Lead UI Developer (Angular)

Raymond James Financial, Inc.; Saint Petersburg (FL); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Raymond James Financial, Inc. is seeking a senior front-end architect to lead enterprise Angular applications in a hybrid work model at the St. Petersburg office.

You will drive design standards, mentor developers, implement Micro Frontend patterns, and collaborate with product, UX, QA, and backend teams to deliver scalable UI solutions. This role emphasizes performance, accessibility, CI/CD, and AI-assisted tooling to improve quality and productivity.

Qualifications

• Experience building enterprise web applications with Angular, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML5/CSS3.
• Strong knowledge of responsive, accessible web interfaces and cross-browser compatibility.
• Experience with RESTful APIs, authentication, caching, and performance optimization.
• Familiarity with micro-frontend architectures and Module Federation or similar tech.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum and CI/CD pipelines, Git, and automated testing tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, design, development, testing, deployment, and support of enterprise Angular apps.
• Drive front-end standards, reusable components, and design patterns for scalable UI.
• Own end-to-end delivery of UI features from concept to production.
• Mentor developers, perform code reviews, and guide technical discussions in sprint planning.

Job description

This position follows a hybrid work model, with an expectation to be in the office 3 days per week at the St. Petersburg, FL Corporate Office location.

Please note: This role is not eligible for Work Visa sponsorship, either currently or in the future.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, design, development, testing, deployment, and ongoing support of enterprise-scale Angular applications.

• Drive technical decision-making and establish front-end development standards, best practices, and reusable design patterns.

• Own end-to-end delivery of UI features from concept through production deployment.

• Collaborate with Product Owners, UX Designers, Architects, QA, DevOps, and backend engineers to design scalable, maintainable, and high-performing solutions.

• Lead technical design discussions, estimate work, identify risks, and provide implementation guidance during sprint planning.

• Mentor and coach junior and senior developers through technical guidance, code reviews, pair programming, and knowledge-sharing sessions.

• Identify technical debt and drive modernization initiatives to improve application maintainability, scalability, and performance.

• Build reusable UI components, shared libraries, and scalable front-end frameworks to support multiple applications.

• Implement responsive, accessible, and cross-browser compatible user interfaces that deliver an exceptional user experience.

• Integrate with RESTful APIs and backend services while implementing robust error handling, authentication, caching, and asynchronous workflows.

• Develop scalable Micro Frontend solutions using Module Federation or similar technologies where appropriate.

• Optimize application performance by improving rendering speed, bundle size, lazy loading, virtual scrolling, memory utilization, and network efficiency.

• Collaborate with backend teams to ensure efficient API design and seamless integration.

• Participate in production support rotations, troubleshoot production issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement long-term solutions.

• Perform thorough code reviews and architectural reviews to ensure high-quality, maintainable code.

• Develop and maintain automated unit, integration, and end-to-end tests.

• Drive adoption of CI/CD pipelines, automated quality gates, and static code analysis.

• Leverage AI-assisted development tools to improve software quality, documentation, testing, and engineering productivity.

Skills

• 7+ years of professional experience developing enterprise web applications.

• 7+ years of hands-on experience with Angular (v14+), TypeScript, JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, CSS3, and SCSS.

• Strong experience with reactive programming using RxJS.

• Experience implementing enterprise state management using NgRx (Store, Effects, Selectors, Entity) or equivalent state management libraries.

• Experience building reusable component libraries and scalable front-end architectures.

• Experience developing responsive, cross-browser compatible, and accessible (WCAG/ARIA) web applications.

• Strong understanding of performance optimization techniques, including rendering performance, bundle optimization, lazy loading, virtual scrolling, memory management, and network optimization.

• Experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs, including authentication, authorization, pagination, caching, and error handling.

• Experience implementing Micro Frontend architecture using Module Federation or similar technologies.

• Experience with AG Grid and Apache ECharts (or equivalent visualization libraries).

• Experience troubleshooting complex UI issues across browsers and devices.

• Experience working in Agile/Scrum development environments.

• Experience with Git, Jenkins (or equivalent CI/CD platforms), SonarQube, and automated deployment pipelines.

• Experience with unit testing and automated testing frameworks such as Jasmine, Karma, Jest

• Working knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases for debugging, reporting, and API integration.