Senior Frontend Architect (Angular & AI Automation)

Zūm; Redwood City (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor leads the development of sophisticated, data-dense front-end systems in a fast-paced environment. The role focuses on owning Angular architecture, mentoring distributed engineers, and advancing AI-enabled automation across multiple enterprise portals.

You will collaborate with PMs and backend teams to deliver reliable frontend solutions, while upholding high engineering standards and scalable design. This is a senior leadership front-end position based in the Bay Area.

Qualifications

• Senior+ or Staff-level front end engineering experience with a track record of technical leadership.
• Strong hands-on experience with Angular.
• Experience with reactive UI patterns and RxJS or equivalent observables-based architecture.
• Comfort building and owning enterprise, data-dense web applications.
• Experience leading or mentoring other engineers, ideally across a distributed team.
• Genuine interest in AI-driven automation.
• Experience stepping into or consolidating a tech lead function previously shared across multiple people (preferred).
• Startup background (preferred).
• Experience with mobile web, not native mobile or React Native (preferred).
• Domain experience in mobility, logistics, fleet, or other operationally complex enterprise software (bonus).
• Experience with mapping or GPS-adjacent UI (bonus).
• Experience collaborating closely with design in Figma-based workflows (bonus).

Responsibilities

• Own front end technical decisions and architecture across the Angular codebase, including state management and reactive UI patterns with RxJS.
• Technically lead the Ukraine-based front end team, set direction, unblock complex problems, raise engineering standards, and write production code.
• Work within an existing structure where PMs and backend teams drive most product and design direction while Front End owns execution and technical quality.
• Partner with PMs and backend engineering to turn direction into reliable shipped front end systems.
• Advance the team's use of AI tooling and drive meaningful development automation.
• Provide technical leadership for infrastructure-level front end work.
• Consolidate front end technical decision-making under one clear owner.
• Set architectural standards for Angular applications across dispatch, school, vendor, and maps portals.
• Mentor and technically lead distributed engineers during overlapping HQ hours.
• Collaborate with PMs and backend leads to maintain fast, clean front end execution.

Skills

Angular

RxJS

Technical Leadership

Front End Engineering

Reactive UI Patterns

Data-Dense Applications

Mentoring Engineers

AI-Driven Automation

Startup Experience

Mobile Web

Mobility/Logistics Domain

Mapping UI

Tools

Figma

Job description

Jobtailor leads the development of sophisticated, data-dense front-end systems in a fast-paced environment. The role focuses on owning Angular architecture, mentoring distributed engineers, and advancing AI-enabled automation across multiple enterprise portals.

You will collaborate with PMs and backend teams to deliver reliable frontend solutions, while upholding high engineering standards and scalable design. This is a senior leadership front-end position based in the Bay Area.