Senior Frontend / React Architect

BCforward is a leading global IT consulting and workforce solutions firm providing services to Fortune 500 and government clients. Founded in 1998, BCforward has grown into a full-service business solutions provider with delivery centers and offices across North America and India.

About the role

We are seeking an experienced Application Architect III to lead the presentation-layer architecture for an enterprise self-service platform. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in modern frontend technologies and frameworks and a proven ability to deliver scalable, maintainable, and performant user interfaces that integrate with enterprise platforms and APIs.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Product Owners, UX, solution architects, technical leads, and engineering teams to define frontend architecture, technical designs, and implementation strategies.
• Contribute to requirements engineering, story refinement, solution design, and estimation to ensure feasibility, scalability, and alignment with standards.
• Design and develop reusable UI components, application frameworks, and front-end services using modern web technologies.
• Translate UX designs into responsive, accessible, and performant web applications that meet enterprise architecture, security, compliance, and usability standards.
• Engineer, develop, and unit test solutions that satisfy functional and non-functional requirements including performance, reliability, maintainability, and security.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to resolve complex technical challenges and improve system design, scalability, and operational efficiency.
• Contribute to automated quality engineering practices including integration, regression, performance, and end-to-end testing; analyze results and drive defect resolution.
• Produce and maintain technical documentation such as solution designs, architectural diagrams, deployment considerations, integration patterns, and operational procedures.
• Participate in and guide DevSecOps and CI/CD practices including branching strategies, pull requests, code reviews, release management, deployment automation, and production readiness.
• Advocate for engineering best practices, frontend architecture standards, observability, maintainability, and continuous improvement while mentoring team members.

Requirements

• 7-10 years designing, developing, and supporting enterprise web applications with React, Blazor, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap, AJAX, and JSON.
• Experience translating business and UX requirements into scalable frontend architectures, reusable component frameworks, and responsive designs.
• Proficiency creating wireframes, mockups, and technical design artifacts using platforms such as InVision or Adobe Dreamweaver, or equivalent tools.
• Working knowledge of Visual Studio and modern enterprise development environments.
• Extensive experience with API-driven architectures and integration with RESTful services and microservices.
• Strong understanding of software architecture principles, ALM, and Agile engineering practices, including Jira-based work management.
• Experience with Git and Bitbucket, including branching strategies, code reviews, and release governance.
• Knowledge of enterprise UI standards, branding frameworks, accessibility, and WCAG/ADA AA and AAA compliance, with ability to apply these in implementations.
• Ability to independently lead frontend solution design and implementation aligned to enterprise architecture and security standards.
• Strong communication skills for articulating technical concepts and architectural decisions to varied stakeholders.
• Demonstrated analytical and troubleshooting skills diagnosing complex application, integration, and performance issues.
• Experience contributing to DevSecOps, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and continuous improvement for quality and reliability.

Preferred Skills

• Primary Skill: JavaScript. Secondary Skill: ReactJS.
• Experience with enterprise self-service platforms and observability for frontend applications.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefits.
• Opportunities for growth with global clients.
• A supportive, inclusive culture that values innovation and people.
• Exposure to cutting-edge technologies and projects.

Pay

$73.67/hr (W2)

Schedule

11-month contract, onsite in Plano, TX