UI Architect

Role: UI Architect

Location: Reston, VA (100% Onsite)

Type: Contract

Core Tech: React, Next.js/Remix (SSR), TypeScript, GenAI/LLM Integration, AWS, Node.js

Job Description: In this role, you will act as a technical visionary, architecting enterprise-grade UI platforms that leverage the latest in Generative AI. You will move beyond standard frontend patterns to design AI-inference-aware systems, focusing on latency-sensitive rendering and streaming responses for AI-powered assistants and copilots. This position requires a leader who can define the technical strategy for intelligent design systems while ensuring compliance, accessibility, and high-performance SSR execution.

Key Responsibilities:

• Architectural Leadership: Design scalable, high-performance UI platforms and establish enterprise-wide architectural standards, coding guidelines, and modular patterns.
• AI Platform Strategy: Define and implement AI-augmented UI architectures, integrating LLMs and GenAI services into customer-facing digital tools.
• Intelligent UI Design: Architect AI-inference-aware systems, handling streaming responses, conversational interfaces, and adaptive, personalized user journeys.
• Modern Framework Mastery: Drive technical decisions using Remix or Next.js, focusing on Server-Side Rendering (SSR), routing optimization, and browser performance.
• GenAI Ecosystem: Partner with Data Science and ML Engineering to deliver compliant and scalable UI solutions, leveraging Prompt Engineering and AI-driven telemetry.
• Platform Enablement: Build and maintain frontend platform services using Node.js, AWS, and headless CMS platforms like Sitecore.
• DevOps & Quality: Establish robust CI/CD pipelines and GitHub Actions with automated quality gates to ensure elite-level deployment standards.
• Mentorship: Guide cross-functional development teams on framework usage, responsible AI considerations, and implementation best practices.

Must-Have Technical Skills:

• Frontend Architecture: 5 years of enterprise React experience and 2 years of Next.js or Remix (SSR/Routing).
• AI/ML Integration: Hands-on experience developing with LLMs and Generative AI services.
• Intelligent Design: Knowledge of Prompt Engineering, streaming UI patterns, and AI-driven design systems.
• Web Fundamentals: Strong command of TypeScript, accessibility (A11y), security, and browser performance optimization.
• Cloud & DevOps: Working knowledge of AWS services and automated delivery pipelines.

Desired Soft Skills:

• Innovation Mindset: Ability to balance cutting-edge AI innovation with long-term maintainability and UI governance.
• Collaborative Leadership: Strong interpersonal skills to partner with Data Science, Product, and Enterprise Architecture teams.
• Strategic Thinking: Proven track record of delivering large-scale, consumer-facing applications in a fast-paced environment.

Please let me know a convenient time for a quick call to discuss your background and this onsite AI-driven UI Architect project in Reston further.

Salary : $60 - $63