Front-End Architect

Magnetforensics; United States; On-site; USD 154,000 - 264,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous time off policies

Competitive compensation

Volunteer opportunities

Healthcare and retirement benefits

Job summary

Magnet Forensics is seeking a seasoned Front-End Architect to drive technical depth and impact across our frontend platforms. You will design reusable UI frameworks, modernize legacy code, and guide teams toward better patterns, tooling, and practices.

This hands-on leadership role blends architecture with building capabilities, mentoring developers, and accelerating productivity while ensuring accessibility and design system alignment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of frontend development experience with modern frameworks.
• 4+ years shipping SaaS solutions in production (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Strong mentorship and leadership with cross-functional influence.
• Excellent written and verbal communication across teams.
• Experience designing extensible frontend architectures (modular apps, micro frontends, plugins).
• Familiarity with design systems, accessibility, and internationalization.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead scalable frontend architectures for multiple SaaS products.
• Mentor engineers, promote best practices, and drive pattern adoption.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Product, and UX to deliver high-quality UI.

Skills

Frontend architecture

React/Vue

SaaS delivery

Mentorship/leadership

Clear communication

Prototype and evangelism

Bachelor's in CS

Extensible frontend patterns

Frontend DX tooling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

MUI

Vite

TanStack

Emotion

AWS / cloud platforms

Job description

Who We Are; What We Do; Where We’re Going

Magnet Forensics is a global leader in the development of digital investigative software that acquires, analyzes, and shares evidence from computers, smartphones, tablets, and IoT-related devices. We are continually innovating so our customers can deploy advanced and effective tools to protect their companies, communities, and countries.

Serving thousands of customers globally, our solutions are playing a crucial role in modernizing digital investigations, helping investigators fight crime, protect assets, and guard national security.

With employees based around the world, Magnet Forensics has been expanding our global presence. As a part of Magnet Forensics, you can expect to make a difference in the world, no matter what role you play. You’ll be supported through learning and development, not to mention an incredible team with unbelievable talent and integrity.

If you think you would be the right person to join our team working towards this goal, we would love to hear from you!

Role Overview

We’re looking for a seasoned Front-End Architect who thrives on technical depth and broad influence. You’re as comfortable designing architecture as you are shipping code, and you care deeply about developer experience, scalability, and performance. You’ve likely led modernization efforts, built shared frameworks or design systems, and enjoy helping others adopt better patterns at scale.

This is a hands‑on technical leadership role: Part Architect, Part Builder, and Part Mentor. You’ll lead by example, designing reusable UI frameworks, modernizing legacy codebases, and guiding engineering teams toward better patterns, tooling, and practices.

Why You’ll Love This Role?

• You’ll have outsized impact. The work you do will unlock speed and consistency across multiple SaaS products, laying the groundwork for our next‑generation unified platform.
• You’ll solve meaningful technical challenges. From platform architecture to developer experience, you’ll tackle problems that blend scale, complexity, and usability.
• You’ll join a culture that values autonomy and trust. We empower experienced engineers to make decisions, move quickly, and see their work make a measurable difference. No ivory towers.

NOTE: Candidates must reside in The United States or Canada.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional frontend development experience, including deep expertise in one or more major frameworks (e.g. React, Vue) and modern JavaScript/TypeScript.
• 4+ years of experience shipping pragmatic SaaS solutions to production (AWS, Azure, or GCP), balancing technical vision with delivery.
• Excellent mentorship and leadership skills, with the ability to guide and challenge senior developers.
• Clear and confident communication: you can explain tradeoffs, document patterns, and build trust across Engineering, Product, and UX.
• Comfortable leading by example: rolling up your sleeves to prototype ideas and prove out new patterns, then scaling those patterns widely through evangelism and mentorship.
• Bachelor’s degree in a Computer Science related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong experience designing and implementing extensible frontend architectures (e.g. modular React apps, micro frontends, or plugin systems).
• Experience with the rest of our frontend stack (e.g. MUI, Vite, Tanstack, Emotion) and beyond (e.g. AWS, Docker, Grafana, AzDO).
• Experience improving frontend DX through better tooling, faster local dev loops, observability, feature flagging, CI/CD pipelines, etc.
• Familiarity with design systems, accessibility, and internationalization best practices.
• Exposure to domain-driven design concepts and how they apply to frontend modularization.
• Understanding of AI systems, including LLM architectures, token generation, and MCP frameworks.
• Enthusiasm for using agentic AI and other modern practices as a key part of the SDLC.

Compensation Range

USD: MIN: $154,000 - MID: $220,000 - MAX: $264,000.

CAD: MIN: $137,900 - MID: $197,000 - MAX: $236,400.

Benefits

• Generous time off policies
• Competitive compensation
• Volunteer opportunities
• Reward and recognition programs
• Employee committees & resource groups
• Healthcare and retirement benefits

EEO & Accommodation

Magnet Forensics is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetics or any other basis forbidden under federal, provincial, or local law. We are committed to providing an inclusive, accessible recruitment process and work environment. Accommodation is available to all applicants upon request throughout the hiring process. Please contact [e-mail] should you require any accommodations.

All offers of employment at Magnet are contingent upon satisfactory completion of a background check. All background checks will be conducted in accordance with all applicable laws. Magnet will consider each position’s job duties, among other factors, in determining what constitutes satisfactory completion of the background check. Refusal to consent to a background check may be grounds for revoking an offer of employment.

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