UI Frontend Lead engineer - AEM & AI
1 day ago
London
Role Overview \n We are looking for a highly experienced UI Lead Frontend engineer with strong expertise in modern frontend technologies, Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), and AI-powered development tools such as Anthropic Claude and Claude Code. \n The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing scalable, high-performance, reusable, and maintainable frontend architectures for enterprise digital platforms. This role requires strong hands-on technical leadership, deep understanding of AEM-based digital experiences, and the ability to leverage Generative AI to accelerate software development, improve engineering productivity, and modernize UI delivery. \n Key Responsibilities \n 1. UI Architecture & Technical Leadership \n\n • Define and drive enterprise-wide UI engineering, frontend standards, and best practices.\n, • Deliver and implement scalable frontend solutions using React, Next.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3.\n, • Design reusable component libraries, design systems, and micro-frontend architectures.\n, • Establish best practices for performance optimization, accessibility (WCAG), SEO, security, and responsive design.\n\n 1. Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Expertise \n\n • Design and implement frontend architectures integrated with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM).\n, • Work with AEM Sites, Core Components, editable templates, client libraries, and content fragments.\n, • Integrate frontend applications with AEM Content Fragment APIs, GraphQL, and REST services.\n, • Understand AEM as a Cloud Service, including deployment pipelines, caching, and CDN considerations.\n, • Establish reusable AEM-compatible UI components and authoring-friendly design patterns.\n\n 1. Generative AI & Claude Integration \n\n • Demonstrate practical experience with Anthropic Claude and Claude Code for AI-assisted software engineering.\n, • Use Claude to accelerate UI development, code generation, refactoring, debugging, and documentation.\n, • Define AI-assisted engineering workflows across the frontend development lifecycle.\n\n 1. Engineering Excellence & DevOps \n\n • Define frontend CI/CD practices using GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or equivalent platforms.\n, • Establish unit, integration, and end-to-end testing strategies using Jest, React Testing Library, Playwright, or Cypress.\n, • Drive Core Web Vitals improvements, bundle optimization, caching, and rendering strategies.\n, • Establish frontend code quality, security, and observability standards.\n, • Collaborate with UX/UI designers, product owners, enterprise architects, and engineering teams.\n\n \n Required Technical Skills \n Technology / Area \n Mandatory Qualifications \n\n • 10+ years of experience in frontend/UI engineering\n, • Strong hands-on experience in React, NextJS, TypeScript, JavaScript, and modern frontend architectures.\n, • Proven experience delivering enterprise-scale digital solutions using Adobe Experience Manager.\n, • Experience designing reusable UI components and integrating frontend applications with AEM.\n, • Practical experience using Claude or Claude Code for software development and engineering productivity.\n, • Strong understanding of frontend performance, accessibility, security, and scalability.\n, • Ability to communicate architectural decisions to technical and non-technical stakeholders.\n, • Experience leading distributed engineering teams and driving technical standards.\n, • Understanding of cloud-native architectures on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.\n\n Key Deliverables / Success Measures \n\n • Deliver seamless AEM integration with modern UI frameworks.\n, • Improve frontend performance, accessibility, and code quality.\n, • Increase developer productivity through responsible adoption of Claude and AI-assisted development.\n, • Reduce technical debt and improve component reusability.\n, • Provide technical leadership and architectural governance across UI development teams.\n\n Ideal Candidate Profile \n A hands-on UI Front End Lead engineer who combines strong frontend engineering expertise, enterprise AEM knowledge, and practical Claude AI experience with AWS implementations. \n \n Frontend Engineering (React, Next JS, TypeScript) 60% \n AEM architecture and integration 25% \n AWS background 5% \n Claude / AI-assisted development 10%