Web Application Architect

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Bridge Specialty Group is seeking a Web Application Architect to join our growing team in Plano, TX
. We are seeking a talented and experienced Web Application Architect to join the Bridge Specialty Group IT organization. Reporting to the Head of IT Architecture, this role will lead the architecture, modernization, and governance of highly interactive, transactional web applications used by customers, brokers, underwriters, operational teams, and business partners. The Web Application Architect will define modern front-end and full-stack application patterns, guide UI/UX design and implementation, and shape secure integrations between web experiences, enterprise backend services, and third‑party applications.

This role will work closely with Product Owners, UX/UI Designers, Application Development teams, Enterprise Architecture, Data Architecture, Integration teams, Security, and Cloud Platform teams to deliver intuitive, accessible, scalable, resilient, and maintainable digital solutions.

• Collaborate with the Head of IT Architecture and Enterprise Architecture teams to define web application architecture standards, reference designs, and technology roadmaps.
• Establish architectural patterns for highly interactive, workflow‑driven, and transactional web applications.
• Define standards for front‑end frameworks, application composition, state management, browser compatibility, responsive behavior, API consumption, performance, and maintainability.
• Conduct architecture and technical design reviews to ensure solutions align with enterprise, security, cloud, and integration standards.
• Guide to modernization of legacy web and non‑web applications through refactoring, re‑platforming, decomposition, and incremental user experience improvements.
• Lead architecture decisions for customer‑facing, partner‑facing, and internal web applications.
• Define component‑based front‑end architectures using modern JavaScript and Type Script frameworks such as React, Angular, or comparable technologies.
• Establish reusable component libraries, design systems, coding standards, and front‑end engineering practices.
• Define approaches for routing, state management, caching, error handling, feature configuration, internationalization, and browser‑side security.
• Architect applications supporting complex, high‑volume, and multi‑step business transactions.

• Partner with Product Owners, and business stakeholders to translate user needs and business workflows into intuitive digital experiences.
• Provide architectural guidance for interaction design, information architecture, navigation, responsive layouts, and consistent visual behavior.
• Promote user‑centered design, accessibility, usability, mobile‑first design, and inclusive design practices.
• Support creation and governance of design systems, prototypes, wireframes, and reusable interaction patterns using tools such as Figma or comparable platforms.
• Use user feedback, analytics, and usability findings to guide continuous improvement of digital experiences.

• Design reliable application flows for submissions, quoting, servicing, approvals, document handling, workflow tasks, and other insurance business processes.
• Define patterns for validation, session and state management, transaction integrity, concurrency, idempotency, error recovery, auditability, and long‑running workflows.
• Ensure transactional applications meet requirements for performance, scalability, resiliency, data protection, and operational…