Lead UI Engineer - React, TypeScript, Design-Led, AI-Driven Interfaces

Fairygodboss; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health care coverage

Retirement savings plan

Tuition reimbursement

Mental health support

Backup childcare

Job summary

Fairygodboss is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in Jersey City, NJ to enhance user interfaces through generative AI. This role involves leading development, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and maintaining a high standard of React-based solutions for internal tools.

Candidates should have over 5 years of experience, strong JavaScript and React skills, and a passion for innovative technology. A range of employee benefits and a diverse workplace culture are offered.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering.
• Advanced proficiency in React with complex applications.
• Deep expertise in JavaScript and TypeScript.
• Understanding of REST APIs and asynchronous data flows.
• Experience with API development using Express.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of AI-enhanced user interfaces.
• Collaborate with product and design teams.
• Write clean and reusable React code.
• Conduct testing and optimize performance.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote best practices.

Skills

JavaScript

TypeScript

React

Responsive design

Performance optimization

REST APIs

Agile methodologies

Accessibility standards

Education

Formal training or certification in software engineering

Tools

Express

Kubernetes

Datadog

Job description

We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Commercial & Investment Bank - Digital Experience Design team, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm's business objectives.

The Digital Experience Design team is dedicated to strategically integrating generative AI across the firm, driving innovation in major internal applications that utilize artificial intelligence and machine learning to boost employee productivity. In this role, you will design and implement new features, improve application performance, and uphold the reliability and accessibility of React-based solutions that serve thousands of internal users. You will collaborate with server-side engineers, product managers, and designers to deliver advanced, user-centric interfaces that fully leverage the capabilities of generative AI.

Job responsibilities

• Lead the development of sophisticated AI-enhanced user interfaces for large-scale internal tools
• 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 ensure high standards through code reviews and testing.
• Drive quality by conducting thorough testing, troubleshooting issues, and optimizing for performance and accessibility.
• Mentor and inspire junior engineers, share best practices, and foster continuous learning.
• Communicate effectively by gathering requirements, providing updates, and translating complex technical concepts for stakeholders.
• Stay ahead of the latest trends in front-end and AI technologies, and champion continuous improvement.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Expertly demonstrate deep expertise in JavaScript, TypeScript, and ESG+
• Consistently show advanced proficiency in React, with a track record of building and maintaining complex applications.
• Strongly possess a background in modern web development, including responsive design and performance optimization.
• Solidly understand REST APIs and asynchronous data flows.
• Diligently write clean, testable code and unit tests.
• Successfully thrive in agile, distributed teams.
• Attentively maintain a customer-focused mindset with excellent communication skills.
• Familiarly apply accessibility standards and best practices.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Full stack JavaScript experience, especially with Express for API development.
• Hands-on experience with design systems, component libraries, and delivering consistent UI/UX at scale.
• Effectively design, implement, and manage continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines to automate software build, test, and deployment processes.
• Understands container orchestration and management using Kubernetes, including deploying, scaling, and monitoring containerized applications.
• Utilizes monitoring and observability tools such as Datadog to ensure application performance, reliability, and proactive issue detection.

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans.