UI Architect
Summary
Zensar is hiring a UI Architect in India to lead front-end architecture for enterprise applications: designing scalable React/TypeScript apps, micro frontends, and design systems, and building AI-powered UX with GenAI, LLMs, and RAG on cloud platforms (Azure/AWS). The role also drives CI/CD, DevOps, performance/security standards, and mentors engineering teams.
Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced UI Architect with deep expertise in React, Front-End Architecture, and AI-powered application development. The ideal candidate will lead the design and implementation of scalable, secure, and high-performance user interfaces while driving architectural decisions across enterprise applications. This role requires a strong blend of technical leadership, modern front-end engineering, cloud technologies, and AI integration capabilities.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and drive the front-end architecture vision, standards, and best practices.
- Design scalable, reusable, and maintainable UI frameworks and component libraries.
- Lead the development of enterprise-grade applications using React and modern JavaScript frameworks.
- Collaborate with Product Managers, UX Designers, Architects, Data Scientists, and Engineering teams.
- Architect and implement AI-powered user experiences leveraging GenAI, LLMs, chatbots, copilots, and intelligent workflows.
- Establish performance, security, accessibility, and responsive design standards.
- Lead technical design reviews, code reviews, and architectural governance.
- Design Micro Frontend architectures and front-end platform strategies.
- Mentor and guide development teams on modern UI engineering practices.
- Drive CI/CD adoption, automation, testing strategies, and DevOps integration.
- Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies in AI, UI engineering, and cloud platforms.
- Work closely with stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
Required Skills
Front-End & Architecture
- Expert knowledge of React.js, TypeScript, JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, and CSS3.
- Strong experience in designing scalable front-end architectures.
- Expertise in Micro Frontends, Design Systems, and Component Libraries.
- Deep understanding of state management patterns (Redux, Zustand, Context API).
- Experience with Next.js and Server-Side Rendering (SSR).
- Strong understanding of accessibility (WCAG) and responsive design principles.
- Experience with REST APIs, GraphQL, and event-driven architectures.
AI & GenAI
- Experience integrating OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Gemini, or similar LLM platforms.
- Knowledge of Prompt Engineering and AI Agent frameworks.
- Experience building AI-powered chatbots, copilots, virtual assistants, or recommendation systems.
- Understanding of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures.
- Experience with vector databases such as Pinecone, Azure AI Search, Weaviate, or Elasticsearch.
- Knowledge of AI governance, responsible AI, and security best practices.
Cloud & DevOps
- Experience with Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform.
- Familiarity with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
- Experience with CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or GitLab.
- Knowledge of observability tools, monitoring, and logging frameworks.
Preferred Skills
- Experience building enterprise AI platforms and digital assistants.
- Exposure to LangChain, Semantic Kernel, CrewAI, AutoGen, or similar AI orchestration frameworks.
- Knowledge of Backend technologies such as Node.js, Java Spring Boot, or .NET.
- Experience with real-time applications using WebSockets and event streaming.
- Experience in Retail, Banking, Healthcare, or Manufacturing domains.
Educational Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field.
Leadership Competencies
- Strong architectural and technical leadership.
- Ability to influence stakeholders and drive technology strategy.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
- Experience leading distributed and cross-functional engineering teams.
- Ability to mentor engineers and establish engineering excellence.
Nice to Have Certifications
- Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate
- Azure Solutions Architect Expert
- AWS Solutions Architect
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
- React Professional Certifications
- Generative AI Certifications
Technology Stack
UI & Frameworks: React.js, Next.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, Tailwind CSS, Material UI
Architecture: Micro Frontends, Design Systems, Component Libraries, GraphQL
AI & GenAI: Azure OpenAI, OpenAI GPT, LangChain, Semantic Kernel, RAG, Vector Databases, AI Agents
Cloud & DevOps: Azure, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins
Testing: Jest, Cypress, Playwright, RTL
Version Control: Git, GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab
This role is ideal for a senior UI leader who can architect modern React applications while driving AI-enabled digital experiences and enterprise-scale front-end transformation.
Skills
- Accessibility
- Agentic AI
- AI
- Anthropic
- API
- AutoGen
- Automation
- AWS
- Azure
- Azure DevOps
- Bitbucket
- CI/CD
- Claude
- Cloud
- Containerization
- CrewAI
- CSS
- Cypress
- DevOps
- Docker
- .NET
- Elasticsearch
- Event Driven Architecture
- GCP
- Generative AI
- Git
- GitHub
- GitHub Actions
- GitLab
- GraphQL
- HTML
- Java
- JavaScript
- Jenkins
- Jest
- Kubernetes
- LangChain
- LLM
- Next.js
- Node.js
- Observability
- OpenAI
- Pinecone
- Playwright
- Prompt Engineering
- RAG
- React
- Recommendation Systems
- Redux
- REST
- Semantic Kernel
- Spring
- Tailwind
- TypeScript
- Vector Databases
- Version Control
- WCAG
- Weaviate
- Websockets
- Zustand