Front End Architect

HAN IT STAFFING, INC.

United States

5 days ago

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Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Experience level

Expert

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

www.dice.com

Tech stack

Java (Programming Language) JavaScript (Programming Language) Computer Animation Artificial Intelligence Application Testing Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Cross-Site Request Forgery Software Debugging Software Design Patterns Spring Framework OAuth OpenID

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Software Tools Next.js Responsive Web Design Screen Reader Software Engineering Systems Integration Strategies of Testing TypeScript Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Web Applications Web Usability WebGL Data Logging Apache Yarn GitHub Copilot ReactJS Delivery Pipeline Concurrency Cypress (Programming Language) Caching Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Webpack Playwright Graphql Front End Software Development React Testing Library JestJS Pagination Api Management Microservices

Requirements

14+ years professional software engineering experience with significant depth in front-end web development; experience leading projects and mentoring engineers.
Expert-level React proficiency (hooks, component composition, context, rendering behavior, concurrency-related patterns where applicable).
Strong TypeScript skills (types-as-design, generics, strictness strategies) and modern JavaScript fundamentals.
Strong Java and Java Spring skills to develop microservices / API contracts (GraphQL/REST) using Java and Spring technologies and front-end friendly design patterns (pagination, filtering, error models).
Deep experience with modern front-end tooling: Vite/Webpack, Babel/SWC, npm/pnpm/yarn, monorepos (optional), and build/release pipelines.
Strong CSS skills: responsive design, CSS architecture (CSS Modules, CSS-in-JS, or utility frameworks), theming, and consistent styling at scale.
Advanced testing practices: Jest/Vitest, React Testing Library, Playwright/Cypress for E2E; test strategy ownership.
Accessibility expertise: WCAG/ARIA, keyboard navigation, screen-reader considerations, and automated + manual a11y testing.
Performance engineering: profiling, bundle splitting, SSR/CSR trade-offs, caching strategies, and Core Web Vitals optimization.
API integration expertise with GraphQL and REST (schema-driven development, error handling, pagination, caching, and client state strategies).
Security awareness for web apps: XSS/CSRF prevention, dependency hygiene, secure auth/session patterns (OIDC awareness a plus).
Observability for the front end: client-side logging/metrics, error reporting, and debugging production issues.
MUST: Proficiency using AI-assisted engineering tools (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot) to accelerate implementation, refactoring, test creation, and debugging while validating correctness and adhering to secure handling practices., * Experience with SSR/meta frameworks: Next.js / Remix and SEO considerations.
Experience leveraging a design system (Storybook, tokens).
Experience with micro-frontend patterns and module federation (where relevant).
Experience with visualization and rich UI: D3, Canvas/WebGL, advanced tables/grids, animation libraries.
Familiarity with authentication integrations (OIDC/OAuth2) and enterprise SSO constraints.
Proven track record modernizing legacy front ends and improving developer experience (D