Lead UI Developer / UI Architect - Financial Services at Blink UX
Jersey City, NJ
$140,000–$155,000
Jul 14, 2026
Jersey City, NJ
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A front-end leadership role focused on architecting and delivering complex web applications built with React and TypeScript, while managing a team of five to seven engineers. Day-to-day work spans defining component architecture, setting engineering standards, collaborating with product and UX teams, and interfacing with business and engineering leadership. Suits a seasoned front-end engineer with strong architectural instincts and experience owning delivery end-to-end on large-scale projects.
Staff level · 10+ years · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA · Contract
Pay in the description: $140,000–$155,000
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 100 people in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 30–150
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
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Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $170,499 (middle half $133,523–$210,499). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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Why we read it this way (8)
This is a 6-month-to-ongoing contract engagement, 100% onsite in Jersey City, NJ — 5 days per week.
The title 'UI Architect' carries no explicit seniority level word, so advertised seniority is Unspecified. However, the role requires leading 5–7 engineers, owning front-end architecture across teams, and setting engineering standards org-wide — scope that supports a Staff-level classification despite the 10+ years requirement alone not being determinative.
Compensation is stated as '$140,000–$155,000 a year DOE'; it is unclear whether this is an annualized contract rate or a salaried figure given the contract nature of the engagement.
AI-assisted engineering tools are explicitly called out as required in the Required Qualifications section but name no specific product; no skill entry was emitted as this names no concrete technology.
Client-side observability (logging, error reporting) is listed under Required Qualifications but names no specific tool; omitted from skills for the same reason.
Design system / component library experience appears under Preferred Qualifications; no specific library is named so no skill entry was emitted.
Data visualization libraries and animation libraries appear under Preferred Qualifications but no specific tools are named; omitted accordingly.
Posting is for a contract engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
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