Sr UI Architect

Job Description Summary

The role entails technical and architectural leadership of the GridOS Design System platform team, focusing on development of a composable UI architecture, no-code/low-code configuration driven experiences, micro-frontends, and next generation web/mobile technologies. The role combines strategic architectural leadership with hands-on implementation, ensuring our UI ecosystem is scalable, high-performing, and future ready.

Job Description

In this role, you will:

• Define and champion the UI architecture for web-based and mobile apps for the electric utility industry
• Be responsible for providing technical and architectural leadership; defining, developing, and evolving software in a fast paced and agile development environment – with a special focus on composable UIs, micro-frontends, and design system integration
• Build and maintain core UI frameworks and component libraries (Angular)
• Partner with backend and Data Fabric teams to optimize Graph
  
  QL API consumption from a UI perspective that ensures scalability and performance
• Provide guidance to developers with either planning and execution and/or design architecture using agile methodologies such as SCRUM
• Drive increased efficiency across the teams, eliminating duplication, leveraging product and technology reuse
• Capture system level requirements and develop end-to-end architecture from a UI perspective by brainstorming with CTO, Sr. Architects, UX Researchers, Businesses & Product Managers
• Evaluate, recommend, and introduce next-generation UI technologies aligned to business goal. Leads impact assessment, needed PoCs, design /architectural considerations and implementation strategy.
• Prototype new architectures and frameworks to validate technical feasibility.
• Subject matter expert in processes and methodologies with ability to adapt and improvise in various situations. Expert in navigating through ambiguity and prioritizing conflicting asks.
• Expert level skills in design, architecture and development, with an ability to document and diagram architectural decisions and direction while taking a deep dive of the implementation and adoption aspects
• Leads the architecture and design efforts across integration of various products that blend into a single and delightful user experience for end users
• Establish UI design patterns, coding standards, contribution and governance models
• Partner with application teams to guide architectural decisions, code reviews, and best practices
• Work closely with UX designers to ensure seamless integration between design and implementation
• Mentor engineers on UI architecture, performance, and responsive design techniques
• Identify and resolve UI performance bottlenecks across devices and browsers
• Implement strategies for lazy evaluation, lazy loading, code splitting, caching, and asset optimization
• Ensure WCAG compliance and accessibility standards are met

Education Qualification

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or “STEM” Majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) with minimum 10 years of experience

Desired Characteristics

Technical Expertise:

• Expertise in OO Design, Development, and Design Patterns.
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript/Type Script ,
  Angular,
  React.js
  , React Native (or similar frameworks).
• Proven experience with micro-frontend architecture and composable UI patterns.
• Expertise in responsive design
  , cross-browser compatibility
  , and mobile-first development
  .
• Hands-on experience integrating GraphQL with front-end frameworks.
• Understanding of design systems and scalable component library management.
• Strong grasp of performance tuning techniques for web/mobile applications.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, containerized deployments, and cloud environments.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and collaboration skills.
• Experience with Next.js, Webpack Module Federation, or similar bundling strategies.
• Knowledge of server-side rendering (SSR) and static site generation (SSG) approaches.
• Familiarity with state management solutions like Redux, Recoil, or Zustand.
• Experience in platform-level UI component delivery for multiple application teams.
• Knowledgeable about developments in UX in various contexts, businesses,…