User Interface Architect

Position: Senior UI Architect

Location: Weehawken, NJ - Hybrid

Duration: 12 Months with possible extensions

Description:

Client is seeking a Senior UI Architect to join our team, working with a leading financial services client on the modernization of their client-facing digital platforms. This is a senior consulting role focused on assessing, modernizing, and optimizing the client’s current front-end architecture. The architect will serve as a strategic advisor to technology leadership, identifying architectural gaps, recommending modernization strategies, and helping define the future UI technology roadmap.

This role requires the ability to work onsite at the client’s office in Weehawken, NJ 3-4 days per week. Local candidates (NJ/NY area) are strongly preferred.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct detailed assessments of existing front-end architecture, frameworks, and integration patterns across online platforms.
• Identify gaps, inefficiencies, and performance bottlenecks in the current UI implementation.
• Define modernization and migration strategies for legacy tech stacks, including recommendations for new frameworks, libraries, and tools.
• Collaborate closely with the client’s CTO organization, enterprise architects, and development leads to align on architecture principles and target state design.
• Provide architectural blueprints, technical recommendations, and performance optimization strategies.
• Lead discussions and reviews with senior technology and business stakeholders, presenting findings and solution proposals.

Qualifications:

• 10 years of experience in front-end architecture and engineering for large-scale enterprise or financial platforms.
• Deep expertise in modern UI frameworks (React, Angular, Vue, etc.) and state management approaches.
• Strong understanding of micro-frontend architecture, modular UI patterns, and scalable design systems.
• Proven experience consulting with CTO-level stakeholders on technology modernization initiatives.
• Solid understanding of performance tuning, accessibility standards, and responsive design principles.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Background in financial services, wealth management, or digital client onboarding platforms.
• Prior experience driving front-end modernization initiatives from strategy through implementation.