Senior UI/UX Design & Frontend Lead

Solid Company; Polska; On-site; PLN 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Solid is seeking a senior front-end designer/developer to lead requirements-to-prototype processes and build scalable React/TypeScript components across client-facing portal applications.

You will establish UI standards, collaborate with backend teams, and ensure WCAG accessibility and responsive design. The role also involves mentoring developers and contributing to architecture discussions.

Qualifications

• 14+ years of overall experience in software, digital product or application design and development.
• 8+ years hands-on experience with React.js and TypeScript.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating advanced UI/UX design and product design experience.
• Expert knowledge of design and prototyping tools such as Figma, including component libraries and design systems.
• Strong experience with React component architecture, hooks, state management and reusable UI development.
• Proven ability to translate high-fidelity designs into production-ready, responsive and accessible interfaces.
• Strong understanding of WCAG accessibility standards and modern responsive design practices.
• Experience with modern CI/CD environments and containerized applications (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift).
• Experience conducting code reviews and providing technical and design guidance to development teams.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, including explaining decisions to business and engineering.
• Experience mentoring developers in front-end engineering.

Responsibilities

• Lead the full requirements-to-prototype process from stakeholder discovery to wireframes and high-fidelity designs.
• Define and maintain UI/UX standards, interaction patterns and design systems across client-facing portal apps.
• Design and develop key React.js and TypeScript components and reusable front-end solutions.
• Establish front-end architecture, coding standards and development best practices.
• Review pull requests and provide actionable feedback on code quality, architecture and usability.
• Collaborate with backend/API teams to ensure feasible user experiences.
• Ensure WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility and responsive design compliance.
• Conduct usability testing and iterate based on feedback and analytics.
• Mentor mid-level developers in UI/UX and React development.
• Represent portal area in architecture and governance discussions.
• Ensure solutions are scalable, maintainable and consistent.

Skills

React.js

TypeScript

UI/UX design

Design systems

Figma

WCAG accessibility

Accessibility

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Code reviews

Communication

English fluency

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Job description

• Lead the full requirements-to-prototype process, from stakeholder discovery and requirements clarification to wireframes, interactive prototypes and high-fidelity designs
• Define and maintain UI/UX standards, interaction patterns and design systems across client-facing portal applications
• Design and develop key React.js and TypeScript components, shared UI libraries and reusable front-end solutions
• Establish front-end architecture, coding standards and development best practices
• Review pull requests and provide actionable feedback on code quality, architecture, usability and design fidelity
• Collaborate with backend and API teams to ensure proposed user experiences are technically feasible and aligned with service and data constraints
• Ensure compliance with WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility standards and responsive design principles
• Conduct usability testing and validation sessions and improve solutions based on user feedback, analytics and business requirements
• Mentor mid-level developers in UI/UX design thinking, React development and front-end engineering best practices
• Represent the portal area in architecture, design and technical governance discussions
• Ensure delivered solutions are scalable, maintainable, accessible and consistent across applications

Kogo poszukujemy?

• 14+ years of overall experience in software, digital product or application design and development
• 8+ years of hands-on experience with React.js and TypeScript
• Strong portfolio demonstrating advanced UI/UX design and product design experience
• Expert knowledge of design and prototyping tools such as Figma, including component libraries and design systems
• Strong experience with React component architecture, hooks, state management and reusable UI development
• Proven ability to translate high-fidelity designs into production-ready, responsive and accessible interfaces
• Strong understanding of WCAG accessibility standards and modern responsive design practices
• Experience working with modern CI/CD environments and containerized applications using technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes or OpenShift
• Experience conducting code reviews and providing technical and design guidance to development teams
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, including the ability to explain and defend design and technical decisions to both business and engineering stakeholders
• Experience mentoring developers and supporting technical decision-making within a front-end team
• Fluency in English (both written and spoken)