Frontend Engineer

The Apex Group was established in Bermuda in 2003 and is now one of the world’s largest fund administration and middle office solutions providers.

Our business is unique in its ability to reach globally, service locally and provide cross-jurisdictional services. With our clients at the heart of everything we do, our hard-working team has successfully delivered on an unprecedented growth and transformation journey, and we are now represented by over circa 13,000 employees across 112 offices worldwide.Your career with us should reflect your energy and passion.

That’s why, at Apex Group, we will do more than simply ‘empower’ you. We will work to supercharge your unique skills and experience.

Take the lead and we’ll give you the support you need to be at the top of your game. And we offer you the freedom to be a positive disrupter and turn big ideas into bold, industry-changing realities.

For our business, for clients, and for you

Position: Frontend Engineer

Location: Makati City, Manila

Description

As a Frontend Engineer, you will contribute to the development, maintenance, and enhancement of Apex Invest software systems. You’ll leverage modern front-end technologies such as Vue 3, Vite, TalkJS, Less, and Cypress, while collaborating with backend services powered by NodeJS. This role requires a balance of hands-on coding, adherence to best practices, and mentoring within a collaborative delivery environment.

Job specification

• Develop, maintain, and enhance Apex Invest software systems.

  • Write software solutions to address business problems.

  • Maintain and enforce software development standards.

  • Contribute to refinement sessions to promote optimal solutions.

  • Ensure data integrity and security within applications.

• Promote best-practice software development standards across the team.

• Deliver quality by contributing to the testing framework and striving to leave the codebase better than you found it.

• Build strong relationships with stakeholders and maintain a service delivery mindset.

• Collaborate effectively, demonstrating strong problem-solving and communication skills.

• Apply sound knowledge of frameworks, methodologies, and modern engineering approaches.

• Communicate clearly with internal and external stakeholders, both verbally and in writing.

Skills Required:

• Strong knowledge of JavaScript, TypeScript, and CSS Design Tokens.

• Proficiency in Vue 3 (Composition API, state management, routing).

• Experience with Vite for modern front-end builds.

• Integration of TalkJS or similar messaging/chat solutions.

• Styling expertise with Less and responsive layouts (mobile, tablet, desktop).

• Automated testing with Cypress (E2E) and familiarity with Jest for unit testing.

• Understanding of design systems (e.g., Storybook or similar).

• Familiarity with iterative development practices (Scrum, Kanban).

• Strong problem-solving skills to analyze and resolve technical issues

Beneficial Skills

• Experience with React or Angular.

• Experience with Nodejs.

• Experience leading and mentoring development teams

• Strong grasp of software architecture principles

• Ability to own technical decisions and drive quality standards

• Exposure to the Azure ecosystem and YAML CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, Git).

• Background in financial or investment industry systems.

• Containerization and infrastructure tools: Experience with React or Angular.

• Experience with Nodejs.

• Experience leading and mentoring development teams

• Strong grasp of software architecture principles

• Ability to own technical decisions and drive quality standards

• Exposure to the Azure ecosystem and YAML CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, Git).

• Background in financial or investment industry systems.

• Containerization and infrastructure tools: Docker, Terraform, Kubernetes.

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation and benefits.

• Opportunities to work on enterprise-grade financial systems.

• A collaborative environment with mentorship and growth opportunities.

• Exposure to cutting-edge front-end stacks integrated with enterprise delivery practices

Additional information:

We are an equal opportunity employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, gender identity, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic, responsibilities for dependants, physical or mental disability. Any hiring decision are made on the basis of skills, qualifications and experiences.

We measure our success as a business, not only by delivering great products and services and continually increasing our assets under administration and market share, but also by how we positively impact people, society and the planet.

For more information on our commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) please visit https://theapexgroup.com/csr-policy/

Personal data provided by job applicant(s) will be used for recruitment purposes only and will be treated strictly confidential. Such personal data can be accessed by different Apex stakeholders within and out of China for the consideration of the job application hereunder. Application made by the job applicant(s) constitutes the irrevocable consent of the job applicant for her/his personal data to be used by Apex stakeholders within or outside China for the purpose of this recruitment.

Disclaimer: Unsolicited CVs sent to Apex (Talent Acquisition Team or Hiring Managers) by recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this position. Apex operates a direct sourcing model and where agency assistance is required, the Talent Acquisition team will engage directly with our exclusive recruitment partners.