Lead UI Engineer: AI-Driven React/TypeScript

Next Frontier Capital; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to push the boundaries of AI-enabled front-end solutions within a global enterprise. You will own complex React-based interfaces, mentor engineers, and drive secure, scalable delivery alongside product, design, and backend teams.

You will guide architecture, champion best practices, and stay ahead of AI and frontend trends while delivering high-quality software in an agile environment.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 7+ years applied experience.
• Deep expertise in JavaScript/TypeScript and advanced proficiency in React, with a track record of building and maintaining complex applications.
• Strong background in modern web development, including responsive design, performance optimization, REST APIs, and asynchronous data flows. Write clean, testable code with meaningful unit and integration test coverage.
• Apply WCAG accessibility standards and best practices to ensure inclusive user experiences.
• Work effectively in agile, distributed teams, contributing to sprint planning, code reviews, and iterative delivery.
• Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools with the ability to set team expectations for validating AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of sophisticated AI-enhanced user interfaces for large-scale internal tools.
• Translate designer vision into polished, pixel-perfect front-end experiences, demonstrating a keen eye for detail, aesthetics, and high-quality UI execution.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, and backend engineering teams to deliver seamless, forward-thinking solutions.
• Own the codebase by writing clean, efficient, and reusable React code, and uphold high standards through rigorous code reviews.
• Drive quality through thorough testing, proactive troubleshooting, and continuous optimization of performance and reliability.
• Mentor and inspire junior engineers, share best practices, and foster continuous learning.
• Communicates effectively by gathering requirements, providing updates, and translating complex technical concepts for stakeholders.
• Stays ahead of the latest trends in front-end and AI technologies, and champion continuous improvement.
• Drives team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test strategy acceleration, incident/root-cause analysis support), while establishing consistent validation standards and promoting reuse of effective patterns across the team.
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain to improve the value realized by automation.

Skills

JavaScript/TypeScript

React

REST APIs

Web accessibility (WCAG)

Agile teamwork

Code reviews

AI-assisted development tools

Tools

Design systems

CI/CD pipelines

Redux/Zustand/React Query

Figma

Job description

JPMorganChase is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to push the boundaries of AI-enabled front-end solutions within a global enterprise. You will own complex React-based interfaces, mentor engineers, and drive secure, scalable delivery alongside product, design, and backend teams.

You will guide architecture, champion best practices, and stay ahead of AI and frontend trends while delivering high-quality software in an agile environment.