Key Responsibilities

Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to the UI engineering team
Lead the design, implementation, and evolution of the design system, component library, UI architecture, and supporting backend services
Ensure delivery of high-performance, responsive, and accessible user interfaces
Architect and integrate APIs and backend services to support UI requirements
Drive adoption of best practices in frontend engineering, including component standardization, security integration, and progressive loading
Champion user-centered design and usability in partnership with UX and product teams
Oversee integration of agentic and real-time features into the UI
Guide the use of AI-assisted development tools and modern frontend and backend frameworks, architectural patterns, scaffolding approaches, and libraries
Own the implementation and quality of Web Analytics and Behavioral Analytics to enable continuous improvement and evolution of our products
Collaborate with the Developer Experience (DX) Lead to automate and streamline common engineering tasks
Ensure engineering rigor, code quality, and documentation standards are met across the stack
Facilitate clear communication, knowledge sharing, and effective documentation within the team
Support team growth through coaching, feedback, and skills development
Drive development efficiency and alignment with product team priorities through clear prioritization frameworks and delivery metrics

Core Qualities & Skills

Proven experience leading full stack or frontend engineering teams and delivering complex user-facing projects
Deep expertise in React, TypeScript and Node.js technologies.
Experience with design systems, component libraries, and UI performance optimization
Experience designing, building, and integrating RESTful or GraphQL APIs
Strong understanding of accessibility, cross-browser compatibility, and responsive design
Strong collaboration and alignment skills across disciplines
Willingness to learn, share knowledge, and adapt to evolving technologies
System design skills and awareness of technical debt and tradeoffs across the stack
Excellent communication, documentation, and stakeholder management abilities
Comfort with ambiguity, discovery, and rapid change
Commitment to engineering excellence, security, and responsible practices (including OAuth 2.0, Authorization, Authentication, Chain-of-custody, Claims management, and Principle of Least Privilege [POLP])

Preferred Qualifications

5+ years of hands-on full stack or frontend engineering experience, with 2+ years in a technical leadership role
Track record of architecting and delivering scalable, reliable end-to-end systems
Experience with modern development practices (CI/CD, automated testing, code reviews)
Demonstrated ability to mentor and grow engineers
Experience working in cross-functional, agile teams

Highly Desirable

Experience implementing and evolving enterprise-grade design systems
Familiarity with Material UI, Storybook, and/or similar tools
Experience using AI-assisted UI development and rapid prototyping
Track record of delivering interfaces with sub-second time to first interaction and high component reuse
Experience thriving in fast-paced, ambiguous environments and balancing rapid delivery with technical excellence
Experience leading or working with distributed, multidisciplinary teams

Lead Full Stack UI Engineer