UI Architect – Job Description

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced UI Architect to design and lead the architecture of modern, scalable, high-performance web applications. The candidate will work closely with product managers, UX designers, backend architects, and engineering teams to define UI architecture, technical standards, and development best practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and own the frontend/UI architecture for enterprise-scale applications.
• Design scalable, maintainable, reusable and high-performance UI solutions.
• Lead development using modern frameworks such as React, Angular or Vue.js.
• Define frontend architecture patterns, component structures, state management and application design.
• Establish and maintain UI design systems, reusable component libraries and coding standards.
• Translate UX/UI designs into robust and responsive technical solutions.
• Ensure applications meet performance, accessibility, security and cross-browser compatibility standards.
• Define integration patterns between frontend applications and REST/GraphQL APIs and microservices.
• Guide teams on frontend best practices, design patterns, code quality and technical debt reduction.
• Evaluate new frontend technologies, tools and frameworks and drive appropriate adoption.
• Collaborate with DevOps teams to establish CI/CD, automated testing and deployment practices for UI applications.
• Mentor senior developers and engineers and provide technical leadership.
• Conduct architecture reviews, design reviews and code reviews.
• Identify and resolve complex technical and performance issues.
• Ensure UI architecture aligns with enterprise architecture, cloud and security standards.

Required Technical Skills

• Strong experience in React / Angular / Vue.js, JavaScript and TypeScript.
• Excellent knowledge of HTML5, CSS3, responsive design and modern browser technologies.
• Strong understanding of frontend architecture and design patterns.
• Experience with micro-frontends, component-driven architecture and design systems.
• Experience with state management frameworks such as Redux, Zustand, NgRx or equivalent.
• Strong knowledge of REST APIs, GraphQL and frontend-backend integration.
• Experience with Webpack, Vite or equivalent build technologies.
• Strong understanding of UI performance optimization.
• Experience with automated testing using Jest, Cypress, Playwright or similar tools.
• Understanding of OAuth/OIDC, JWT and frontend security practices.
• Experience with Git, CI/CD and cloud-based application deployment.
• Good understanding of AWS/Azure/GCP and cloud-native application architecture is preferred.