Senior Ui Engineer / Ui Experience Lead

Dws; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Dws is seeking a senior front-end engineer to lead the design and build of an end-to-end remediation user experience in Melbourne. You will own the front-end experience, translate user needs into reusable UI patterns, and build production-quality SPAs that securely integrate with REST APIs.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years in UI/front-end engineering, strong React/Redux skills, and a track record in TDD/BDD and accessibility. Collaborative, cross-team leadership is essential for this role.

Qualifications

• 7+ years UI/front-end engineering experience, including senior/lead responsibilities.
• Strong React, Redux, Node.js, Yarn, Webpack, Jest and Git capability.
• Deep experience packaging and optimising front-end SPAs for enterprise production use.
• Strong REST API and JWT-based authentication knowledge.
• Demonstrated TDD/BDD and automated front-end testing practices.
• Strong UX judgement, accessibility awareness and ability to simplify complex operational workflows.

Responsibilities

• Own the front-end experience and guide UI design decisions from discovery through release.
• Translate remediation workflows and user needs into reusable UI patterns, components and interaction flows.
• Build production-quality single-page applications and integrate them securely with REST APIs.
• Set front-end engineering standards covering component design, state management, testing, accessibility, performance and code quality.
• Partner with Product, Design, Full-stack, AWS Platform and remediation application teams to shape end-to-end solutions.
• Coach other UI engineers, review designs/code and manage technical trade-offs while maintaining delivery pace.

Skills

UI/Frontend leadership

TDD/BDD

UX judgement

Accessibility

Tools

React

Redux

Node.js

Yarn

Webpack

Jest

Git

Job description

Role purpose

Lead the design and build of a new end-to-end customer remediation user experience. The role combines hands-on React

engineering with technical and experience leadership, ensuring remediation users can view, navigate and manage cases through a

simple, consistent and accessible interface.

What you will do

Own the front-end experience and guide UI design decisions from discovery through release.

Translate remediation workflows and user needs into reusable UI patterns, components and interaction flows.

Build production-quality single-page applications and integrate them securely with REST APIs.

Set front-end engineering standards covering component design, state management, testing, accessibility, performance and code

quality.

Partner with Product, Design, Full-stack, AWS Platform and remediation application teams to shape end-to-end solutions.

Coach other UI engineers, review designs/code and manage technical trade-offs while maintaining delivery pace.

What you will bring

7+ years UI/front-end engineering experience, including senior/lead responsibilities.

Strong React, Redux, Node.js, Yarn, Webpack, Jest and Git capability.

Deep experience packaging and optimising front-end SPAs for enterprise production use.

Strong REST API and JWT-based authentication knowledge.

Demonstrated TDD/BDD and automated front-end testing practices.

Strong UX judgement, accessibility awareness and ability to simplify complex operational workflows.

Highly regarded

Experience in regulated, banking or complex case-management environments.

Cloud-hosted web applications and CI/CD.

Design systems, React Testing Library and performance engineering.

Success in the role

A coherent remediation experience that reduces fragmentation across existing tools.

Reusable front-end standards and components that accelerate delivery beyond the initial release.