UI Lead Frontend Engineer

DNS Info Ltd; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

DNS Info Ltd. seeks a highly experienced UI Lead Frontend Engineer to design scalable, high-performance frontend architectures for enterprise platforms built on AEM.

You will lead technical direction, define frontend standards, and drive AI-assisted development to accelerate delivery and improve productivity. Responsibilities include establishing reusable component libraries, ensuring accessibility (WCAG), optimizing performance, and collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• 10+ years frontend/UI engineering experience.
• Experience designing reusable UI components and integrating frontend apps with AEM.

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise-wide UI engineering standards and best practices.
• Design reusable component libraries, design systems, and micro-frontend architectures.
• Lead frontend architecture decisions and drive performance, accessibility, and SEO improvements.
• Collaborate with UX/UI, product, and enterprise architects to deliver enterprise digital platforms.
• Leverage Claude AI tools to accelerate UI development and improve productivity.

Skills

React.js

Next.js

TypeScript

AEM (Adobe Experience Manager)

Claude AI

UI architecture

Performance optimization

Accessibility (WCAG)

CI/CD

Testing (Jest, RTL)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

Jenkins

Playwright/Cypress

Job description

We are looking for a highly experienced UI Lead Frontend Engineer with strong expertise in modern frontend technologies, Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), and AI-powered development tools such as Anthropic Claude and Claude Code.

The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing scalable, high-performance, reusable, and maintainable frontend architectures for enterprise digital platforms. This role requires strong hands‑on technical leadership, deep understanding of AEM‑based digital experiences, and the ability to leverage Generative AI to accelerate software development, improve engineering productivity, and modernize UI delivery.

Key Responsibilities

1. UI Architecture & Technical Leadership

• Define and drive enterprise‑wide UI engineering, frontend standards, and best practices.
• Design reusable component libraries, design systems, and micro‑frontend architectures.
• Establish best practices for performance optimization, accessibility (WCAG), SEO, security, and responsive design.

2. Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Expertise

• Design and implement frontend architectures integrated with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM).
• Work with AEM Sites, Core Components, editable templates, client libraries, and content fragments.
• Integrate frontend applications with AEM Content Fragment APIs, GraphQL, and REST services.
• Understand AEM as a Cloud Service, including deployment pipelines, caching, and CDN considerations.
• Establish reusable AEM‑compatible UI components and authoring‑friendly design patterns.
• Demonstrate practical experience with Anthropic Claude and Claude Code for AI‑assisted software engineering.
• Use Claude to accelerate UI development, code generation, refactoring, debugging, and documentation.
• Define AI‑assisted engineering workflows across the frontend development lifecycle.

4. Engineering Excellence & DevOps

• Define frontend CI/CD practices using GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or equivalent platforms.
• Establish unit, integration, and end‑to‑end testing strategies using Jest, React Testing Library, Playwright, or Cypress.
• Drive Core Web Vitals improvements, bundle optimization, caching, and rendering strategies.
• Establish frontend code quality, security, and observability standards.
• Collaborate with UX/UI designers, product owners, enterprise architects, and engineering teams.

Required Technical Skills

Expected Expertise

React.js, Next.js, TypeScript

Expert

Expert

Adobe Experience Manager (AEM Sites)

Strong

AEM Core Components, Templates, Client Libraries

Strong

AEM Headless, GraphQL, REST APIs

Strong

Web Performance, Accessibility & SEO

Advanced

CI/CD, Git, Testing Frameworks

Strong

AWS

Strong

Mandatory Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in frontend/UI engineering
• Experience designing reusable UI components and integrating frontend applications with AEM.
• Practical experience using Claude or Claude Code for software development and engineering productivity.
• Strong understanding of frontend performance, accessibility, security, and scalability.
• Ability to communicate architectural decisions to technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Experience leading distributed engineering teams and driving technical standards.
• Understanding of cloud‑native architectures on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.

Key Deliverables / Success Measures

• Deliver seamless AEM integration with modern UI frameworks.
• Improve frontend performance, accessibility, and code quality.
• Increase developer productivity through responsible adoption of Claude and AI‑assisted development.
• Reduce technical debt and improve component reusability.
• Provide technical leadership and architectural governance across UI development teams.

Ideal Candidate Profile

A hands‑on UI Front End Lead engineer who combines strong frontend engineering expertise, enterprise AEM knowledge, and practical Claude AI experience with AWS implementations.

Frontend Engineering (React, Next JS, TypeScript) 60%