UI Architect

EXL•Jersey City, NJ

1d•$100,000 - $140,000

About The Position

We are looking for a UI Architect to own the front-end architecture of an enterprise Angular platform. The role sets technical direction, standards, and reusable foundations for multiple delivery teams while remaining hands-on in the code. The ideal candidate has designed large-scale Angular applications end to end, including component libraries, state management, micro-frontend strategy, secure API integration, performance and accessibility at scale, and cloud-native delivery on AWS. The UI Architect partners with product, UX, backend, and security leaders to turn business needs in a regulated industry into a front-end platform that is fast, secure, accessible, and easy for engineers to extend. The base compensation range is 100,000–140,000. The posted range is the hiring range across the national hiring scale. Final offers depend on factors including skills and experience, internal pay equity, work location, market conditions, and role scope. Compensation may exceed the posted range in higher-cost zones such as California, New York, and New Jersey.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

Responsibilities

Define and own the front-end architecture, roadmap, and reference designs for enterprise Angular applications.
Lead architecture decisions on module boundaries, standalone components, lazy loading, monorepo structure (Nx or similar), and micro-frontends (Module Federation).
Select and govern state management patterns (NgRx, Signals, component stores) and data-flow conventions across teams.
Write and maintain Architecture Decision Records, coding standards, and reference implementations.
Plan and lead Angular version upgrades and modernization of legacy UI code, including AngularJS or older Angular.
Build and govern a shared component library and design system with UX, based on Angular Material, CDK, and SCSS design tokens.
Create reusable patterns for dashboards, complex forms, multi-step workflows, and data-heavy grids used in policy, claims, and underwriting journeys.
Drive consistency in theming, responsive layout, and accessibility across products.
Define the integration layer between the UI and REST or GraphQL APIs, BFF services, and microservices, including error handling, caching, and retry strategy.
Architect authentication and authorization using OAuth 2.0/OIDC, JWT, SSO, and role-based access control.
Enforce front-end security practices, including OWASP Top 10 protections, XSS and CSRF protection, Content Security Policy, secure token storage, and dependency vulnerability scanning.
Ensure UI handling of sensitive data meets regulatory and compliance needs, including PII, PCI, SOC 2, and state insurance regulations.
Set performance budgets and own Core Web Vitals; optimize bundle size, change detection, rendering, and network usage.
Define testing strategy across unit (Jest/Jasmine), component, and end-to-end (Cypress/Playwright) layers, with coverage and quality gates.
Ensure WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility and cross-browser compatibility.
Design the build, deployment, and hosting model for UI applications on AWS, including S3, CloudFront, Lambda@Edge, and API Gateway.
Own front-end CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins or similar, including automated testing, linting, security scans, and environment promotion.
Establish front-end observability, including real-user monitoring, error tracking, and logging (e.g., CloudWatch, Datadog, Sentry).
Mentor and guide UI developers and tech leads; run code and design reviews.
Partner with product owners, UX designers, backend architects, and security teams to shape solutions and estimates.
Present architecture options and trade-offs to engineering leadership and business stakeholders.
Lead troubleshooting of complex production issues and drive root-cause fixes.