Senior UI/UX Design & Front-End Lead in Katowice

Responsibilities:

• Lead the full requirements-to-prototype process, from stakeholder discovery and requirements clarification to wireframes, interactive prototypes and high-fidelity designs.
• Define and maintain UI/UX standards, interaction patterns and design systems across client-facing portal applications.
• Design and develop key React.js and TypeScript components, shared UI libraries and reusable front-end solutions.
• Establish front-end architecture, coding standards and development best practices.
• Review pull requests and provide actionable feedback on code quality, architecture, usability and design fidelity.
• Collaborate with backend and API teams to ensure proposed user experiences are technically feasible and aligned with service and data constraints.
• Ensure compliance with WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility standards and responsive design principles.
• Conduct usability testing and validation sessions and improve solutions based on user feedback, analytics and business requirements.
• Mentor mid-level developers in UI/UX design thinking, React development and front-end engineering best practices.
• Represent the portal area in architecture, design and technical governance discussions.
• Ensure delivered solutions are scalable, maintainable, accessible and consistent across applications.

Requirements:

• 14+ years of overall experience in software, digital product or application design and development.
• 8+ years of hands‑on experience with React.js and TypeScript.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating advanced UI/UX design and product design experience.
• Expert knowledge of design and prototyping tools such as Figma, including component libraries and design systems.
• Strong experience with React component architecture, hooks, state management and reusable UI development.
• Proven ability to translate high-fidelity designs into production-ready, responsive and accessible interfaces.
• Strong understanding of WCAG accessibility standards and modern responsive design practices.
• Experience working with modern CI/CD environments and containerized applications using technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes or OpenShift.
• Experience conducting code reviews and providing technical and design guidance to development teams.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, including the ability to explain and defend design and technical decisions to both business and engineering stakeholders.
• Experience mentoring developers and supporting technical decision‑making within a front‑end team.
• Fluency in English (both written and spoken).

Nice to have:

• Working knowledge of Java or .NET environments.
• Experience with Micro Frontend architectures, including technologies such as Module Federation or single-spa.
• Basic knowledge of SQL and relational databases.
• Previous experience within financial services, fund administration or transfer agency platforms.

Offer:

• Private medical care.
• Co‑financing for the sports card.
• Constant support of dedicated consultant.