Lead UI/UX Engineer

About the job

Manager, UI/UX Engineer, DTS – Global Capability Center About the Organization The organization is a global consulting firm with over 10,000 entrepreneurial, action- and results-oriented professionals in more than 40 countries. It takes a hands-on approach to solving clients’ problems and assisting them in reaching their potential. The culture celebrates independent thinkers and doers who positively impact clients and shape the industry. Role Summary The Lead / Senior UI/UX Engineer is a critical role responsible for designing and delivering intuitive, scalable, and enterprise-grade user experiences for AI, Machine Learning, and Generative AI solutions. This role sits at the intersection of design, frontend engineering, and AI-driven workflows, ensuring that complex AI capabilities are presented to users in a usable, explainable, and trustworthy manner. This role exists to prevent failures by enforcing strong UX discipline, thoughtful interaction design, and production-quality frontend engineering. Key Responsibilities 1. UI/UX Architecture & Design Systems • Define and own frontend architecture, design systems, and state management strategies for AI-driven applications • Design scalable UI component libraries that ensure consistency, accessibility, and enterprise branding compliance • Lead end-to-end product design including discovery, personas, user flows, information architecture, wireframes, high-fidelity UI, and interactive prototypes in Figma • Partner with product, AI, and engineering teams to translate functional requirements into intuitive user journeys • Ensure design systems support rapid iteration, accessibility standards, and long-term maintainability 2. AI-Driven UX & Interaction Design • Design AI-specific UX patterns that promote trust and adoption, including confidence indicators, explainability views, feedback loops, and progressive disclosure • Design conversational and multimodal interfaces for copilots, dashboards, and agent-driven workflows • Ensure AI interactions are human-centered, transparent, and context-aware • Plan and conduct user research and usability testing; synthesize insights into clear design decisions • Deliver developer-ready specifications and support smooth design-to-development handoff 3. Frontend Engineering & Implementation • Build production-grade frontend applications using React, Next.js, and Node.js aligned with enterprise standards • Implement workflow-driven UI states, authentication and RBAC, and real-time or near-real-time updates • Integrate frontend applications with backend APIs, AI orchestration services, and data platforms • Ensure frontend code is modular, maintainable, performant, and well-tested • Implement CI/CD pipelines for frontend delivery and deploy applications on Azure cloud services • Apply modern React and Next.js patterns including App Router, Server Components, hooks, and state management (Redux Toolkit, Zustand) • Mentor junior engineers and contribute to engineering best practices 4. Usability, Accessibility & Performance • Ensure compliance with usability and accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1 AA, responsiveness, cross-browser support) • Optimize frontend performance for low-latency AI interactions and high concurrency • Use qualitative and quantitative UX metrics to continuously improve experience quality • Champion design operations, consistency, and continuous improvement 5. Observability, Quality & Reliability • Integrate frontend telemetry, logging, and error tracking to monitor user behavior, failures, and performance • Partner with QA teams on functional testing, UI automation, regression testing, and UAT readiness 6. Security, Governance & Enterprise Readiness • Implement frontend security best practices including secure authentication, session handling, and protection against XSS/CSRF • Ensure frontend designs and implementations support enterprise governance, auditability, and compliance • Collaborate with security and governance teams to embed controls into user workflows 7. Collaboration & Delivery • Collaborate closely with GenAI & Data Architects, AI engineers, backend and platform teams, QA, product, and delivery teams • Participate actively in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, refinement, and demos • Provide design and frontend engineering guidance to junior UI/UX engineers Qualifications • 7–10 years of experience in UI/UX design and frontend engineering for enterprise or product-led platforms • Proven experience delivering production-grade web applications in complex environments • Strong experience working on data-intensive or AI-driven applications • Expert proficiency in Figma and strong portfolio demonstrating end-to-end product impact • Strong proficiency in React, Next.js, Node.js, modern JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML5, and CSS3 • Deep understanding of frontend architecture, component-driven development, and state management • Experience integrating REST APIs and handling asynchronous data workflows • Familiarity with AI-driven UX patterns such as chat interfaces, copilots, and dashboards • Experience with CI/CD pipelines, cloud deployment (Azure preferred), and frontend observability • Understanding of performance optimization, accessibility standards, and web security best practices • Ability to translate complex AI outputs into clear, actionable user experiences • Strong ownership mentality with focus on quality, usability, and long-term maintainability

Requirements

• UI/UX Design
• React
• Next.js
• Node.js
• Figma
• REST APIs
• CI/CD
• Usability
• Accessibility
• Performance Optimization

Qualifications

• 7-10 years of experience in UI/UX design and frontend engineering

Preferred Technologies

• UI/UX Design
• React
• Next.js
• Node.js
• Figma
• REST APIs
• CI/CD
• Usability
• Accessibility
• Performance Optimization

About the company

The organization is a global consulting firm with over 10,000 entrepreneurial, action- and results-oriented professionals in more than 40 countries. It takes a hands-on approach to solving clients’ problems and assisting them in reaching their potential. The culture celebrates independent thinkers and doers who positively impact clients and shape the industry.