UI Frontend Lead engineer - AEM & AI

Job Description

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Role Overview

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.

Required Technical Skills

Technology / Area

Mandatory Qualifications

• 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. xgfakrv

Ideal Candidate Profile

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%