AVP Frontend Architect – Design Systems & Global UI

DBS Bank; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

DBS Bank seeks an AVP - UI Design & Component Engineering to standardize UI architecture across regional banking apps and drive a reusable component library. You will lead governance, performance, and accessibility while ensuring consistency of user experiences across geographies and channels.

The role combines strategic UI/UX design with hands-on component engineering, demanding strong leadership, collaboration with cross-functional teams, and a focus on scalable, accessible design systems.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in UI design, component engineering, or product engineering.
• 5+ years leading/architecting large-scale design systems across multiple products/regions.
• 3+ years in a senior/leadership role.
• Strong React and Angular expertise; modern web tooling.
• Experience with design system tools (Figma, Storybook); Git; TypeScript.

Responsibilities

• Lead and maintain a framework-agnostic design system for UI components across regions and products.
• Standardize journeys across APAC markets and migrate to a unified component library.
• Optimize UI performance to sub-2-second load times; implement code splitting and image optimization.
• Design flexible theming with multi-brand themes and accessibility-compliant palettes.

Skills

React & Angular proficiency

Performance optimization

Design systems leadership

TypeScript

Figma & Storybook

Tools

Webpack

Vite

CSS

Git

Storybook

Figma

Job description

DBS Bank seeks an AVP - UI Design & Component Engineering to standardize UI architecture across regional banking apps and drive a reusable component library. You will lead governance, performance, and accessibility while ensuring consistency of user experiences across geographies and channels.

The role combines strategic UI/UX design with hands-on component engineering, demanding strong leadership, collaboration with cross-functional teams, and a focus on scalable, accessible design systems.