UI Front-End React Developer (Front-End Lead)

UI front-end React Developer (Front-End Lead)

Quick Facts

• Hybrid role in Charlotte, NC (minimum 3 days in-office per week)
• Senior Front-End Lead owning architecture and delivery

Description

Lead the design and development of a modern, responsive infrastructure console with persona-based user experiences. Own front-end architecture, reusable component libraries and a design system, and define standards for performance, accessibility, telemetry, and secure privileged UX flows. Collaborate across UX, product, backend/BFF, and platform engineering to deliver a consistent, scalable UI experience across personas and workflows.

Role Description & Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and development of a scalable, reusable component library and design system (theming, tokens, shared components)
• Design and implement persona-based UX patterns (role-based navigation, progressive disclosure, workflow-driven UI)
• Build and optimize responsive web applications using modern JavaScript/TypeScript best practices
• Establish UI standards for performance optimization, accessibility compliance (WCAG), and operability
• Drive front-end testing strategy (unit/component tests, functional end-to-end tests) and CI/CD quality gates
• Instrument UI telemetry for user journey insights, error monitoring, and client-side performance metrics
• Collaborate with backend/BFF teams on API contracts and UI workflow enhancements
• Guide, mentor, and review engineering teams to uphold front-end standards
• Ensure secure UX patterns for privileged operations (confirmations, approvals, audit-friendly flows)

Requirements

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with significant depth in front-end development
• 5+ years of experience building responsive web applications using modern JavaScript/TypeScript
• Expertise with at least one enterprise-grade UI framework (React strongly preferred; Angular/Vue acceptable)
• Proven experience designing, scaling, and maintaining a component library or design system
• Strong understanding of persona-based UX patterns, role-based navigation, and workflow-driven UI
• Solid experience with front-end performance optimization techniques and Core Web Vitals
• Hands-on experience with front-end testing frameworks, automating quality gates, and CI/CD pipelines
• Proficiency in Git and code review processes
• Experience instrumenting UI telemetry for analytics, error monitoring, and performance insights
• Familiarity with BFF patterns, API contract collaboration, and optimizing UI workflows
• Knowledge of accessibility standards (WCAG) and enterprise usability best practices
• Experience with micro-frontend or modular UI architectures is a plus
• Ability to guide and mentor engineering teams and communicate technical standards effectively