Architect Senior Associate

Dearborn, Michigan – Architect Senior Associate (#1056820)

Employees in this function translate desired business capabilities into solution concepts, models, and their functional and technical requirements. They design strategies, technology patterns, and service structures, and are accountable for architecture and information management guidance and governance processes. Their responsibilities include enterprise capability integration, evaluating opportunities for integration and alignment, selecting implementation strategies, and defining technology mechanisms required at the enterprise and portfolio levels.

• Architect, design, and deliver high‑quality, performant, and accessible user interfaces using ReactJS and modern front‑end technologies.
• Lead the development and maintenance of Micro‑Frontend architectures using Module Federation and Single‑SPA, enabling scalable, independently deployable front‑end modules across multiple applications.
• Define and maintain the technical architecture for AEM‑based applications, leveraging SPA (Single Page Application) and CaaS (Content as a Service) patterns.
• Develop and maintain Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) solutions, including component development, content modeling, workflows, and deployment pipelines.
• Build robust, reusable component libraries and frameworks that improve developer productivity and consistency across teams.
• Develop scalable Node.js services and APIs to support full‑stack application needs.
• Partner closely with back‑end engineers, UX/UI designers, product owners, and architects to translate business requirements into elegant, technically sound solutions.
• Ensure seamless integration of Micro‑Frontends across teams and platforms, maintaining a unified user experience.
• Participate actively in Agile ceremonies—sprint planning, retrospectives, and backlog refinement—contributing to team velocity and delivery quality.
• Conduct thorough code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and uphold coding standards across the engineering organization.
• Champion Test‑Driven Development (TDD), clean code principles, and pair programming practices.
• Drive decisions around scalability, security, performance, and reliability through sound architecture and design patterns.
• Optimize application performance for speed, responsiveness, and scalability across devices and platforms.
• Implement and enforce modern authorization and authentication mechanisms, including OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, and JSON Web Tokens (JWT).
• Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and engineering best practices, continuously elevating the team's capabilities.
• Serve as a technical mentor and coach to junior and mid‑level engineers, fostering a culture of learning, growth, and engineering excellence.
• Contribute to defining and evolving team engineering standards, best practices, and architectural guidelines.
• Lead technical discovery and spike work, helping the team navigate ambiguity and make informed architectural decisions.

Front‑End (Software Engineering), React, Node.js, GCP Cloud Run, Java, HTML5, Cloud Architecture, Artificial Intelligence & Expert Systems

• Expectation:
  The candidate should demonstrate more than just "coding" skills; they must apply engineering rigors like Test‑Driven Development (TDD) and clean code principles.
• Example: "We expect a candidate who can build modular, reusable UI components that are unit‑tested and optimized for performance, ensuring the front‑end remains maintainable as the application scales."

React, Node.js

• Expectation:
  Proficiency in building full‑stack front end applications with a deep understanding of state management (e.g., Redux, Context API) and asynchronous API design.
• Example: "The candidate should be able to build a React dashboard that consumes data from a custom‑built Node.js middleware, handling complex data flows and ensuring a lag‑free user experience."

GCP Cloud Run

• Expectation:
  Experience with serverless containerization. They should know how to package applications into Docker containers and deploy them to a managed cloud environment.
• Example: "We expect the engineer to deploy a…