Senior Frontend Engineer - Vault UI & Platform Lead

International Business Machines Corporation; City of Poughkeepsie (NY, AR); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM Software is seeking an experienced Senior Frontend Engineer to design, prototype, and implement UI features for both on-premise and cloud-based products. You will collaborate closely with Product Design, Product Management, and engineering teams to deliver scalable, secure, and high-performance UI components.

With 8+ years of frontend experience, you will lead large initiatives, drive design system migrations, and mentor junior engineers while ensuring robust testing strategies and a strong

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional experience building and maintaining frontend applications.
• Strong expertise in JavaScript/TypeScript and React/Angular/Vue or comparable framework.
• Proven track record leading large frontend initiatives including framework migrations and design system work.
• Experience developing comprehensive testing strategies (unit/integration/E2E) with tools like Jest, Vitest, Playwright, Puppeteer.
• Experience integrating with RESTful APIs and OpenAPI/Swagger specifications.

Responsibilities

• Design, prototype and implement UI features for on-premise/self-managed and cloud-based software.
• Collaborate with Product Design, Product Management, and engineers across teams.
• Lead large frontend projects and migrations, with modular architecture patterns.
• Debug complex UI issues, including API integration, performance, and security concerns.
• Mentor frontend engineers and promote best practices in development processes.
• Maintain high code quality through testing from development to deployment.

Skills

JavaScript/TypeScript

Frontend framework (React/Angular/Vue)

Design system thinking

Testing strategy development

API integration (REST)

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

React 18+

Vite

Webpack

npm/Yarn/pnpm

OpenAPI/Swagger

MSW/Mirage

Playwright/Puppeteer

Job description

IBM Software is seeking an experienced Senior Frontend Engineer to design, prototype, and implement UI features for both on-premise and cloud-based products. You will collaborate closely with Product Design, Product Management, and engineering teams to deliver scalable, secure, and high-performance UI components.

With 8+ years of frontend experience, you will lead large initiatives, drive design system migrations, and mentor junior engineers while ensuring robust testing strategies and a strong