UI Architect

The opportunity:

We are seeking an experienced Frontend Solution Architect to lead the design and implementation of scalable, high-performance enterprise applications. In this role, you will collaborate closely with AEM, Commerce, and Enterprise Architects to ensure architectural alignment across platforms. You will play a key part in defining the technology vision, standards, and practices that shape our digital ecosystem — with exposure to AI frameworks and emerging technologies as an added advantage.

What You’ll Do:

• Collaborate with AEM, AEM EDS, Commerce, and Enterprise Architects to manage the entire lifecycle of technical solutions, ensuring unified and robust application implementations.
• Identify and evaluate current and future technical challenges within ongoing and upcoming projects.
• Define and recommend development technologies, platforms, standards, tools, and processes.
• Partner with the Backend Architect to establish and document the vision for the frontend architecture, mobile stack, and associated methodologies.
• Translate high-level architectural concepts into detailed, actionable designs.
• Oversee and guide the execution of technical and infrastructure initiatives supporting architectural decisions.
• Review and evaluate team deliverables to ensure compliance with coding standards, architectural principles, and design intent.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to the UI team, ensuring alignment with architectural vision and industry best practices.
• Collaborate on application-level design decisions and raise architectural concerns for review and standardization.
• Promote knowledge sharing and collaboration among development teams working on connected or related projects.
• Conduct research on emerging technologies, prototype innovative solutions, and provide recommendations based on findings.
• Identify and address areas of technical debt, recommending improvements at the architectural level.
• Stay current with AI frameworks, MCP, and agentic AI approaches, applying insights where relevant.
• Foster continuous learning and professional growth across the technical team.
• Recommend enhancements to the technology stack to drive innovation, scalability, and competitive advantage.

What you need to succeed:

• Minimum 12+ years of front-end development experience, with a focus on architecting and maintaining large-scale, component-based applications using React/Redux or Vue.
• Proven experience collaborating across multiple development teams in large-scale, fast-paced environments.
• Strong leadership in facilitating complex discussions, resolving conflicts, and driving consensus with clear decision ownership.
• Demonstrated success in delivering high-quality, scalable solutions while leading by example as a hands-on technical contributor.
• Experience with building high-traffic eCommerce platforms or CMS solution with multi-brand / theme / market needs is highly desirable.
• Expertise in designing and implementing unified UI component libraries and enforcing consistency across products.
• Deep understanding of software design principles, design patterns, and modern application architectures (monolithic and service-oriented).
• Proven ability to guide continuous improvement in both process and technology adoption.
• Strong sense of ownership, accountability, and commitment to delivering quality solutions.
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with attention to detail, taking calculated risks and promoting innovation.
• Exceptional communication skills — articulate and confident in both written and verbal interactions across distributed teams.
• Demonstrated ability to research, evaluate, and adopt new technologies quickly in a dynamic, evolving environment.
• Thrives as an individual contributor and technical leader, embodying excellence and setting high standards for the team.
• Expert-level proficiency in HTML5, CSS3, and responsive web design.
• Hands-on experience with CSS preprocessors (Sass, Less) and frameworks like Tailwind CSS; strong command of BEM methodology.
• Deep expertise in JavaScript (ES6+), including DOM manipulation, the JavaScript object model, and modern design patterns.
• Advanced proficiency in ReactJS, with practical exposure to Design Systems and the Atomic Design methodology.
• Experience with mobile app development frameworks such as React Native, Flutter, or similar is a plus.
• Skilled in integrating RESTful and GraphQL APIs with modern UI frameworks.
• Experience developing Progressive Web Applications (PWAs) and reusable UI component libraries.
• Strong understanding of Node.js, npm, and build tools such as Webpack, Babel, Grunt, and Gulp.
• Familiarity with headless commerce implementations and AEM / Adobe Commerce front-end development.
• Knowledge of cross-platform architecture and API-driven mobile integrations considered an advantage.

Skills

AEM, Adobe Commerce, GraphQL, JavaScript, Node.js, RESTful, React, React.js, Redux, Vue