UI Architect

Role overview

UI Architect at KEKA TECHNOLOGIES

This is a Principal-level, platform-scope role.

You'll set the frontend technical direction across our products, owning architecture, performance, reliability, and the quality bar.

Much of the impact comes through influence: clear standards, strong reference implementations, and architecture decisions other teams build within.

This is a technical leadership role, and people management is not the primary focus.

You'll partner closely with Product, Design, QE, and backend and platform teams.

What you'll do Own large-scale frontend architecture and system design across multiple products, defining the target-state architecture and a realistic path to it.

Set the strategy for micro-frontends and monorepos, including module boundaries, shared dependencies, build orchestration, and versioning.

Architect the design system across web and mobile, covering token architecture, component contracts, theming, adoption, and versioning.

Define state management strategy and the criteria for choosing the right approach per use case, and set responsive design standards applied consistently across products.

Author RFCs for org-level frontend decisions with clear trade-off analysis, and drive consensus across teams.

Own release planning and rollback strategy, including feature flags, staged and canary rollouts, and rollback-by-design.

Own frontend performance through bundle analysis, optimization, performance budgets, and memory profiling.

Set frontend security best practices, including secure auth and token handling (OIDC/OAuth, SSO), CSP, and XSS and CSRF prevention.

Own CI/CD and deployment strategy for frontend, along with observability, monitoring, and debugging across products.

Mentor senior and lead engineers through design and code reviews, and help shape the frontend hiring bar.

Maintain enough familiarity with backend architecture and API design to shape API contracts and collaborate effectively across teams.

Required Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience. 13+ years in frontend and web engineering, including demonstrated Principal or Staff-level scope with impact across multiple teams.

Deep expertise in modern JavaScript and TypeScript and [your primary framework, e.g., React] at scale.

Proven track record designing large-scale UI systems and running incremental migrations using approaches such as dual-running, codemods, and compatibility layers.

Strong command of frontend performance profiling, observability, and accessibility (WCAG).

Excellent technical communication (RFCs, design docs) and a track record of influence without authority.

Experience defining and rolling out a design system across web and mobile.

Familiarity with REST and GraphQL, client caching, and CDN or edge delivery.

Preferred qualifications and skills

• Preferred B2B SaaS experience with multi-tenant UI, RBAC, feature entitlements, and admin workflows.

Employment details

• Location: Bengaluru, Hyderabad [India]