworks such as Angular Material
● Experience using HTML, CSS, SCSS
● Experience calling REST APIs from a front-end application
● Experience with Node.js
● Experience with any of the following technologies: AG Grid, D3.js, Tailwind, or GraphQL
● Experience with Test Driven Development (TDD) and test frameworks such as Jasmine,
Karma, Jest, or Playwright
● Committed to maintaining a clean, readable, and consistent codebase by making
thoughtful and well-integrated contributions and participating in GIT pull-requests/code
reviews
● Familiarity building Financial Software Applications
● Experience with CI/CD technologies such as Git, Jenkins, Visual Studio Code
● Experience developing mobile applications for iOS and Android
● Experience designing user interfaces using tools such as Figma
- Team Contributions by supporting/contributing other team members’ ideas as well as
contributing and accepting feedback on their own suggested ideas
- Code Feedback is genuinely taken into consideration and can similarly be given via
discussion and code reviews
- Feature/Bug Fix Delivery without frequent occurrence of significant rollbacks or issues
- Time Management of simultaneous short/long term projects including estimation,
planning, development, and delivery
- Production support of the Sky Road platform including diagnosis, data correction, and
solution suggestion
At Octus, we consider a range of factors in connection with compensation decisions, including experience, skills, location, and our business needs and limitations. As a result, compensation may vary within and across similar roles and positions. Please note that the salary range information below is a good faith estimate for this position and actual compensation for any individual may fall outside this range if warranted by the circumstances applicable to that individual. If we identify a role that would be suitable for a broader range of skills and experience such that we would consider hiring at multiple levels then the range listed below may reflect that breadth.
The salary range estimate for this position is $110,000 - $150,000.
The actual compensation will be at Octus' sole discretion and will be determined by the aforementioned and other relevant factors.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Octus is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other legally protected status. We strive to create an inclusive and diverse work environment where all individuals are valued, respected, and treated fairly. We believe that diversity enriches our workplace and enhances our ability to innovate and succeed.
Octus Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous paid time off is highlighted, combining vacation, sick time, and parental leave. Feedback suggests the policy is tenure-aware and provides a solid baseline for work-life balance.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave for primary and secondary caregivers, family medical leave, and amenities such as a Mother’s Room are described. Feedback suggests these offerings provide meaningful support for caregivers.
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Flexible Benefits — A flexible hybrid work approach is paired with home‑office reimbursements and commuter benefits. Feedback suggests these stipends and flexibility help accommodate different work setups and locations.
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What We Do
Octus, was founded in 2013 with a simple conviction: credit decisions deserve clarity, not chaos. Markets were fragmented. Intelligence was gated. Data lived in silos. Professionals were forced to stitch together incomplete pictures while the clock kept running. We built Octus to change that. Octus is the essential credit platform that tracks the entire credit lifecycle. From origination and underwriting to secondary trading, refinancing, distress and restructuring, we follow every development across leveraged loans, high-yield bonds, private credit and special situations. We structure millions of documents, surface risks, benchmark performance and deliver expert reporting and analysis in real time. What began as a newsroom fused with legal and financial expertise has evolved into a unified ecosystem. Octus brings together proprietary data, expert-driven intelligence and integrated workflow tools so credit professionals can analyze situations, uncover opportunities, manage portfolios, execute trades and stay compliant without ever leaving the platform. Insight and action finally live in one place. Today, nearly 40,000 professionals across the world’s leading banks, asset managers, CLO managers, law firms and advisors rely on Octus to move smarter and faster. They turn to us for breadth, depth and rigor forged over more than a decade, and for the speed, integration and precision that define the future of credit workflow. Our mission is direct and ambitious: end fragmentation, collapse the distance between intelligence and execution, and transform insight into impact. Because in credit, clarity isn’t just an advantage. It’s everything. Octus: Where credit becomes clear.
Why Work With Us
Octus is where real experts work together to cut through chaos and build clarity in credit. You feel your impact here. What you create shapes real decisions in the market. The problems matter. The people are sharp. If you want work that counts, this is the place.
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