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Sr Front-End Architect

Xcelo Group IncJersey City, NJ🇺🇸United StatesPosted 19 Aug 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This Sr. Front-End Architect role offers a fantastic opportunity to shape the future of innovative web applications, leveraging your expertise in React, TypeScript, Java, and Spring. You'll thrive here if you're a seasoned engineer passionate about establishing architectural standards and driving high-quality, scalable solutions within a collaborative environment. Don't miss out on the chance to make a significant impact and advance your career – apply today!

Quick Overview

Work Type
On Site
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

Hi,

Work mode: 5 days onsite

Work Auth: All visas accepted (No h1)

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly experienced Lead Full Stack Engineer with a strong emphasis on modern front-end development using React and TypeScript, combined with solid backend expertise in Java and Spring.

This role is approximately 60% Front End (React + TypeScript) and 40% Backend (Java + Spring). The ideal candidate will lead the design and development of high-performance web applications, establish front-end engineering standards, and build scalable microservices and APIs.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead the design and development of complex, customer-facing web applications using React and TypeScript.

  • Own front-end architecture, technical standards, and delivery strategy.

  • Develop backend microservices and API contracts using Java and Spring.

  • Build and integrate REST and GraphQL APIs using front-end friendly design patterns including pagination, filtering, caching, and standardized error handling.

  • Partner with UX and Product teams to translate designs and business requirements into polished, scalable user experiences.

  • Define and evolve front-end engineering standards including:

    • Component architecture

    • State management

    • Routing

    • Coding conventions

    • Testing practices

  • Build reusable UI components using enterprise design systems and component libraries.

  • Implement responsive layouts, theming, and cross-browser compatible user interfaces.

  • Drive front-end performance improvements across:

    • Core Web Vitals

    • Bundle optimization

    • Rendering strategies

    • Caching

    • Runtime observability

  • Build advanced UI features including:

    • Rich data visualization

    • Real-time updates

    • Complex forms and workflows

    • Offline-friendly patterns

  • Implement secure client-side practices covering authentication flows, token handling, secure storage, and common web vulnerabilities.

  • Mentor engineers, conduct code reviews, and drive engineering best practices.

  • Leverage AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code and GitHub Copilot for implementation, refactoring, test generation, debugging, and productivity improvements while ensuring code quality and security.


Required Qualifications

  • 14+ years of professional software engineering experience.

  • Significant hands-on experience in modern front-end web development.

  • Proven experience leading engineering projects and mentoring development teams.

  • Expert-level experience with React including:

    • Hooks

    • Component composition

    • Context API

    • Rendering behavior

    • Modern/concurrent React patterns

  • Strong TypeScript expertise including:

    • Advanced typing

    • Generics

    • Strict type strategies

    • Types-as-design principles

  • Strong knowledge of modern JavaScript.

  • Strong hands-on experience with Java and Spring/Spring Boot.

  • Experience building scalable microservices and APIs.

  • Strong experience with GraphQL and REST APIs.

  • Deep knowledge of modern front-end tooling including:

    • Vite

    • Webpack

    • Babel / SWC

    • npm / pnpm / yarn

    • Build and release pipelines

  • Strong CSS expertise including:

    • Responsive design

    • CSS Modules

    • CSS-in-JS

    • Utility CSS frameworks

    • Enterprise-scale theming and styling

  • Strong testing experience with:

    • Jest / Vitest

    • React Testing Library

    • Playwright / Cypress

  • Experience defining and owning front-end test strategy.

  • Strong knowledge of accessibility standards including WCAG and ARIA.

  • Experience with keyboard navigation, screen-reader support, and accessibility testing.

  • Strong front-end performance engineering expertise including:

    • Profiling

    • Bundle splitting

    • SSR vs. CSR trade-offs

    • Caching

    • Core Web Vitals optimization

  • Strong API integration experience including schema-driven development, pagination, caching, state management, and error handling.

  • Knowledge of web application security including:

    • XSS prevention

    • CSRF prevention

    • Secure authentication/session handling

    • Dependency security

    • OIDC concepts

  • Experience with front-end observability including logging, metrics, error reporting, and production debugging.


Mandatory Skill

  • Hands-on proficiency with AI-assisted software engineering tools, such as:

    • Claude Code

    • GitHub Copilot

  • Candidates should demonstrate practical usage of AI tools for coding, refactoring, testing, and debugging while following secure development practices.


Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with Next.js or Remix and SSR-based application development.

  • Understanding of SEO considerations for modern web applications.

  • Experience with Storybook, design tokens, and enterprise design systems.

  • Experience with micro-frontends and module federation.

  • Experience building rich user interfaces using:

    • D3

    • Canvas / WebGL

    • Advanced data grids

    • Animation libraries

  • Familiarity with OAuth2, OIDC, and enterprise SSO integrations.

  • Proven experience modernizing legacy front-end platforms and improving developer experience.

  • Experience with monorepo architectures is a plus.


Key Skills

React | TypeScript | JavaScript | Java | Spring Boot | Microservices | GraphQL | REST API | Vite | Webpack | Jest | Vitest | React Testing Library | Playwright | Cypress | CSS | WCAG | ARIA | Core Web Vitals | Design Systems | Storybook | Next.js | Claude Code | GitHub Copilot | OIDC | OAuth2

Submission Requirements

All submissions must include the following details:

  • Vendor Name

  • Diversified: Yes / No

  • Candidate confirmation for Day-One Onsite

  • Relocation justification for non-local candidates

  • Skill Matrix including years of coding experience and rating

  • LinkedIn profile with 100+ connections

  • RTTO/RTR email attachment containing:

    • Candidate resume

    • Day-One Onsite confirmation

    • Updated coding/skill matrix completed or confirmed by the candidate


Important: Candidate must be willing to work onsite from Day One.

Skills

Microservices
Next.js
Spring
Spring Boot
Storybook
SSO
Babel
CSS
SEO
Cypress
GraphQL
Java
JavaScript
Jest
Playwright
REST
React
Remix
Testing Library
TypeScript
Vite
Vitest
WebGL
Webpack

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