Lead UI Developer (Angular)

Job Description Summary
Highly specialized expert developing software applications, in entirety or in part, that have a big impact on business for a large organization.

Job Description

This position follows a hybrid work model, with an expectation to be in the office 3 days per week at the St. Petersburg, FL Corporate Office location.

Please note: This role is not eligible for Work Visa sponsorship, either currently or in the future.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, design, development, testing, deployment, and ongoing support of enterprise-scale Angular applications.
• Drive technical decision-making and establish front-end development standards, best practices, and reusable design patterns.
• Own end-to-end delivery of UI features from concept through production deployment.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, UX Designers, Architects, QA, DevOps, and backend engineers to design scalable, maintainable, and high-performing solutions.
• Lead technical design discussions, estimate work, identify risks, and provide implementation guidance during sprint planning.
• Mentor and coach junior and senior developers through technical guidance, code reviews, pair programming, and knowledge-sharing sessions.
• Identify technical debt and drive modernization initiatives to improve application maintainability, scalability, and performance.
• Build reusable UI components, shared libraries, and scalable front-end frameworks to support multiple applications.
• Implement responsive, accessible, and cross-browser compatible user interfaces that deliver an exceptional user experience.
• Integrate with RESTful APIs and backend services while implementing robust error handling, authentication, caching, and asynchronous workflows.
• Develop scalable Micro Frontend solutions using Module Federation or similar technologies where appropriate.
• Optimize application performance by improving rendering speed, bundle size, lazy loading, virtual scrolling, memory utilization, and network efficiency.
• Collaborate with backend teams to ensure efficient API design and seamless integration.
• Participate in production support rotations, troubleshoot production issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement long-term solutions.
• Perform thorough code reviews and architectural reviews to ensure high-quality, maintainable code.
• Develop and maintain automated unit, integration, and end-to-end tests.
• Drive adoption of CI/CD pipelines, automated quality gates, and static code analysis.
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools to improve software quality, documentation, testing, and engineering productivity.

Skills

• 7 years of professional experience developing enterprise web applications.
• 7 years of hands-on experience with Angular (v14 ), TypeScript, JavaScript (ES6 ), HTML5, CSS3, and SCSS.
• Strong experience with reactive programming using RxJS.
• Experience implementing enterprise state management using NgRx (Store, Effects, Selectors, Entity) or equivalent state management libraries.
• Experience building reusable component libraries and scalable front-end architectures.
• Experience developing responsive, cross-browser compatible, and accessible (WCAG/ARIA) web applications.
• Strong understanding of performance optimization techniques, including rendering performance, bundle optimization, lazy loading, virtual scrolling, memory management, and network optimization.
• Experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs, including authentication, authorization, pagination, caching, and error handling.
• Experience implementing Micro Frontend architecture using Module Federation or similar technologies.
• Experience with AG Grid and Apache ECharts (or equivalent visualization libraries).
• Experience troubleshooting complex UI issues across browsers and devices.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum development environments.
• Experience with Git, Jenkins (or equivalent CI/CD platforms), SonarQube, and automated deployment pipelines.
• Experience with unit testing and automated testing frameworks such as Jasmine, Karma, Jest
• Working knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases for debugging, reporting, and API integration.

Education
High School (HS) (Required)

Work Experience
General Experience - 6 to 10 years

Certifications

Travel

Workstyle
Hybrid

The total compensation for this position includes base salary or wages, and may include components such as additional compensation (cash or equity), discretionary bonuses, or commissions. This position is eligible for a benefits package that may include medical, dental, and vision; life insurance; critical illness insurance and accident insurance; disability benefits; retirement savings; paid time off (including vacation, holidays, and sick leave); and parental leave. Eligibility for benefits and specific offerings may vary based on position and employment status. To view more details of the benefits offered, visit Myrjbenefits.com.

At Raymond James our associates use five guiding behaviors (Develop, Collaborate, Decide, Deliver, Improve) to deliver on the firm's core values of client-first, integrity, independence and a conservative, long-term view.

We expect our associates at all levels to:
Grow professionally and inspire others to do the same
Work with and through others to achieve desired outcomes
Make prompt, pragmatic choices and act with the client in mind
Take ownership and hold themselves and others accountable for delivering results that matter
Contribute to the continuous evolution of the firm

At Raymond James - as part of our people-first culture, we honor, value, and respect the uniqueness, experiences, and backgrounds of all of our Associates. When associates bring their best authentic selves, our organization, clients, and communities thrive. The Company is an equal opportunity employer and makes all employment decisions on the basis of merit and business needs.