Infosys - Senior Architect - React.js/Javascript

The candidate will work closely with development squads, engineering leadership, product teams, and cross-functional stakeholders to define technical solutions, establish development standards, improve application performance, and ensure high-quality delivery across the technology landscape.

Key Responsibilities :

• Design and architect scalable, responsive, and maintainable web applications using React, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS.
• Provide technical leadership to multiple development squads on application design, architecture, reusability, performance, and engineering best practices.
• Define frontend architecture, component structures, design patterns, coding standards, and reusable frameworks.
• Drive the adoption of reusable UI components and common libraries across development teams.
• Review technical designs and provide architectural recommendations for complex business requirements.
• Ensure applications are designed for scalability, performance, reliability, maintainability, and security.
• Establish best practices for React application development and frontend engineering.
• Guide teams on state management, component design, application structure, performance optimization, and code maintainability.
• Review code and technical deliverables to ensure adherence to defined architecture and engineering standards.
• Establish and promote unit testing, automated testing, code review, and quality assurance practices.
• Identify technical risks, architectural challenges, and potential scalability issues and recommend appropriate solutions.
• Troubleshoot complex technical issues and lead debugging and root cause analysis.
• Monitor application performance and recommend improvements to frontend architecture and implementation.
• Collaborate with backend developers, product managers, UX/UI teams, QA, DevOps, and other technology teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Participate in architecture reviews, technical discussions, proof-of-concepts, and solution evaluations.
• Mentor and coach senior developers and technical leads on architecture and engineering best practices.
• Evaluate new frontend technologies, frameworks, libraries, and development approaches where relevant.
• Contribute to technical roadmaps and continuous improvement initiatives.

Technical Skills :

• Strong hands-on experience with React.js.
• Strong knowledge of TypeScript and JavaScript.
• Strong experience with HTML5 and CSS.
• Strong understanding of modern frontend architecture and application design.
• Experience designing reusable and scalable UI components.
• Strong understanding of responsive web application development.
• Knowledge of frontend performance optimization techniques.
• Experience with unit testing and automated testing frameworks.
• Strong understanding of Git, code reviews, branching, and development practices.
• Understanding of REST APIs and frontend-backend integration.
• Good understanding of application security and frontend development best practices.

Architecture & Engineering :

• Strong understanding of design patterns and architectural principles.
• Experience defining application architecture and technical standards.
• Ability to evaluate technical approaches and select appropriate solutions.
• Experience identifying performance, scalability, and reliability bottlenecks.
• Ability to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Experience working across multiple development squads and technology teams.

Good to Have :

• Experience with Node.js and the broader MERN ecosystem.
• Exposure to microservices and API-based architectures.
• Experience with CI/CD and DevOps practices.
• Exposure to cloud-based application development.
• Knowledge of frontend observability, monitoring, and performance tools.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum development environments.

Key Deliverables :

• Scalable React-based application architectures.
• Reusable frontend components and frameworks.
• Architecture standards and development guidelines.
• High-quality, maintainable, and performance-optimized code.
• Technical design and architecture reviews.
• Improved application scalability, reliability, and performance.