As a Senior User Interface Architect, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the overall user experience of our digital products. Your expertise will drive the design and implementation of intuitive, efficient, and visually appealing interfaces. You will also need to be hands on in implementing UX designs using traditional and AI driven implementation tools. Here are the key responsibilities and qualifications. This role requires a proactive and resourceful individual with a solid understanding of UX and UI tools, design, and implementations.

Note: Candidates with a portfolio or a code repo they can share will be prioritized.

Essential Functions

• Architect Digital Design Patterns: Develop and maintain reusable design patterns to ensure consistency and reusability across our products.
• User-Centric Design: Translate user needs, business requirements, and usability findings into effective interface designs.
• Collaborate with Cross-Functional Teams: Work closely with UX designers, product managers, and engineers to create seamless user experiences.
• Leadership in the development and execution of a comprehensive UX/UI strategy aligned with business objectives.
• Mentor architects and developers, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous learning.
• Partner with business stakeholders to understand needs and translate them into actionable technical strategies.
• Monitor industry trends and competitors’ interfaces to keep our designs fresh and aligned with user expectations.
• Identify and evaluate new technologies to ensure the team utilizes best-in-class solutions.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with key vendors and partners.
• Provide thought leadership and guidance on best practices.

All other duties as assigned

Must Have Qualifications

• Extensive UI Expertise: Strong proficiency in React, Angular, and other relevant frameworks.
• Expertise in HTML, CSS3 (LESS, SASS, Styled Components, Emotion or the like)
• Experience using and creating Design Systems
• Experience implementing WCAG
• Experience implementing responsive design principles
• Direct experience working with UI designs/designers and implementing those designs
• Experience with front-end component libraries (MUI, Bootstrap, Angular Material etc)
• Experience building custom UI components and maintaining a component library
• Strong knowledge of user interface and information design processes
• Solid OOP Concepts: Understand object-oriented programming principles.
• Experience with Agile software development methodologies.
• Leadership Skills: Ability to guide and mentor other UI designers.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Exceptional communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to lead strategically and inspire others.

Nice to Have Qualifications

• SQL Knowledge: Familiarity with databases and data modeling.
• Experience with Cloud Platforms: Azure, AWS knowledge
• Experience working on Test Frameworks such as Jest, Jasmine, Karma, Playwright
• UX Experience
• Familiarity with prototyping/design tools such as Figma, Adobe XD, Sketch or similar

Required Experience & Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
• Proficiency in JavaScript, CSS, and front-end frameworks (e.g., React, Angular).

• Minimum 10 years of experience working in the IT industry including experience in UI/UX designs and development.

• Minimum 5 years of experience with cloud and distributed architectures.

• Minimum 3 years of experience in cloud architecture (AWS, Azure, GCP etc.) preferred.

• Minimum 2 years of experience with DevOps principles and practices.

Preferred Experience & Education

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• No direct reports