UI Frontend Lead engineer - AEM & AI

LanceSoft, Inc.
Manchester, United Kingdom
2 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
10 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

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
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Software Debugging Software Design Patterns DevOps Programming Tools Github Design of User Interfaces Performance Tuning Ui Patterns Cloud Services Next.js Responsive Web Design Software Engineering Systems Integration TypeScript Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Web Platforms Web Usability Google Cloud ReactJS Delivery Pipeline Claude Code Cypress (Programming Language) Caching Technical Debt Generative AI Material UI Playwright Graphql Front End Software Development Claude React Testing Library Restful APIs Code Restructuring Jenkins

Job description

We are looking for a highly experienced UI Lead Frontend engineer with strong expertise in modern frontend technologies, Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), and AI-powered development tools such as Anthropic Claude and Claude Code. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing scalable, high-performance, reusable, and maintainable frontend architectures for enterprise digital platforms. This role requires strong hands-on technical leadership, deep understanding of AEM-based digital experiences, and the ability to leverage Generative AI to accelerate software development, improve engineering productivity, and modernize UI delivery. Key Responsibilities

  1. UI Architecture & Technical Leadership Define and drive enterprise-wide UI engineering, frontend standards, and best practices. Deliver and implement scalable frontend solutions using React, Next.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3. Design reusable component libraries, design systems, and micro-frontend architectures. Establish best practices for performance optimization, accessibility (WCAG), SEO, security, and responsive design.

  2. Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Expertise Design and implement frontend architectures integrated with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) . Work with AEM Sites, Core Components, editable templates, client libraries, and content fragments. Integrate frontend applications with AEM Content Fragment APIs, GraphQL, and REST services. Understand AEM as a Cloud Service, including deployment pipelines, caching, and CDN considerations. Establish reusable AEM-compatible UI components and authoring-friendly design patterns.

  3. Generative AI & Claude Integration Demonstrate practical experience with Anthropic Claude and Claude Code for AI-assisted software engineering. Use Claude to accelerate UI development, code generation, refactoring, debugging, and documentation. Define AI-assisted engineering workflows across the frontend development lifecycle.

  4. Engineering Excellence & DevOps Define frontend CI/CD practices using GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or equivalent platforms. Establish unit, integration, and end-to-end testing strategies using Jest, React Testing Library, Playwright, or Cypress. Drive Core Web Vitals improvements, bundle optimization, caching, and rendering strategies. Establish frontend code quality, security, and observability standards. Collaborate with UX/UI designers, product owners, enterprise architects, and engineering teams.

Requirements

10+ years of experience in frontend/UI engineering Strong hands-on experience in React, NextJS, TypeScript, JavaScript, and modern frontend architectures. Proven experience delivering enterprise-scale digital solutions using Adobe Experience Manager. Experience designing reusable UI components and integrating frontend applications with AEM. Practical experience using Claude or Claude Code for software development and engineering productivity. Strong understanding of frontend performance, accessibility, security, and scalability. Ability to communicate architectural decisions to technical and non-technical stakeholders. Experience leading distributed engineering teams and driving technical standards. Understanding of cloud-native architectures on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.

Key Deliverables / Success Measures Deliver seamless AEM integration with modern UI frameworks. Improve frontend performance, accessibility, and code quality. Increase developer productivity through responsible adoption of Claude and AI-assisted development. Reduce technical debt and improve component reusability. Provide technical leadership and architectural governance across UI development teams., A hands-on UI Front End Lead engineer who combines strong frontend engineering expertise, enterprise AEM knowledge, and practical Claude AI experience with AWS implementations . Frontend Engineering (React, Next JS, TypeScript) 60% AEM architecture and integration 25% AWS background 5% Claude / AI-assisted development 10%

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