Senior UI/UX Engineer 2026
Leads front-end modernization of financial governance platform, architects scalable React-based UI/UX systems, and governs design standards for data-dense enterprise workflows. Requires 5+ years React experience and proven enterprise design system expertise.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Architect and modernize the front-end foundation of a financial governance platform
- Translate complex financial and regulatory requirements into intuitive, user-centered workflows
- Define scalable front-end architecture patterns for performance, state management, and API integration
- Establish and govern a formal design system and reusable component library
- Optimize large data grids, reporting views, and multi-entity workflows for clarity and speed
- Partner with Product and Engineering to influence roadmap and system-level architecture decisions
- Build scalable pages and modular React components aligned with long-term maintainability
- Present and defend UX and architecture decisions to leadership and enterprise customers
- Continuously elevate usability, interaction quality, and visual consistency across the platform
- Establish and maintain design standards, documentation, and system-level consistency across the application
- Collaborate with Sales and Marketing on product positioning, launches, and customer-facing materials
- Mentor front-end and full-stack engineers on UI craftsmanship, usability best practices, and design quality
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications
- 5+ years of hands-on front-end development experience using React or a comparable modern framework
- Proven experience architecting scalable front-end systems and design systems in production enterprise environments
- Demonstrated experience designing and shipping complex, data-dense B2B SaaS applications
- Demonstrated ability to design workflow-heavy interfaces with strong usability, performance, and audit considerations
- Strong systems thinking with the ability to translate financial and regulatory requirements into intuitive user experiences
- Exceptional communication skills with the ability to defend architectural and UX decisions across technical and non-technical stakeholders
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience designing financial, regulated, or audit-driven enterprise software
- Experience modernizing legacy front-end architectures within multi-module platforms
- Advanced proficiency in Figma or comparable tools including design system governance
- Experience integrating analytics, experimentation, or AI capabilities into enterprise workflows
Compensation & Benefits
- Salary range in the US: $160,000 - $200,000 with opportunity for discretionary bonus paid annually
- Stock options granted at time of hire and periodically based on performance
- Comprehensive Benefits Package
Skills
React, Figma, Design Systems, State Management, API Integrations, Data Grids, B2B SaaS, Workflow Design, Ui Architecture, Performance Optimization
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