Blink UX

Blink UX

Lead UI Developer / UI Architect - Financial Services

Jersey City, NJ

Sponsorship not specified$140k-$155kDetected 6 days ago
JavaScriptTypeScriptReactNext.jsCSSwebpackViteGraphQLRESTData VisualizationDesign SystemsAccessibilitySEOCypressPlaywrightJestResearchLeadershipPublic Speaking

About the role

  • Blink is the user experience firm for the world's leading companies.
  • This role involves reviewing team work products and presenting completed work to business and engineering leadership for sign-off.
  • The Architect will keep stakeholders informed on progress, roadblocks, and status through regular updates.

Responsibilities

  • This person is expected to quickly learn the existing application(s) in scope, applicable web standards, and component libraries - taking ownership and running the project independently with the engineering team to deliver on schedule.
  • Lead development of complex, user-facing web applications using React + TypeScript, owning the front-end architecture and delivery approach.
  • Partner with UX/Product to translate designs into polished experiences; influence requirements with feasibility, performance, and accessibility considerations.
  • Build using established UI foundations: design system/component library, theming, responsive layouts, and cross-browser compatibility.
  • Drive performance and quality: page load speed, bundle optimization, rendering strategies, caching, and runtime monitoring.
  • Implement advanced UI capabilities such as rich data visualization, real-time updates, offline-friendly patterns, and robust form/workflow experiences.
  • Collaborate with backend teams on API contracts (GraphQL/REST) and advocate for front-end-friendly patterns (pagination, filtering, error models).
  • We use evidence-driven design to create products that people use, love and remember.
  • With studios in Boston, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, and Seattle, Blink brings two decades of experience to research, design, and strategy for clients such as Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, NASA, Starbucks, and USAA.
  • design system/component library, theming, responsive layouts, and cross-browser compatibility.

Requirements

  • 10+ years professional software engineering experience with significant depth in front-end web development.
  • Expert-level React proficiency (hooks, component composition, context, rendering behavior, concurrency-related patterns where applicable).
  • Deep experience with modern front-end tooling: Vite/Webpack, Babel/SWC, npm/pnpm/yarn, monorepos (optional), and build/release pipelines.
  • API integration expertise with GraphQL and REST (schema-driven development, error handling, pagination, caching, and client state strategies).
  • Required: Proficiency using AI-assisted engineering tools to accelerate implementation, refactoring, test creation, and debugging - while validating correctness and adhering to secure handling practices.
  • Proficiency using AI-assisted engineering tools to accelerate implementation, refactoring, test creation, and debugging - while validating correctness and adhering to secure handling practices.

Nice to have

  • WCAG/ARIA, keyboard navigation, screen-reader considerations, and automated plus manual accessibility testing.
  • XSS/CSRF prevention, dependency hygiene, secure authentication/session patterns (OIDC awareness a plus).

Skills

  • Advanced testing practices: Jest/Vitest, React Testing Library, Playwright/Cypress for end-to-end testing; test strategy ownership.
  • Accessibility expertise: WCAG/ARIA, keyboard navigation, screen-reader considerations, and automated plus manual accessibility testing.
  • Security awareness for web apps: XSS/CSRF prevention, dependency hygiene, secure authentication/session patterns (OIDC awareness a plus).
  • Observability for the front end: client-side logging/metrics, error reporting, and debugging production issues.
  • Experience with server-side rendering frameworks (e.g., Next.js, Remix) and SEO considerations.
  • Experience with micro-frontend patterns and module federation (where relevant).
  • Experience with visualization and rich UI: data visualization libraries, Canvas/WebGL, advanced tables/grids, animation libraries.
  • Familiarity with authentication integrations and enterprise single sign-on constraints.
  • Proven track record modernizing legacy front ends and improving developer experience.

Compensation

  • $140k-$155k

Company info

  • We are looking for a UI Architect who can collaborate with the Product team to capture requirements, translate those into UI architecture, create user stories, and lead 5 to 7 front-end React + TypeScript engineers.
  • The role is front-end focused, partnering closely with Product, UX, and backend/platform teams to deliver high-quality UI capabilities and set engineering standards.
  • This opportunity is a part of Blink's Embedded practice which supports long-term opportunities with some of Blink's largest client partners.
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