UX/UI Architect

Must have skills:
Enterprise application modernization
User journey-driven design
Angular architecture
Component architecture
Responsive web applications
Information architecture
Application integration architecture
Design system implementation
Angular 21
TypeScript
JavaScript
HTML5
CSS3 / SCSS
Angular Material
RxJS
REST APIs
Good to have skills:
Familiarity with Java 17 and Spring Boot architectures
Cybersecurity domain experience
Vulnerability management platforms
Security analytics applications
Enterprise dashboard design
Risk management platforms
OCSF familiarity
Grade: D2
Location: New York
Description:
UX/UI Architect / Program Lead (D2)
VMAD Modernization Program
Data & Analytics Transformation (Perseus)
Role Summary
The UX/UI Architect is responsible for the end-to-end modernization of the VMAD Portal user experience. This role leads Discovery, drives alignment across UX Research, UX Design, Business Analysis, Data Engineering, Backend Engineering, and Front-End Engineering teams, and is accountable for the technical quality of all UI deliverables. The role establishes the patterns, specifications, and implementation standards used to accelerate delivery through AI-assisted development while ensuring consistency, maintainability, performance, and usability across the platform.
Duties & Responsibilities
Lead the UX/UI modernization effort from Discovery through UAT and production readiness.
Collaborate with business stakeholders, UX Research, UX Design, Business Analysis, Data Engineering, Java Engineering, and Angular Engineering teams to understand current-state functionality and define modernization objectives.
Analyze legacy application architecture, user workflows, database relationships, APIs, integration patterns, and technical dependencies.
Drive alignment between Hero Journeys, business requirements, technical constraints, implementation patterns, and delivery objectives.
Define and maintain specification schemas including attributes, types, required/optional elements, defaults/constraints, inheritance/composition patterns used by developers to refine specification patterns into AI-ready inputs for Devin Desktop or equivalent approved tooling.
Establish specification patterns used for screens, workflows, APIs, integrations, security, environments, and shared platform capabilities.
Create initial implementation specifications based on approved Hero Journeys and modernization objectives.
Review and approve specification updates throughout delivery.
Define the Angular 21 application architecture, repository structure, component model, routing standards, API integration patterns, security patterns, and development standards used throughout the modernization effort.
Create foundational application scaffolding and reusable implementation patterns used by engineering teams.
Define environment requirements and architecture specifications for Development, QA, UAT, Pre-Production, and Production environments.
Establish standards for reusable components, shared services, application structure, and integration approaches.
Deliver the Single Pipeline Scaffold POC with Minimal Screen Display based on an approved Hero Journey and supported by mock data and mock services.
Validate the modernization approach from Hero Journey through specification, implementation, API integration, and UI presentation.
Establish baseline implementation patterns used for subsequent screen and workflow modernization activities.
Coordinate UX Research, UX Design, Business Analysis, Data Engineering, Java Engineering, and Angular Engineering activities to ensure alignment between Hero Journeys, specifications, APIs, implementation patterns, and modernization objectives.
Resolve architecture, design, integration, security, and implementation issues.
Support Delivery, Hardening, Security Testing, Performance Testing, SIT, and UAT activities.
Approve production deployment packages and release readiness activities.
Leverage AI-assisted tooling to support code review, technical validation, troubleshooting, and specification compliance verification activities.
Review and approve all pull requests.
Ensure implementation aligns with approved specifications, architecture standards, security requirements, performance requirements, and user experience objectives.
Mentor engineers and provide technical direction throughout delivery.
Required Skills
Enterprise application modernization
User journey-driven design
Angular architecture
Component architecture
Responsive web applications
Information architecture
Application integration architecture
Design system implementation
Angular 21
TypeScript
JavaScript
HTML5
CSS3 / SCSS
Angular Material
RxJS
REST APIs
OpenAPI 3.0
Git
Azure DevOps
Azure, AWS, or similar cloud technologies
Specification-driven development
Pull request review and approval
AI-assisted code review and validation
Specification compliance verification
Repository design
Application scaffolding
Reusable component frameworks
API integration patterns
Authentication and authorization concepts
Secure application development
Technical leadership and mentoring
Preferred Skills
Familiarity with Java 17 and Spring Boot architectures
Cybersecurity domain experience
Vulnerability management platforms
Security analytics applications
Enterprise dashboard design
Risk management platforms
OCSF familiarity
Security graph concepts
Exposure management platforms
Financial services experience
AI-assisted software development workflows
Devin Desktop or equivalent AI-assisted development tooling experience
Experience
10+ years enterprise application architecture and development experience.
5+ years leading UI modernization or enterprise portal transformation initiatives.
3+ years defining application architecture, implementation patterns, or engineering standards consumed by delivery teams.
Experience building and architecting Angular enterprise applications.
Experience modernizing legacy platforms using Angular 21 and contemporary web application patterns.
Experience leading geographically distributed delivery teams preferred.
Experience supporting enterprise-scale application modernization programs preferred.