UI Developer with React Exp (Contract role on W2)

Job Title: UI Developer with React Exp

Location: Pittsburgh, PA (Onsite)

Duration: Contract role

Required Skills:

• Collaborate with product managers, designers, business stakeholders, and backend teams to understand requirements and translate them into effective UI solutions.
• Lead the design and development of responsive, scalable, and accessible web applications using React.
• Establish frontend architecture, coding standards, reusable component patterns, and development best practices.
• Build and maintain reusable UI components using React, TypeScript, and modern frontend frameworks and libraries.
• Integrate frontend applications with RESTful APIs and backend services.
• Lead technical discussions, code reviews, UI workshops, and provide mentorship to development teams.
• Ensure applications meet quality, performance, security, usability, and accessibility standards.
• Partner with UX and design teams to implement consistent, intuitive, and visually engaging user experiences.
• Support the integration of new digital experiences with existing banking platforms and enterprise systems.
• Evaluate and recommend frontend technologies, tools, frameworks, and development practices.
• Troubleshoot complex UI issues and guide teams in resolving technical challenges.
• Stay current with emerging frontend technologies and industry trends, incorporating innovative solutions where appropriate.

Requirements:

• Proven experience as a Lead Frontend Developer, UI Lead, React Lead Developer, or similar
• Extensive hands-on experience with React.js.
• Strong knowledge of JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, and responsive web development.
• Experience designing and implementing reusable component libraries and frontend design systems.
• Proficiency with state management solutions such as Redux, React Query, Context API, or equivalent technologies.
• Experience integrating applications with RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Strong understanding of frontend architecture, performance optimization, browser compatibility, and secure coding practices.
• Experience with testing tools and methodologies, including Jest, React Testing Library, Cypress, or equivalent.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum development methodologies.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, leadership, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to translate business and user requirements into scalable, maintainable, and high-quality UI solutions.
• Experience in banking, financial services, fintech, or other highly regulated industries is preferred.
• Relevant certifications and a track record of successful enterprise application delivery are aplus.