Senior Front-End Architect & Design System Lead

United Talent Agency, LLC; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

United Talent Agency, LLC seeks an experienced Senior Software Development Engineer to build scalable web experiences behind a leading entertainment company. You will own UTA's shared component library and drive its adoption across teams, while shaping front-end architectures and contributing to public-facing sites.

You will lead complex features with React, Next.js, and Tailwind CSS, mentor engineers, and ensure accessibility and performance across devices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of front-end engineering experience with production React.
• Strong TypeScript typing capability.
• Experience building and maintaining a component library or shared UI code.
• Deep CSS expertise including modern features.
• Accessibility experience in complex interactive components.
• Responsive web experience across breakpoints and devices.
• Experience influencing engineering practices across teams.
• Experience with RESTful APIs and API integration.
• Familiarity with Git and CI/CD workflows.
• Excellent written communication and technical proposal skills.
• Strong collaboration with designers and stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently and with a team.
• Nice-to-have: Next.js, GraphQL, headless CMS, cloud/edge hosting, React Native.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of complex features using React, Next.js, and Tailwind CSS for web and mobile.
• Define scalable front-end architectures, development patterns, and standards across projects.
• Provide mentorship to engineers and promote best practices in front-end development.
• Contribute to UTA's public-facing sites and talent-facing web properties.
• Own and evolve UTA's shared React component library.
• Maintain and extend the design token system with design parity in code.
• Manage versioning, changelogs, and upgrade paths for shared code.
• Drive cross-team adoption with migration paths, documentation, and deprecation policy.
• Shape AI coding tool usage to align with our component patterns.
• Lead performance optimizations for speed and scalability across apps.
• Integrate REST/GraphQL APIs with front-end apps.
• Stay current on web development trends, focusing on accessibility and cloud/edge hosting.
• Perform testing with Storybook and Playwright; maintain CI visual regression and WCAG compliance.
• Ensure accessibility as a deliverable with WCAG 2.1 AA compliance.

Skills

Front-end engineering

TypeScript

React

Accessibility

Responsive design

Problem-solving

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Next.js

GraphQL

Headless CMS

Cloud hosting

Edge hosting

React Native

Git

CI/CD

Job description

United Talent Agency, LLC seeks an experienced Senior Software Development Engineer to build scalable web experiences behind a leading entertainment company. You will own UTA's shared component library and drive its adoption across teams, while shaping front-end architectures and contributing to public-facing sites.

You will lead complex features with React, Next.js, and Tailwind CSS, mentor engineers, and ensure accessibility and performance across devices.