The Software Architect - Frontend is responsible for leading the design, architecture, and implementation of modern, scalable, and maintainable frontend applications across our product suite. This role collaborates cross-functionally with designers, backend engineers, and product managers to ensure a seamless and consistent user experience, driving the adoption of best practices in frontend engineering and staying abreast of the latest technology trends.
Responsibilities:
- Define, design, and document the architecture for frontend applications, ensuring scalability, performance, accessibility, and maintainability.
- Establish and enforce the use of frontend development best practices, frameworks, and design patterns across teams.
- Collaborate closely with UX/UI designers to translate design concepts into functional, pixel-perfect user interfaces.
- Work with backend engineers to design and implement robust APIs and data integration strategies.
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to frontend development teams, conducting code reviews and promoting a culture of continuous improvement.
- Optimise frontend performance for various browsers and devices, proactively identifying bottlenecks and areas for improvement.
- Evaluate and select technologies, frameworks, and tools to support the evolving needs of the frontend platform.
- Contribute to cross-team architectural initiatives and promote reusability across web and mobile solutions.
- Stay up to date with emerging trends in frontend development, evaluating their relevance and potential impact.
- Maintain thorough documentation of frontend architecture, workflows, and best practices.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
- 8+ years of professional frontend development experience, including significant experience in architectural or lead roles.
- Expertise in JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML5 CSS3 and modern frontend frameworks (e. g., React, Angular, Vue.js ).
- Experience in architecting and building large-scale, high-performance web applications.
- Strong understanding of web performance, security, accessibility standards (e. g., WCAG), and responsive design principles.
- Proven experience with state management solutions, component-based architecture, and modular design.
- Familiarity with backend integration, RESTful APIs, and micro frontends.
- Proficiency in build tools (e. g., Webpack, Babel), testing frameworks, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving abilities.
- Experience working in Agile or cross-functional teams.
- Experience with mobile web or hybrid app development.
- Knowledge of UI/UX best practices and collaboration with design systems teams.
- Contributions to open-source frontend projects or active involvement in frontend technology communities.
- Experience with internationalisation, localisation, and accessibility compliance in web applications.
- Experience in using AI tools (Augment, Cursor, Claude Code).
