Front End React UI Engineer - (AVP) - Hybrid
About The Position
The Global Experience Design team is building a shared design system and front-end platform that provides reusable components, layouts, design tokens, theming, and UI engineering capabilities to support enterprise digital experiences across State Street. We are seeking a Front End React UI Engineer to help build intuitive, scalable, and high-quality user experiences across the SSDS platform. This role will focus on developing modern front-end applications, reusable UI components, and shared design system capabilities that support enterprise products and front-end teams across the organization. SSDS serves as a shared foundation for teams building enterprise applications across the organization. This role is important because it helps ensure shared components, styling patterns, accessibility practices, and front-end standards are implemented consistently and with high quality. The Front End React UI Engineer will contribute to a more unified user experience while helping product teams move faster and build more effectively on shared foundations.
Requirements
- Experience building modern front-end applications in a professional engineering environment.
- Strong proficiency in JavaScript and TypeScript, with hands-on experience building applications with React.
- Experience developing reusable UI components, application shells, and scalable client-side architecture.
- Experience working with Tailwind CSS, utility-first CSS frameworks, or similar front-end styling systems.
- Experience working with design systems, reusable component libraries, and token-driven UI development.
- Solid understanding of front-end fundamentals including state management, performance, accessibility, and responsive design.
- Experience building accessible user interfaces and applying accessibility best practices and standards.
- Experience consuming REST APIs and integrating with back-end services.
- Familiarity with modern front-end tooling such as Vite, Vitest, Storybook, or similar workflows.
- Ability to collaborate effectively across engineering, product, and UX teams.
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail in building polished, user-centered interfaces.
- Comfort working in a fast-moving enterprise environment with evolving priorities and complex workflows.
- 3+ years of experience in front-end engineering or full-stack development with a strong front-end focus.
- Demonstrated experience building production-grade applications with React.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Nice To Haves
- Experience working within a large, regulated enterprise environment is a plus.
- Familiarity with design systems, component libraries, and accessibility standards such as WCAG is a plus.
- Familiarity with CSS variables, theming systems, and scalable styling patterns for enterprise applications is a plus.
- Experience with data-rich applications, workflow platforms, or enterprise SaaS products is a plus.
- Exposure to AI-enabled products, intelligent automation, or human-in-the-loop workflow applications is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain responsive, accessible, and performant front-end applications, reusable UI components, and design system capabilities for SSDS.
- Translate product, UX, and business requirements into clean, maintainable, and reusable UI components and application features.
- Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and engineers to deliver workflow-driven user experiences in an iterative, product-led environment.
- Develop front-end integrations with APIs, shared services, and platform capabilities.
- Contribute to reusable design systems, front-end standards, and engineering best practices.
- Help implement agent-assisted and AI-enabled user experiences with a focus on clarity, trust, transparency, and usability.
- Write well-tested, secure, and maintainable code that meets enterprise quality and compliance expectations.
- Participate in code reviews, technical discussions, and continuous improvement of front-end architecture and development processes.
Benefits
- our retirement savings plan (401K) with company match
- insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages
- paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities
- access to our Employee Assistance Program
- incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards (excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans)
- eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans
- inclusive development opportunities
- flexible work-life support
- paid volunteer days
- vibrant employee networks
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
