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Lead UI Developer UI Architect Financial Services

Blink UX

Job Location:

Jersey, NJ - USA

Yearly Salary: $ 140000 - 155000

Posted: 17 July 2026 (30+ days ago)

Application Deadline: 14 October 2026

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Blink is the user experience firm for the worlds leading companies. We use evidence-driven design to create products that people use love and remember. With studios in Boston New York San Diego San Francisco and Seattle Blink brings two decades of experience to research design and strategy for clients such as Amazon Meta Microsoft NASA Starbucks and USAA.

This opportunity is a part of Blinks Embedded practice which supports long-term opportunities with some of Blinks largest client partners.

Duration: 6 months to start - ongoing contract

Location: Jersey City NJ - this opportunity is 100% onsite - 5 days per week

What youll be doing

We are looking for a UI Architect who can collaborate with the Product team to capture requirements translate those into UI architecture create user stories and lead 5 to 7 front-end React TypeScript engineers.

This role involves reviewing team work products and presenting completed work to business and engineering leadership for sign-off. The Architect will keep stakeholders informed on progress roadblocks and status through regular updates. This personis expected to quickly learn the existing application(s) in scope applicable web standards and component libraries - taking ownership and running the project independently with the engineering team to deliver on schedule.

The role is front-end focused partnering closely with Product UX and backend/platform teams to deliver high-quality UI capabilities and set engineering standards.

Job Responsibilities

Lead development of complex user-facing web applications using React TypeScript owning the front-end architecture and delivery approach.
Partner with UX/Product to translate designs into polished experiences; influence requirements with feasibility performance and accessibility considerations.
Establish and evolve front-end standards: component architecture state management routing code conventions and testing practices.
Build using established UI foundations: design system/component library theming responsive layouts and cross-browser compatibility.
Drive performance and quality: page load speed bundle optimization rendering strategies caching and runtime monitoring.
Implement advanced UI capabilities such as rich data visualization real-time updates offline-friendly patterns and robust form/workflow experiences.
Ensure secure client-side patterns: safe authentication flows token handling guidance secure storage and protection against common web vulnerabilities.
Collaborate with backend teams on API contracts (GraphQL/REST) and advocate for front-end-friendly patterns (pagination filtering error models).

Your background

Required Qualifications

10 years professional software engineering experience with significant depth in front-end web development.
Expert-level React proficiency (hooks component composition context rendering behavior concurrency-related patterns where applicable).
Strong TypeScript skills (types-as-design generics strictness strategies) and modern JavaScript fundamentals.
Deep experience with modern front-end tooling: Vite/Webpack Babel/SWC npm/pnpm/yarn monorepos (optional) and build/release pipelines.
Strong CSS skills: responsive design CSS architecture (CSS Modules CSS-in-JS or utility frameworks) theming and consistent styling at scale.
Advanced testing practices: Jest/Vitest React Testing Library Playwright/Cypress for end-to-end testing; test strategy ownership.
Accessibility expertise: WCAG/ARIA keyboard navigation screen-reader considerations and automated plus manual accessibility testing.
Performance engineering: profiling bundle splitting server-side/client-side rendering trade-offs caching strategies and page speed optimization.
API integration expertise with GraphQL and REST (schema-driven development error handling pagination caching and client state strategies).
Security awareness for web apps: XSS/CSRF prevention dependency hygiene secure authentication/session patterns (OIDC awareness a plus).
Observability for the front end: client-side logging/metrics error reporting and debugging production issues.
Required: Proficiency using AI-assisted engineering tools to accelerate implementation refactoring test creation and debugging while validating correctness and adhering to secure handling practices.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with server-side rendering frameworks (e.g. Remix) and SEO considerations.
Experience leveraging a design system (component libraries design tokens style guide tooling).
Experience with micro-frontend patterns and module federation (where relevant).
Experience with visualization and rich UI: data visualization libraries Canvas/WebGL advanced tables/grids animation libraries.
Familiarity with authentication integrations and enterprise single sign-on constraints.
Proven track record modernizing legacy front ends and improving developer experience.

$140000 - $155000 a year

DOE

Blink is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race color national origin religion gender age veteran status political affiliation sexual orientation marital status or disability.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.

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