The Role: UI Architect with Claude AI
Location: London, UK
Position Type: Contract Inside IR35
Remote work option Available: Remote
Job Description:
Role Overview
We are looking for a highly experienced UI Architect and Lead Frontend engineer with strong expertise in modern frontend technologies, Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), and AI-powered development tools such as Anthropic Claude and Claude Code.
The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing scalable, high-performance, reusable, and maintainable frontend architectures for enterprise digital platforms. This role requires strong hands-on technical leadership, deep understanding of AEM-based digital experiences, and the ability to leverage Generative AI to accelerate software development, improve engineering productivity, and modernize UI delivery.
Key Responsibilities
1. UI Architecture & Technical Leadership
- Define and drive enterprise-wide UI architecture, frontend standards, and best practices.
- Architect scalable frontend solutions using React, Next.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3.
- Design reusable component libraries, design systems, and micro-frontend architectures.
- Establish best practices for performance optimization, accessibility (WCAG), SEO, security, and responsive design.
- Lead technical design reviews, architecture discussions, and frontend technology evaluations.
2. Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Expertise
- Design and implement frontend architectures integrated with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM).
- Work with AEM Sites, Core Components, editable templates, client libraries, and content fragments.
- Integrate frontend applications with AEM Content Fragment APIs, GraphQL, and REST services.
- Understand AEM as a Cloud Service, including deployment pipelines, caching, and CDN considerations.
- Establish reusable AEM-compatible UI components and authoring-friendly design patterns.
3. Generative AI & Claude Integration
- Demonstrate practical experience with Anthropic Claude and Claude Code for AI-assisted software engineering.
- Use Claude to accelerate UI development, code generation, refactoring, debugging, and documentation.
- Define AI-assisted engineering workflows across the frontend development lifecycle.
- Explore integration of Claude APIs into enterprise applications where relevant.
- Implement effective prompt engineering, context management, and reusable AI development instructions.
4. Engineering Excellence & DevOps
- Define frontend CI/CD practices using GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or equivalent platforms.
- Establish unit, integration, and end-to-end testing strategies using Jest, React Testing Library, Playwright, or Cypress.
- Drive Core Web Vitals improvements, bundle optimization, caching, and rendering strategies.
- Establish frontend code quality, security, and observability standards.
- Collaborate with UX/UI designers, product owners, enterprise architects, and engineering teams.
Required Technical Skills
Technology / Area
Expected Expertise
UI Architecture
Expert
React.js, Next.js, TypeScript
Advanced / Expert
JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3
Expert
Adobe Experience Manager (AEM Sites)
Strong
AEM Core Components, Templates, Client Libraries
Strong
AEM Headless, GraphQL, REST APIs
Strong
Claude AI / Claude Code
Hands-on experience
Prompt Engineering & AI-Assisted Development
Strong
Design Systems & Component Architecture
Expert
Web Performance, Accessibility & SEO
Advanced
CI/CD, Git, Testing Frameworks
Strong
AWS
Working knowledge/Good to have
Mandatory Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in frontend/UI engineering, including 3+ years in architecture or technical leadership roles.
- Strong hands-on experience in React, TypeScript, JavaScript, and modern frontend architectures.
- Proven experience delivering enterprise-scale digital solutions using Adobe Experience Manager.
- Experience designing reusable UI components and integrating frontend applications with AEM.
- Practical experience using Claude or Claude Code for software development and engineering productivity.
- Strong understanding of frontend performance, accessibility, security, and scalability.
- Ability to communicate architectural decisions to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience leading distributed engineering teams and driving technical standards.
Ideal Candidate Profile
A hands-on UI Architect who combines strong frontend engineering expertise, enterprise AEM architecture knowledge, and practical Claude AI experience.
The candidate should be comfortable defining architectural strategy while actively contributing to solution design, reviewing code, creating proofs of concept, and guiding engineering teams toward modern, AI-enabled software delivery.
Frontend architecture (React, TypeScript, design systems) 60%
AEM architecture and integration 30%
Claude / AI-assisted development 10%