Senior Front End Architect

Who We Are

Cognizant (Nasdaq-100: CTSH) engineers’ modern businesses. We help our clients modernize technology, reimagine processes and transform experiences so they can stay ahead in our fast-changing world. Together, we’re improving everyday life. See how at: www.cognizant.com.

Senior Front End Architect

What you’ll do

Your mission as a Senior Front End Architect will be lead the design and implementation of scalable design systems, ensuring consistency and adherence to architectural standards. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to evaluate emerging front-end technologies, provide technical oversight, and support development best practices. Communicate solutions and status updates effectively to stakeholders while troubleshooting complex issues and championing technical change initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

· Creates and oversees the architectural design of design systems, ensuring accessibility, scalability and consistency across medium to large-sized projects with a focus on web components and atomic design systems.

· Ensures the front-end architecture is communicated, understood, and adhered to by the design and development teams.

· Works on multiple front-end projects, managing time effectively while proactively assessing risk and dependencies specific to front-end technologies.

· Partners with peer architects on large projects to provide ongoing front-end architecture oversight throughout the development lifecycle.

· Evaluates and recommends emerging trends in front-end design and development strategies, assessing their applicability in the design system environment.

· Evaluates and makes recommendations for build versus buy decisions, specifically for front-end libraries and tools.

· Ensures consistency with front-end architectural standards for assigned projects.

· Writes design specifications and other technical documentation focused on front-end components and design system usage.

· Demonstrates design and technology approaches via front-end prototypes to validate concepts and solutions.

· Acts as an expert in front-end technology domains, such as React, Angular, or Vue.js.

· Troubleshoots and resolves complex front-end problems and technical issues, taking a holistic and preventive perspective across systems and technologies.

· Supports and champions front-end technical change initiatives, ensuring alignment with design system goals.

· Identifies technical risks in front-end projects and supports mitigation efforts.

· Communicates front-end solutions and technical designs to business unit executives, technology management, peers, and development staff.

· Collaborates in setting front-end development guidelines and best practices for the design system.

· Reviews front-end technical designs to ensure compliance with standards and design system principles.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Language Level: Advanced English

Please, upload your resume in English.

Why Cognizant?

A career in one of the largest and fastest growing IT services providers worldwide.

Ongoing support and funding with training and development plans.

A highly competitive benefits and salary package.

Opportunity to work for leading global companies.

Cognizant values diversity in our talent pool, so we encourage professionals with disabilities, LGBTQIA+, people in refugee situations, women, racial groups, and professionals 50+ to apply for all of our advertised openings.