Senior UI Architect

Redwood Software is the leader in full stack automation fabric solutions for mission-critical business processes. With the first SaaS-based composable automation platform specifically built for ERP, we believe in the transformative power of automation. Our unparalleled solutions empower you to orchestrate, manage and monitor your workflows across any application, service or server — in the cloud or on premises — with confidence and control. 

Redwood’s global team of automation experts and customer success engineers provide solutions and world-class support designed to give you the freedom and time to imagine and define your future. Our collaborative and dynamic environment fosters creativity, continuous learning, and a passion for building exceptional products. Get out of the weeds and see the forest, with Redwood Software.

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We are seeking an innovative and highly experienced UI Architect to define and drive the strategy for our front-end ecosystem. In this leadership role, you will be instrumental in defining, designing, and overseeing the development of our enterprise-wide Design System and sharable UI component library, ensuring consistency, scalability, and reusability across all Redwood products. You will guide development teams within an AI-Accelerated SDLC, focusing on high-level system architecture, complex UI problem-solving, and governance of design and component standards.

• Define the technical architecture and roadmap for our enterprise-wide Design System and sharable UI component library, focusing on multi-product reusability, scalability, and accessibility.
• Establish and govern front-end engineering standards and best practices, ensuring all product teams adhere to the Design System for a unified user experience.
• Lead the collaboration with UX and Product Management to translate design requirements into system-level architectural specifications and high-level component designs.
• Utilize AI coding assistants to accelerate development, focusing on complex UI components and offloading repetitive front-end tasks.
• Rigorously review, debug, and optimize AI-generated UI code for performance, accessibility, security, and adherence to established UI/UX standards.
• Apply prompt engineering techniques to maximize the efficacy of generative AI tools for writing comprehensive unit/end-to-end tests (e.g., Playwright) and drafting technical documentation for front-end systems.
• Drive major UI architectural decisions and provide technical guidance to feature development teams to ensure scalability, security, and performance across the product portfolio.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code following best practices.
• Implement and maintain automated tests (unit, integration, and end-to-end) to ensure code quality and reliability.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve software defects and production issues.
• Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and industry trends, and advocate for their adoption where appropriate.
• Mentor and coach senior and junior developers on modern front-end architectural patterns, effective Design System usage, and AI-accelerated development practices.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• Extensive professional experience as a Senior/Lead Software Developer or Architect with a strong emphasis on React and modern UI architectural design.
• Solid understanding of front-end technologies such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, and modern JavaScript frameworks (e.g., ReactJS, MobX).
• Experience with RESTful API consumption and integration.
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and debugging skills. 
• Unit testing and automation tools such as Playwright.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively in a team environment. 

• AI Tool Fluency: Demonstrated ability to proficiently use AI-powered developer tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, CodeWhisperer) in a production environment.
• Code Judgment: Proven track record of evaluating and overriding AI-generated suggestions that are technically correct but architecturally flawed or non-compliant with security and performance best practices.
• Prompting Proficiency: Experience writing clear, contextual, and effective prompts for generative AI to produce usable code, tests, or documentation.
• Adaptability & Learning: High degree of curiosity and a proactive approach to learning new AI tools and techniques that continuously reshape the development workflow.
• Domain & Architectural Focus: The capacity to abstract away from low-level coding details to focus on high-value business logic and systemic architectural integrity.

• Strong proficiency in Java and the Spring Framework (Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Security).
• Experience with relational databases (e.g., SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL) and ORM frameworks (e.g., Hibernate, JPA). 
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools (e.g. Github actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI).
• Experience with accessibility standards such as WCAG and how they affect UI and UX designs.
• Understanding of agile development methodologies (Scrum, Kanban)
• Familiarity with test-driven development (TDD) or behavior-driven development (BDD).
• Experience in the automation or SaaS industry.
• Contributions to open-source projects or a strong GitHub portfolio.