UI Architect

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**Job Description**:
UI Architect
**Experience criteria**: 12+ years of relevant experience

**Responsibilities**:
Define and decide development technology and platform, define development standards, tools, processes, etc.
In collaboration with the Backend Architect discuss, formulate, and document a vision for Frontend architecture and approaches.
Detail out and refine higher-level architecture decisions into a lower-level design.
Lead implementation of technical and infrastructure initiatives to support architecture decisions.
Overlook and review the work of the team to ensure that the architecture decisions are being executed and the team is following coding standards and architecture guidelines.
Ensure technical knowledge sharing between development teams on related or similar projects.
Lead the research on specific topics, experiment with various technologies, and provide recommendations based on your findings.
Proactively identify technical debt and product areas that require attention or improvement at the architecture level.
Constantly develop yourself and the team in technology advancements, research new approaches, tools and best practices in the software architecture and design space.
Suggest improvements to our technology stack to optimize it for strategic growth and the competitive advantage.
**Requirement**:
Previous experience working with multiple development teams.
Experience in facilitating even the most heated discussions, ability to resolve them and take ownership for the decisions.
Track record of delivering successful solutions as a leader.
Be a world-class individual contributor. You will not be here just to tell other people what to do instead Lead by example.
Additional consideration for experience working with high volume ECommerce websites or CMS platforms.
Experience working with or building unified UI libraries
Clear understanding of software design patterns and principles.
Experience guiding the continuous improvement of process and technology.
Strong sense of ownership. You take responsibility for the success of the delivery.
Commitment to quality. You take pride in everything you deliver as a reflection of yourself.
Abstract thinking while paying attention to important details at the same time.
Ability to take smart risks and champion new ideas.
Ability to communicate clearly and constantly with teams in writing and on video calls.
You must be an extraordinary individual contributor to thrive at Adobe.
Ability to research and adopt new technologies quickly in a very dynamic working environment.
**Technical Skills**:
In depth knowledge in HTML5, CSS3 (Less, Sass, Tailwind is a plus) with excellent knowledge of BEM methodology is preferred.
Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model.
Hands on knowledge of JavaScript ES6 and design patterns
Experience with Design System and knowledge on Atomic design paradigm is a plus.
Extensive Experience in ReactJS is a must
Experience working with RESTful and GraphQL APIs and Integration UI skills
Experience in implementing Web Accessibility WCAG guidelines.
Knowledge on Core Web Vitals, GLHS is required
Experience working on Testing Frameworks like Jest, Jasmine, karma, Playwright will be a plus
Familiarity with code versioning tools such as Git, SVN, and Mercurial.
Experience with common front-end development tools such as Babel, Webpack, NPM, etc.
Good knowledge of Node & npm, advanced knowledge of build systems such as Webpack/Grunt/Gulp etc, including Linting, Compiling, Minifying, etc.
Advanced knowledge of unit testing best practices and Continuous Integration processes (CI/CD)
A strong understanding of approaches and techniques to optimize web performance and Accessibility (WCAG) compliance.
Familiarity with OWASP security; Aware of headless commerce implementation.
Experience in building the front end for the AEM platform is an advantage.
Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools.
Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements.
A knack for benchmarking and optimization.
Adherence to
- Software development standards
- Agile methodologies
- Quality assurance
- Standards Governance
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