Frontend Architect

JOB DESCRIPTION: • Transformation Solution Engineer "Drives end-to-end technical strategy and architectural patterns for enterprise-scale front end platforms (dotcom scale) • Leads transformation initiatives integrating legacy and modern stacks (monolith to micro frontend, SSR/edge rendering) • Owns technical governance, frameworks, and reusable architecture libraries • Partners with business and platform teams to drive AI-forward engineering practices" • Own end-to-end frontend architecture for enterprise/dot-com scale platforms • Lead transformation from monolith to micro-frontends (e.g., Module Federation/single-spa/import maps) • Define SSR/SSG/ISR strategies with edge rendering (Next.js/Remix; Cloudflare/Vercel/AWS) • Establish technical governance, coding standards, and repo strategy (monorepo with Nx/Turborepo) • Architect and scale design systems (tokens, theming, Storybook, multi-brand support) • Set Core Web Vitals budgets and drive performance (code-splitting, tree-shaking, image/CDN optimization) • Enforce WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility with automated checks integrated into CI • Standardize state management (Redux Toolkit/Zustand/XState) and data fetching (TanStack Query/RTK Query/SWR) • Engineer client/server caching (HTTP caching, ETags, SWR, service workers/IndexedDB, GraphQL caching/APQ) • Reduce client chatter via BFFs, request coalescing, prefetching, partial hydration, and streaming • Design secure auth/identity beyond basic JWT (OAuth2/OIDC/SSO, PKCE, refresh rotation, CSRF/cookie strategies) • Define API/BFF patterns (Node/Nest/Express; GraphQL & REST), secrets handling, and threat modeling • Own testing strategy for React components and hooks (Jest/Vitest, React Testing Library, renderHook, MSW, Cypress/Playwright) • Promote React best practices (functional components, Hooks, memoization, RSC/server actions) • Implement observability (OpenTelemetry, Sentry/Datadog), error budgets, and performance SLOs • Drive CI/CD, release strategies (feature flags, canary/blue-green), and environment parity • Partner with product/platform/security; mentor engineers; lead technical design reviews and interviews • Guide Git strategy (GitFlow vs trunk-based), branch protections, and release management • Lead CMS/headless integrations (Sitecore/Contentful/AEM) within a composable DXP approach • Ensure i18n/L10n (including RTL) and multi-tenant/multi-brand theming across experiences • Champion AI-forward patterns (RAG/BFF gateways, guardrails, evaluation/telemetry) where applicable