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# UI Front End Lead Engineer - AEM & Generative AI (Claude)

- **Company:** Insight
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £79,436.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** JavaScript (Programming Language), Adobe Experience Manager, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, HTML5, Microsoft Azure, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Cloud Engineering, Code Generation, Software Quality, Continuous Integration, Software Debugging, DevOps, Github, Design of User Interfaces, Performance Tuning, Ui Patterns, Next.js, Responsive Web Design, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, Strategies of Testing, TypeScript, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Web Performance Optimization, Web Platforms, Web Usability, Google Cloud, ReactJS, Claude Code, Cypress (Programming Language), Caching, Generative AI, Git, Playwright, Graphql, Front End Software Development, Claude, React Testing Library, Restful APIs, Code Restructuring, Jenkins
- **Published:** November 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5950861654

## About the Role

Expert in React.js, Next.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3.

 - Strong experience with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM Sites), Core Components, Templates, Client Libraries.
 - Hands-on with AEM Headless (GraphQL, REST APIs).
 - Practical experience with Claude AI / Claude Code for software development.
 - Advanced skills in web performance, accessibility, SEO.
 - Proficient in CI/CD, Git, testing frameworks (Jest, React Testing Library, Playwright, Cypress).
 - Strong understanding of AWS.

Mandatory Qualifications:

 - 10+ years in frontend/UI engineering.
 - Proven experience with React, Next.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, and modern frontend architectures.
 - Experience delivering enterprise-scale digital solutions using AEM.
 - Experience designing reusable UI components and integrating with AEM.
 - Experience using Claude or Claude Code for development/productivity.
 - Strong understanding of frontend performance, accessibility, security, scalability.
 - Experience leading distributed teams and driving technical standards.
 - Understanding of cloud-native architectures (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).

## Description

Lead the design and implementation of scalable, high-performance, and maintainable frontend architectures for enterprise digital platforms.

 - Establish and enforce UI engineering standards, frontend best practices, and reusable design systems.
 - Deliver frontend solutions using React, Next.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3.
 - Architect and integrate frontend applications with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), including Core Components, editable templates, and headless APIs (GraphQL/REST).
 - Leverage Generative AI tools (Anthropic Claude/Claude Code) to accelerate UI development, enhance code quality, and improve engineering productivity.
 - Define AI-assisted engineering workflows for code generation, refactoring, debugging, and documentation.
 - Drive frontend performance optimization, accessibility (WCAG), SEO, security, and responsive design best practices.
 - Establish CI/CD pipelines, testing strategies (unit, integration, end-to-end), and DevOps practices using GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or Jenkins.
 - Lead Core Web Vitals improvements, bundle optimization, caching, and rendering strategies.
 - Set standards for frontend code quality, security, and observability.
 - Collaborate with UX/UI designers, product owners, architects, and distributed engineering teams.
 - Communicate architectural decisions clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
 - Apply strong experience with cloud-native architectures (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud) in frontend delivery.