Frontend Architect

Employment Type: Full-Time

About Aiwyn

Aiwyn is the fastest-growing software company serving the accounting profession. Founded in 2020, we now work with 150+ of the largest CPA firms in the world. Our mission is to speed up cash flow, save Partner time, and deliver best-in-class client experiences by automating day-to-day firm operations with our Practice Automation solutions. Aiwyn is led by serial entrepreneurs with multiple exits and funded by top-tier investors (Bessemer, KKR, & Revolution). We're passionate about building a remarkable company with world-class people, processes, and technology.

What You'll Do

Technical Strategy & Vision

• Shape and drive the technical direction of our frontend platform across multiple teams.
• Make critical architectural decisions that affect the entire frontend ecosystem, establishing patterns and practices that scale across applications.

Design System Architecture

• Lead the evolution of our component library and design system architecture.
• Define standards for reusability, accessibility, and performance that impact all frontend applications.

Drive Innovation

• Identify and champion transformative frontend initiatives.
• Lead the adoption of new technologies and approaches that significantly improve developer productivity and application performance across teams.

Technical Leadership

• Provide technical leadership across teams, mentor senior engineers, and influence organization-wide frontend practices.
• Be a key technical advisor to product and engineering leadership.

What We Need

Advanced Technical Expertise

• Deep mastery of Angular, RxJS, and modern frontend architecture patterns.
• Proven track record of solving complex technical challenges and introducing innovative solutions at scale.
• Expert-level understanding of JavaScript/TypeScript internals and performance optimization.

Enterprise Architecture

• Extensive experience designing and implementing large-scale Angular applications serving significant user bases.
• Deep understanding of micro-frontend architectures, module federation, and scalable state management approaches.

UI Architecture Excellence

• Expert knowledge of advanced CSS architecture patterns, design systems, and web performance optimization.
• Strong background in establishing standards for accessibility, responsive design, and cross-browser compatibility at an organizational level.

Quality & Testing Leadership

• Proven ability to establish testing strategies and frameworks that scale across multiple teams.
• Experience building automated testing infrastructures and implementing effective testing patterns for complex Angular applications.

Performance & Optimization

• Deep expertise in frontend performance optimization, bundle size management, and application scalability.
• Experience with advanced debugging and profiling techniques.

Technical Strategy

• Demonstrated ability to create and execute technical roadmaps that align with business objectives.
• Experience making architectural decisions that balance immediate needs with long-term technical health.

Cross-team Impact

• Track record of successfully leading technical initiatives that span multiple teams and applications.
• Ability to drive consensus on complex technical decisions across engineering organizations.

Preferred Qualifications

• 12+ years of software engineering experience.
• Deep expertise in GraphQL architecture patterns and implementation.
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform services and cloud-native architectures.
• Deep expertise in build tooling optimization and deployment strategies.
• Advanced knowledge of browser internals and web performance.
• Background in implementing large-scale design systems.
• Experience with advanced Angular patterns like custom decorators and meta-programming.
• Expertise in frontend security best practices and implementation.
• Track record of mentoring senior engineers and technical leads.
• Experience with frontend architecture in cloud-native environments.