UI Frontend Developer

Title: UI / Frontend Developer
Houston TX - (5 days Onsite)
Contract


We're looking for a Senior Frontend Engineer to lead a team of curious, diverse engineers and build modern user experiences in a highly autonomous, collaborative setting.


Responsibilities


- Lead frontend delivery, setting a high bar for code quality, reliability, and user experience.
- Mentor engineers and drive best practices across architecture, testing, and documentation.
- Partner closely with product, UX, and backend teams to translate outcomes into scalable UI solutions.
- Establish strong engineering hygiene: pull request workflows, design reviews, and test automation.
- Promote responsible use of AI-assisted engineering (e.g., Copilot/agentic tools) to improve velocity and quality.


Required Qualifications


- BS/BA degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 5+ years of hands-on engineering experience, including 3+ years with React and TypeScript.
- Expert proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and the React ecosystem.
- Experience with frontend architecture patterns at scale (e.g., Micro Frontends) and monorepo tooling (e.g., Nx).
- Strong testing mindset, including unit/functional/integration testing.
- Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills in Agile delivery environments.



Preferred Qualifications


- Experience improving coding velocity and quality using GenAI and agentic tools (e.g., Copilot); experience integrating LLM capabilities into engineered solutions is a plus.
- Experience with NGINX and modern deployment patterns.
- Experience designing and consuming APIs and working effectively with microservices.
- Experience building cloud-native applications (AWS/Azure/Pivotal or similar) and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins).
- Engineering experience in fintech (Investment Banking or Capital Markets preferred).