UI Technical Lead; React

Why Great Gray?

At Great Gray Group, we strive to set the bar for the retirement services industry. Our goal is to deliver advanced retirement solutions that combine our core fiduciary services with robust investment options, innovative technology, and dedicated client service. We focus on making choices clearer, transitions smoother, and the client experience more delightful. Complacency isn't in our vocabulary. Every day, we look for opportunities to better serve our clients, be an excellent business partner, and earn the trust of those who rely on us.

Great Gray is looking to add a UI Technical Lead (React) on our Technology team. As a hands‑on leader with extensive experience in building modern web and mobile applications backed by a cloud‑hosted SaaS platforms, you will guide an agile development team, influence architectural decisions and champion best practices in software development, driving innovation and delivering high‑impact features for our industry‑leading retirement platform.

If you believe in Dev Ops principles, value continuous delivery, and understand that quality is a shared responsibility you will do well here. Our team members are expected to take full ownership of our products as well as embrace efficiency and continuous improvement. We are not looking for a few rock stars, but rather very strong team players that wish to collaborate to create fantastic software.

This is an exciting opportunity to grow alongside Great Gray as we expand, integrate, and build cutting‑edge solutions for the retirement services industry. Your ability to mentor, solve complex technical challenges, and drive results will multiply the effectiveness of your team and shape the future of our technology.

This position will work from our Boston, MA office. Great Gray currently supports a hybrid work model with 4 days onsite, and 1 day remote.

Visa sponsorship or transfer of an existing visa is not available for this position. Applicants must be authorized to work directly for any employer in the United States without visa sponsorship or transfer.

• Hands‑on, technical leadership serving as a player‑coach within a cross‑functional agile team.
• Lead the front‑end transformation of the RPAG platform, addressing technical debt, user experience inconsistencies, and performance bottlenecks.
• Lead and mentor a team of engineers, driving technical excellence through guidance and best practices.
• Champion continuous improvement by optimizing processes, ensuring quality standards, and enhancing system performance.
• Collaborate with leadership to align technical decisions with business goals and deliver outstanding customer value.
• Maintain and monitor business‑critical platforms, proactively troubleshooting issues to ensure seamless operation.

• 7+ years of front‑end software development experience, with demonstrable mastery of React development.
• 3+ years in a technical leadership role with responsibilities beyond just software delivery.
• Expert‑level proficiency in Type Script and modern JavaScript.
• Experience with modern build tools (Webpack, Vite) and package management.
• Familiarity with cloud‑based, CI/CD development using containers, pipelines, and test automation.
• Understanding of relational databases and ability to write SQL queries for debugging and data validation.
• Experience consuming and designing RESTful APIs, with familiarity with Graph
  
  QL and real‑time data patterns.
• A problem‑solving mindset and the ability to lead technical teams.
• Your standards reflect our core values:
  Growth Mindset, Disciplined Curiosity, Grit, Results Ownership, Collaboration.

• 10+ years of front‑end and full‑stack experience.
• Hands‑on experience with mobile development (iOS/Android).
• Extensive experience with cloud‑based, multi‑tenant SaaS platforms.
• Fintech experience, including knowledge of security, compliance, and regulatory procedures and processes.
• Deep knowledge of UI/UX patterns and best practices including language support and accessibility.
• Articulate communicator of best practices, design patterns, and modern UI/UX concepts.
• Able to thrive as…