UI Architect (Angular) - Lead Frontend Development and Design

Optomi in partnership with a leader in financial services, is seeking a UI Architect (Angular) to lead the technical oversight on the Design Operations team. This team supports a client-facing and mobile application that provides 24/7 access to financial accounts. The UI Architect will be the first hire to breakdown monolithic services into a microservices environment.

What the Right Candidate Will Enjoy:

• 100% remote work opportunity
• Be the first team member to research and develop a new customer facing platform with focus on microservices, continuous integration and continuous deployment.
• Opportunity to work on highly-scalable, customer solutions that impact financial clients daily.

Apply Today if Your Background Includes:

• 8+ years of frontend development and design experience, using Angular 15+, with 3+ years in an architect or lead role.
• Deep expertise in Angular (v15+), with strong knowledge of Angular 20 features, standalone components, signals, and reactive state management.
• Proficiency in TypeScript, RxJS, and SCSS/SASS.
• Strong understanding of micro frontends, lazy loading, and modular application structures.
• Experience integrating RESTful APIs and GraphQL services.
• Solid understanding of responsive design, web accessibility (WCAG), and cross-browser compatibility.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement a modern front-end architecture leveraging Angular 20, ensuring scalability, modularity, and high performance across all components.
• Oversee the migration and refactoring of the legacy UI into a maintainable and testable structure, aligning with best practices in component design, state management, and code organization.
• Develop and enforce a consistent design system and component library to ensure cohesive branding and reusable UI patterns across applications.
• Work closely across scrum teams to ensure developers understand developing reusable components.
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, ensuring high responsiveness, accessibility, and fast load times.
• Mentor front-end developers, conduct code reviews, and establish coding standards and architectural guidelines for the team.
• Define and maintain front-end build pipelines using modern tools (e.g., Nx, Webpack, Vite, or Angular CLI) integrated with automated testing and deployment systems.