Lead UI Engineer

Job Description Summary
This role is specific to the in-house Case Manager build for Trade, Surveillance and Account reviews. It involves close collaboration with business and technology teams to deliver scalable, intuitive front-end solutions using modern JavaScript frameworks (React preferred; Angular or similar also acceptable).

The position focuses on translating business and design requirements into high-quality, maintainable code that aligns with enterprise UI/UX standards and business goals. A strong grasp of front-end architecture, web development best practices, and cross-browser compatibility are essential.

Experience in financial services is a plus, given the need to balance usability, compliance, and performance. The role also contributes to front-end strategy, mentors' junior developers, and participates in key architectural decisions across teams. Strong analytical skills and a focus on user experience are expected to support the delivery of enterprise-grade solutions.

Job Description

This position follows our hybrid-friendly schedule, so you get the best of both worlds - flexibility and collaboration. In office days will be 2-3 per week averaging 10-12 days per month in our St Petersburg, FL Corporate Office.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and implementation of user interfaces that are intuitive, scalable, and aligned with business and user needs.
• Translate functional and visual requirements into modular, maintainable UI components in coordination with product, design, and backend teams.
• Collaborate with business analysts and stakeholders to understand user workflows and ensure front-end features reflect desired outcomes.
• Partner with UX/design teams to bring wireframes and prototypes to life, ensuring accessibility, responsiveness, and performance across devices.
• Contributes to technical planning, including estimation, sequencing, and task breakdown for front-end deliverables.
• Ensure code quality through best practices in architecture, testing, and documentation, and provide guidance to junior engineers.
• Participate in solution discussions, helping to align UI strategy with application architecture and enterprise standards.
• Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences, bridging the gap between design intent and technical implementation.
• Identify and resolve UI/UX issues during development and testing, ensuring seamless user experience in production.
• Support collaboration across disciplines including QA, DevOps, and security, ensuring front-end deliverables meet cross-functional expectations.
• Apply consistent judgment in balancing usability, technical constraints, and long-term maintainability.
• Stay current on emerging trends in front-end engineering and contributes to evolving UI/UX best practices within the team.
• Lead front-end efforts for mid-sized projects or modules within larger initiatives.
• Support an inclusive and collaborative engineering culture, mentoring others and sharing knowledge regularly.
• May occasionally assist in production support and troubleshooting for user-facing issues.

Skills:

• 7+ years of experience delivering enterprise-scale software applications, with at least 3+ years focused on front-end development using JavaScript frameworks (React preferred, Angular or similar acceptable).
• Strong proficiency in modern JavaScript (ES6+), TypeScript, HTML5, and CSS3.
• Hands-on experience with component-driven architecture and reusable UI patterns.
• Deep expertise in integrating front-end applications with RESTful APIs and managing authentication flows (OAuth2, JWT).
• Familiarity with front-end tooling and workflows including Webpack, Babel, NPM/Yarn.
• Experience with modern testing frameworks such as Jest, React Testing Library, or Cypress.
• Proficient in state management libraries like Redux, Context API, or NGXS/NGRX (for Angular).
• Experience diagnosing and resolving production issues using Chrome DevTools, Postman, Splunk, and browser-based monitoring tools.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, and practical experience collaborating with backend and DevOps teams to streamline releases.
• Hands-on with version control and ITSM tools such as Azure DevOps, TFS, or ServiceNow.
• Familiarity with accessibility standards (WCAG) and responsive design principles.
• Exposure to enterprise front-end architectures, micro-frontend patterns, and vendor-based UI platforms.
• Optional experience or working knowledge of Java or backend systems.
• Advanced knowledge of requirements gathering, issue tracking, change management.

Education
Bachelor's: Computer and Information Science (Required), Bachelor's: Computer Engineering, Bachelor's: Data Science

Work Experience
General Experience - 6 to 10 years

Certifications

Travel
Less than 25%

Workstyle
Hybrid

At Raymond James our associates use five guiding behaviors (Develop, Collaborate, Decide, Deliver, Improve) to deliver on the firm's core values of client-first, integrity, independence and a conservative, long-term view.

We expect our associates at all levels to:
Grow professionally and inspire others to do the same
Work with and through others to achieve desired outcomes
Make prompt, pragmatic choices and act with the client in mind
Take ownership and hold themselves and others accountable for delivering results that matter
Contribute to the continuous evolution of the firm

At Raymond James - as part of our people-first culture, we honor, value, and respect the uniqueness, experiences, and backgrounds of all of our Associates. When associates bring their best authentic selves, our organization, clients, and communities thrive. The Company is an equal opportunity employer and makes all employment decisions on the basis of merit and business needs.
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