UI Front-End Lead Developer

Role Responsibilities

Lead the architecture and development of a scalable, reusable component library and design system, including theming, tokens, and shared components.

Design and implement persona-based UX patterns such as role-based navigation, progressive disclosure, and workflow-driven UI.

Build and optimize responsive web applications using modern JavaScript/TypeScript best practices.

Establish standards for UI performance optimization, accessibility compliance (WCAG), and best practices for operability.

Drive front-end testing strategy, including unit/component tests, functional end-to-end tests, and CI/CD quality gates.

Instrument UI telemetry to gather user journey insights, error monitoring, and client-side performance metrics.

Collaborate with backend/BFF teams on API contracts and UI workflow enhancements.

Guide, mentor, and review engineering teams to uphold front-end standards and improve team practices.

Ensure secure UX patterns for privileged operations, including confirmations, approvals, and audit-friendly flows.

Requirements

Experience in front-end development.

Experience in building responsive web applications using modern JavaScript/TypeScript.

Expertise with at least one enterprise-grade UI framework (React strongly preferred; Angular/Vue acceptable).

Proven experience designing, scaling, and maintaining a component library or design system.

Strong understanding of persona-based UX patterns, role-based navigation, and workflow-driven UI.

Solid experience with front-end performance optimization techniques and Core Web Vital concepts.

Hands-on experience with front-end testing frameworks, automating quality gates, and CI/CD pipelines.

Proficiency in Git, code review processes, and collaborative development workflows.

Experience instrumenting UI telemetry for analytics, error monitoring, and performance insights.

Hands-on experience with BFF patterns, API contract collaboration, and optimizing UI workflows.

Knowledge of accessibility standards (WCAG) and enterprise usability best practices.

Experience with micro-frontend or modular UI architectures is a plus.

Ability to guide and mentor engineering teams and communicate technical standards effectively.

Preferred

Experience with advanced telemetry instrumentation for journey analytics and client-side tracing.

Familiarity with secure UX design patterns for privileged operations.

Experience working within enterprise-scale environments with strict usability and security requirements.